Centre for Mediation and Dispute Resolution

Introduction: The Centre for Mediation & Dispute Resolution is under the directorship of Dr. Lynne C. Halem. Dr. Halem has worked in the mediation field since 1982 and is a certified divorce and family mediator by the Massachusetts Council on Family Mediation. Dr. Halem is a recognized specialist in family policy and family law, with a master’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a doctorate degree from Harvard University. She is the author of two scholarly books on divorce: Divorce Reform: Changing Legal and Social Perspectives (Free Press of Macmillan, 1980), a featured selection of the Lawyers’ Literary Club, and Separated and Divorced Women (Greenwood Press, 1982), a Choice Book of the Year selection for academic excellence. She has served as a consultant to corporations in the public and private sectors and has taught at various colleges and universities.