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Beverley Clark, LLB
(Lawyer)
Bev was admitted as a practitioner in 1987 having graduated from Adelaide University. She has been a member of the Law Society of South Australia since 1988 and is also a member of the Law Council of Australia and the Family Law Section of the Law Council of Australia. She is former Chair of the Collaborative Committee of the Law Society of South Australia, a member of the Alternate Dispute Resolution Committee of the Law Society of South Australia Australia and is active in promoting Collaborative practice in South Australia.
Bev is an experienced Family lawyer and a nationally accredited Mediator.
Bev is a regular speaker on Collaborative practice including presentations to the public, law students, law graduates, social work students, accountants. Bev presented at the Family law conference in Vietnam in 2011 and at the Law Society of South Australia forum in 2013.
Bev is committed to achieving the best possible results for her clients. She understands the importance of exploring opportunities to achieve a durable and respectful resolution of matters, with the least damage and cost to the family.
As a mother of two boys Bev understands the importance of putting the children's interests first and has a particular interest in promoting the interests of children in Family Law.
Bev has completed basic and advanced training in Collaborative Law and is very excited about the prospect of developing an exclusive collaborative practice particularly in relation to the conduct of Family Law matters in such a way that maximises the opportunity for settlement without going to Court. She is one of the first two practitioners in South Australia to be trained in collaborative practice and to be conducting collaborative cases.
Bev has a strong committment to a team model of Collaborative practice.
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| Firm/BusinessName: |
Belperio Clark |
| Address(es): |
11 Halifax Street
Adelaide SA 5000 Australia
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| Phone: |
08 8212 1322 |
| Fax: |
08 8212 2114 |
| Email: |
bc@bc-lawyers.com.au |
| Website: |
http://www.bc-lawyers.com.au |
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| Professional Activities |
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Member of Law Society SA
Pratitioner Member of LEADR Association of Dispute resolvers
Member of International Academy of Collaborative Practice since 2007
Chair and member of Collaborative Practice Committee of Law Society of South Australia
Member of Adelaide Collaborative Practice Group
Member of National Collaborative Forum group
Member of Family Law section of Law Council of Australia
Nationally Accredited Mediator
Member of the Collaborative Law Institute of Texas
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| Professional Licenses |
| No response provided.
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| General Comments |
Collaborative Law is very new to South Australia. I attended training with Pauline Tessler in 2007 in Sydney along with my business partner Charlie Belperio, as we had recognised how valuable Collaborative law is to those wanting to resolve conflict in a more respectful and less destructive way, than traditional adversarial process. We had both become frustrated with the Court process and the damage it did both financially and personally to those involved in that process. We have both been actively promoting Collaborative Law in South Australia, and persuaded our Law society to establish a committee which we are members of.
I am one of the first 2 lawyers in South Australia to be conducting collaborative cases, and look forward to this movement becoming more widely established among our local practitioners. |
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| Areas of Practice |
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Collaborative Law
Family Law
Mediation
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| Education |
| Undergraduate Education |
| Adelaide University LLB 1987 |
| Post-graduate Education |
| Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice South Australian Institute Technology 1988 |
| Professional Education |
Mediation training Bond University Dispute Resolution Centre 2003
Restorative Justice training Centre for Restorative Justice 2007 |
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| Collaborative Practice Training |
| Year |
Training Type |
Instructor |
Hours |
| 2007 |
Basic Training |
Pauline Tessler |
16 |
| 2008 |
International Academy of Collaborative Professionals Annual Educational Forum |
various |
22 |
| 2009 |
International Academy of Collaborative Profeessionals Annual Educational Forum |
various |
22 |
| 2009 |
Advanced Collaborative training -Multi disciplinary model |
Linda Solomon and Dr Tina Sinclair |
18 |
| 2009 |
Collaborating Down Under - Forum |
various |
18 |
| 2009 |
Advanced training - One day |
Pauline Tesler |
7 |
| 2010 |
International Academy Of Collaborative Professionals Annual Educational Forum |
various |
22 |
| 2010 |
Pepperdine University School of Law, Straus Institute for Dispute resolution, Neuroscience Enhancement of Collaborative Conflict Skills |
Pauline Tesler and Dr Thomas Lewis |
18 |
| 2010 |
Advanced Collaborative Training |
Pauline Tesler |
13 |
| 2010 |
Micro skills training - LEADR Association of Dispute resolvers Sydney |
various |
12 |
| 2010 |
National mediation conference |
various |
28 |
| 2011 |
Communication Skills in High Conflict Personalities LEADR Association of Dispute resolvers |
various |
6 |
| 2011 |
Interdisciplinary Collaborative Practice team training |
Melbourne Collaborative Alliance |
18 |
| 2011 |
Master Class in becoming a full time Collaborative Professional - Denver Colorado |
Pauline Tesler and Woody Mosten |
18 |
| 2011 |
Interdisciplinary Collaborative Training - Brisbane Australia |
Linda Solomon and Scott Clark |
12 |
| 2011 |
International Academy of Collaborative Professionals Annual Educational Forum |
various |
22 |
| 2013 |
World congress in family law and children's rights - Sydney |
Various |
20 |
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** I have reviewed the IACP Minimum Standards for Collaborative Practitioners and the IACP Ethical Standards for Collaborative Professionals. I verify that I meet the IACP Minimum Standards for Collaborative Practitioners and that I apply the IACP Ethical Standards for Collaborative Professionals in my collaborative practice.
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| Continuing Education |
| Year |
Education Type |
Instructor |
Hours |
| 2009 |
Refresher Mediation Course |
Franca Petrone |
18 |
| 2010 |
Micro Skills training |
LEADR Association of Dispute Resolvers |
12 |
| 2011 |
Communication Skills in High Conflict Personalities |
LEADR, Association of Dispute Resolvers |
12 |
| 2010 |
Collaborative Practice - Flinders University, Adelaide University, Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice - Law Society of South Australia |
I was instructor |
3 |
| 2010 |
National Mediation Conference Adelaide SA |
various |
24 |
| 2010 |
Family Law Conference |
Association of Family Conciliation Courts - Denver USA |
22 |
| 2008 |
Family Law Intensive |
Law Council |
6 |
| 2009 |
Family Law Intensive |
Law Council |
6 |
| 2010 |
Family Law Intensive |
Law Council |
6 |
| 2010 |
National Family Law Conference - Canberra |
various |
18 |
| 2003 |
Mediation Training Bond University Queensland Australia |
Bond University |
21 |
| 2007 |
Restorative Justice training |
Centre for Restorative justice |
21 |
| 2010 |
National Family Law conference - Adelaide |
various |
26 |
| 2011 |
Collaborative practice presentation at Family Law conference Vietnam |
I was instructor |
1.5 |
| 2011 |
Family law conference Vietnam |
various |
18 |
| 2012 |
Family law conference - Queensland |
various |
18 |
| 2012 |
Mediation Style conferencing training - Hobart Australia |
various |
12 |
| 2011 |
Family law intensive |
Law Council |
6 |
| 2012 |
Family Law intensive |
Law council |
6 |
| 2013 |
Family law intensive |
Law council |
6 |
| 2013 |
Law society of South Australia - forum |
I was an instructor |
22 |
| 2012 |
Building and Nurturing the Collaborative Team |
Catherine Connor |
6 |
| 2012 |
How to handle Intense Emotional Situations and Clients - Communicating effectively with stressed clients, lawyers and others |
Jorge Rubio-Vollert |
6 |
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