Helping families to help themselves after separation and divorce with Rachael Hempling, The Separation Place (ep 43)

I’m joined by Rachael Hempling, barrister and mediator at The Separation Place. The Separation Place is an online platform to assist families with plain family law information, tips on positive communication skills and access to affordable online mediation services. As well as offering traditional mediation services – both online and in person – Rachael has developed a series of online courses that give separating couples the skills and the tools they need to DIY some of the legal aspects around separation.  Coupled with Rachael’s approach to resolving family law issues, The Separation Place provides a unique approach to family law. In this interview, Rachael explains why she created her online courses, how they work and how they differ to the traditional approach. You know I like to focus on the “how”, so we also talk about how Rachael designed and built the courses, including what tech platform she uses, how she decided what to charge and how she is adapting her service in response to her customers’ needs. Here’s the highlights: How The Separation Place evolved when Rachael identified ‘the missing link’ How the online courses – Family Matters and Money Matters – work Improving access to legal resources in regional areas Unpicking the mediation process and finding user friendly technology to host the course Why a course? The pricing process and simplifying the service offering Changing focus from targeting the public to forming partnerships with lawyers who provide complementary services Rachael’s advice for someone who wants to do law differently – “Why not?” Links * Find out more at The Separation Place or Rachael Hempling* Subscribe to Doing Law Differently on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or Spotify  * Discover how I can help you escape the billable hour, eliminate the grunt work and do more of the work you love with productised services* Connect with me on LinkedIn * Are you keen to share how you’re Doing Law Differently? Get in touch here.