What would you do as a Dispute resolution professional?
Dispute resolution professionals
- usually work regular business hours or part time
- usually work in offices and courts
- may do emotionally demanding work
- need to be logical, identify and solve problems and communicate well
Tasks
- mediate personal and workplace conflicts
- make decisions in legal cases
- direct courtroom activities
- prepare written legal decisions
- authorise payments to settle disputes
- hold hearings to investigate legal issues
- research legal materials to help decision making
- analyse legal information on public record
- give legal advice
- decide if legal proceedings are valid
How can you become a Dispute resolution professional?
You usually need experience and a qualification to become a dispute resolution professional.
You may need
- a relevant tertiary qualification in law studies, psychology studies, human welfare or similar area
- a Graduate Diploma in Conflict Resolution or similar
- experience in similar work
- to join the Arbitrators’ and Mediators’ Institute of New Zealand
If you're in school
You usually need University Entrance to do the study or training for this job.
