Practitioner Membership with Mediation Institute
Practitioner Membership includes:
- Independent Complaint Handling - FDRPs and FGCs. We will be applying for approval under the Family Law (Family Dispute Resolution Practitioners) Regulations 2025.
- Free for Members Professional Development
- Listing on the Directory of Practitioner Members
It is a 12 month membership for $190.
Eligibility Requirements
You must meet the eligibility requirements to be accepted as a professional member.
- Accredited Mediators - If you are nationally accredited Mediator NMAS / AMDRAS with another accreditation provider and do not want to transfer your Recognised Accreditation Body (RAP). You can join Mi as a Practitioner Member.
- Family Dispute Resolution Practitioners - For those making their first application to the Attorney Generals Department and currently registered FDRPs
- Family Group Conference Facilitators - You need evidence of having completed a recognised certificate course in Family Group Conferencing.
Practitioner Membership - New Membership Application
Use this form if you are applying for Practitioner Membership for the first time with Mediation Institute. Please ensure you are logged in before completing this form.
Before you begin
What you need to know
- Duration - 12 month membership
- Eligibility
This membership is for:
- FDR Practitioners (including those applying for FDR registration)
- Family Group Conference (FGC) Facilitators
- Accredited Mediators (accredited by a body other than Mediation Institute)
- If you are applying for NMAS / AMDRAS accreditation through Mediation Institute, please use the Accredited Mediator Application Form. https://www.mimembers.au/application/application-am
- Cost $190 (inc. GST ) per year.
Membership Includes
- Independent complaint handling service (FDRP/FGC)
- Access to free member CPD opportunities including a library of recorded webinars
- Discounts on courses and services
- Optional listing in public practitioner directory
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Your business or employer's company name if you are not working as a sole trader under your own name. If you are a sole trader without a business name, put your own name here.
Your address (this will not be automatically made public) You will have the option to have a business profile, which will require an address, should you want it.
Select the Practitioner Membership Categories that apply to you.
Remember if you want Mediation Institute to be your Recognised Accreditation Provider (AMDRAS) this is the wrong form.
If applying as a registered Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner, enter your registration number.
Upload your training / assessment certificates
Need a quote? Go to https://www.mediationinstitute.edu.au/aon/ and use the dummy Mi Membership Number "Test 100" to get a quote with the Mi Member discount.
Professional Indemnity Insurance Renewal Date:
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If you are unable to upload, please explain.
Professional Conditions. Compliance with the Code of Ethics. Mediation Institute Code of Ethics.
- Disqualification from any type of professional practice e.g. as a lawyer or counsellor or as a mediator
- Criminal Convictions
- Cancellation or suspension of NMAS / AMDRAS or FDR registration
- An impairment, e.g. health or mental impairment, that could influence your capacity to discharge your obligations in a competent, honest and professional manner
If you have had any of the following, please upload more information.
- Disqualification from any type of professional practice e.g. as a lawyer or counsellor or as a mediator
- Criminal Convictions
- Cancellation or suspension of NMAS / AMDRAS or FDR registration
- An impairment, e.g. health or mental impairment, that could influence your capacity to discharge your obligations in a competent, honest and professional manner
By submitting this application for Practitioner Membership, you authorise Mediation Institute to seek information from any party noted on your application and/or supporting documents or an authorised representative of the AMDRAS Board and/or the Attorney General's Practitioner Registration Department, if relevant.
Mediation Institute is required to notify the Attorney Generals Practitioner Registration Department if a substantiated complaint is made against you that requires disciplinary action and/or to notify them of other changes that may affect your registration as a FDR Practitioner.
After submission:
- Our team will review your application
- We may contact you for further details
- Once approved, we will issue an invoice.
- Your membership becomes active upon payment.
If you have additional information to provide you can email members@mediationinstitute.edu.au or call us on 1300 781 533.
We use the public profiles to make referrals to people requesting a mediator or a list of three mediators. It is also available for people to directly review and select members. You can control the information you provide if you select a public profile.
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