Training & EventsSCMA delivers workshops and seminars in commercial mediation practice, advocacy skills and tactics, the psychology of negotiation, and practical negotiation techniques, and provides in-house tailored training to companies, firms and chambers for defined mediation and conciliation schemes. SCMA actively promotes and disseminates information on the activities of other professional institutional or commercial providers of relevant training and education which are qualifying activities for SCMA membership and CPD requirements. A running diary of events appears both on this page for SCMA training events and on the Noticeboard for more general information. Members have access to training by video streaming and podcast. Members are also able to access a resource library of law, precedents and documents, articles and commentary by both practitioners and academics. SCMA undertakes modestly priced in-house training for accreditation in mediation advocacy and negotiation skills, and designs bespoke courses for companies, local authorities, educational institutions, firms and sets of chambers on request. The SCMA is an accredited advocacy training provider to the Bar Standards Board, ILEX, and RICS, and provides training for local Law Societies and member firms. We have provided accredited training to barristers' chambers in London, Bristol, Oxford, Winchester, Bournemouth, Exeter, Leeds and Liverpool, and to solicitors and other professionals in London, Manchester, Bristol, Newcastle and Edinburgh. We offer training during working hours, in the evenings and at weekends to suit the needs of practitioners. In 2009 we accredited training in Dubai, Hong Kong, Paris and Brussels. In 2010 we added Ankara and Lagos to our destinations. For details please contact the Convenor at agoodman@1chancerylane.com Details of our forthcoming activities are posted here and on our Noticeboard section. Workshops in Mediation Advocacy SCMA provides regular workshops in mediation advocacy that are available in-house to professional firms, sets of barristers' chambers and local authorities or larger enterprises. These envisage interactive teaching and role play exercises and can last between 6 and 12 hours. For details please contact the Convenor on 0207 092 2924 or 0798 5092509. These workshops have been given with great success to professionals practising in London, Nottingham, Liverpool, Leeds, Oxford, Winchester, Bristol and Bournemouth. Regional Launch programme After our highly successful Oxford regional launch, by courtesy of Blake Lapthorn Tarlo Lyons and the Oxfordshire Mediation Group, our Manchester regional launch, by courtesy of Deans Court Chambers, our Exeter regional launch, by courtesy of Rougemont Chambers, our Liverpool regional launch, by courtesy of Exchange Chambers, our Leeds/Newcastle regional launch by courtesy of Park Lane Plowden Chambers, our Southampton regional launch by courtesy of College Chambers, our Birmingham regional launch by courtesy of No.5 Chambers, our Nottingham launch by courtesy of Nottingham Law School at NTU, our Bristol launch by courtesy of Burges Salmon, and our Edinburgh launch by courtesy of Messr Burness LLP, members wishing to have a launch in their area should contact the Convenor. We are happy to travel throughout the UK to venues which other organisations might consider too small - as long as we have an audience of about 30 (internal or open). | 
