Many of the people I speak with on the Doing Law Differently Podcast are on a mission to #makelawbetter. They’ve experienced the legal system up close and personal and they want to improve it, whether through improving access to justice, providing alternative pathways to resolve disputes or simply by being providing a better customer or staff experience.

Lisanne Iriks is no different. Lisanne is a conflict resolution specialist and mediator who believes that there’s a lot of unnecessary suffering when it comes to conflict resolution and her mission is to reduce that.  She does that through her work as a mediator in family law and workplace mediation and also through her training programs, where she trains people in conflict resolution, negotiation and communication skills.   

I chose to focus the interview with Lisanne in two areas. First we get an understanding of the role mediation has to play for clients. Second, we move into a conversation about the skills we need as lawyers to help resolve conflict.

What I really took away from this interview was the recurring theme that I am reminded of all the time: that we need to focus on deeply understanding our clients. We need to truly understand who they are and what their challenges are. Not just the surface level ones, but the ones that keep them awake at night. Only when we do that can we properly start to help them resolve their conflict.

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About our guest 

Lisanne Iriks is an award-winning mediator who specialises in family mediation and workplace mediation.

Life Medition are mediation specialists in Perth, Western Australia offering Family and WorkPlace Mediation as well as online and face to face conflict resolution training and workshops.

Find out more at Life Mediation website, Instagram or LinkedIn.

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