News and Events

National Negotiation Competition - 2011 - Two teams of Law students; Ivo Tonchev, Elina Smyrniou (both year 2), Diana Yip and Desislava Vazharska (both year 3) represented CCCU at the regional heats of the National Negotiation Competition in Guildford on 12th February. Neither team progressed to the finals this year but good performances were displayed by all who participated.

National Mediation Competition - November 2010 |- Three Year 3 LLB students: Paul Morgan, Rachel Meathrel and Greg Dunne competed in the National Mediation Competition for Law Schools held at Liverpool John Moores University at the end of November. Out of 13 teams the CCCU team came 9th, which was a solid performance in light of the fact that most of the universities fielded teams of post-graduates. Individually Rachel and Greg performed particularly well as role-play mediators and Paul Morgan achieved a high mark role-playing a client. The competition was won by the Queen's University Belfast.

National Negotiation Competition - March 2010 |- Four Year 2 LLB students: Jack Ridgway, Paul Morgan, Rachel Levett and Greg Dunne, participated in the National Negotiation Competition for Law Schools.Out of 34 entrants and after winning their regional heats in Guildford, Jack Ridgway and Paul Morgan came a commendable fourth at the finals in London on 27th March 2010. They were up against very strong competition in each of their negotiations, which was won by BVC students at The College of Law Bloomsbury. Click here to read the news story.

Restorative Practice Forum - 17th June 2009 - This inspirational one day forum examining restorative justice practice faciltated by Terry O'Connell, former policeman, director of Real Justice Australia |and true believer in the power and benefits of restorative justice, took place at CCCU, Canterbury Campus in June. Terry O'Connell is an international speaker with experience of restorative practice across a broad range of areas engaging with an array of public and voluntary organisations. This forum was aimed at practitioners and academics working in education, social work, prisons and policing. The forum discussed practitioner experiences, underlying assumptions to practice, and values and theoretical influences that shape professional practice

First Board of Advisors Meeting - 8th May 2009 - The Advisory Board met for its inaugral meeting at the House of Lords in May 2009. The meeting was chaired by Lord Mance. Click here| to go to the page where you can access the minutes of the meeting.

The Launch of the Canterbury Christ Church Mediation Services Mediation Clinic - 29th November 2007

Speakers:
  • Ben Waters: Lecturer in law CCCU
  • William Jackson: District Judge Canterbury County Court
  • Andy Grossman: Director of Mediation Services The Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution

 

 

The mediation clinic was successfully launched on Thursday 29th November 2007 at St Martin's Priory. A presentation was given by Ben Waters, the first director of the clinic, and talks were given by District Judge William Jackson of Canterbury County Court and Andy Grossman director of mediation services at the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution based in London.

Forty people, from quite a broad spectrum, attended the launch including members of the public sector, from Kent Police, Kent County Council and Canterbury City Council as well as representatives from voluntary organisations such as LawWorks, Citizens' Advice Bureau and the Mediation Service based at Whitstable and Folkestone. Local solicitors firms were also represented and a good number of staff from CCCU attended including the Vice Chancellor, members of the HR department and student support as well as the university solicitor.

The general impression following the launch of the clinic is that it has been favourably received. Arranged through the university's external relations department, Ben Waters gave a live interview to BBC Radio Kent on Monday 10th December 2007 and he has also been interviewed for Invicta FM and the Kentish Gazette.

Articles have appeared in the Canterbury Adscene, Times HE and The Lawyer. Other sections of the media have shown an interest in the project and more interviews will undoubtedly follow.

Download summary of Ben Waters talk| (pdf)

Publicity

Here are links to some of the news articles about the launch of the clinic: