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Later this year, the National Mediator Accreditation System (NMAS) will become the Australian Mediator and Dispute Resolution Accreditation Standards (AMDRAS). Why the change? What does it mean for lawyer-mediators and the legal profession?

Mediation professionals across Australia are likely to have a number of tiers of professional qualifications to pursue, under the new framework recently announced by the Mediator Standards Board (MSB). The proposed changes have come from an in-depth review of the National Mediator Accreditation Standards (NMAS), throughout 2021 - 2023. This is the MSBs first indication of what the new framework is likely to look like.

Mediator Standards Board Deputy Chair Stephen Dickinson and fellow MSB director Linda Kochanski recently joined Lawyers Weekly to discuss the role of mediation in an evolving professional services marketplace.

New research highlights the opportunity to clarify and create guidance around the use of reality testing techniques. Dr. Lola Akin Ojelabi, Professor and Head of the Department of Law in the Graduate School of Business at RMIT University, and Senior Researcher, Dr. Alysoun Boyle, have completed a comprehensive research project on the topic of "reality testing" in the context of mediation in Australia.

The Mediator Standards Board has advanced its response to the review by Resolution Resources of the National Mediator Accreditation System. The Board’s Review Sub-committee has already spent considerable time and effort identifying and developing recommendations to be canvassed within the community. That will be done topic by topic...

The Mediator Standards Board has awarded its 2022 Annual Research Grant to a research team investigating ‘The ways in which First Nations approaches to peacebuilding and peacemaking can be recognised in association with the NMAS’.

After completing an extensive review into Australia’s National Mediator Accreditation System, independent research firm Resolution Resources has delivered its 'Findings and Recommendations Report' to the Mediator Standards Board (the MSB).

As Australia’s peak body for accredited mediators, the MSB is dedicated to complementing and supporting its member organisations in their efforts to implement the National Mediator Accreditation System (NMAS)...

The independent review of the National Mediator Accreditation System (NMAS), the framework governing Australia’s professional mediators, has now entered the final stages of consultation. The NMAS Review Survey launched last Monday, 14 February, and – as the consultation component of the NMAS Review – is being led by independent research firm Resolution Resources on behalf of the Mediator Standards Board (MSB).

Australia’s Mediator Standards Board has officially launched the MSB Annual Research Grant and awarded its first research project this week.