Rule Number One - Know the Rules

Paul Pierse (Dip. Ed., B.Comm. (Int)) is a solicitor, law lecturer and is a practising mediator, certified by the Mediators Institute of Ireland. From Listowel in County Kerry, Paul began mediating farming families through succession and inheritance issues with Succession Ireland in 2012. Paul spearheaded the development of the MII recognised Certificate in Mediation that has been approved by Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI - formerly HETAC) in 2014. He is now a lecturer on the Regulation and Ethics module of this programme and was instrumental in the successful inclusion of Mediation as a separate module on the new Griffith College LLB (Honours) in Irish Law. As a law lecturer, Paul has delivered seminars to both lawyers and mediation students on regulatory aspects of mediation.