Barrie J. Roberts, Esq. (Ms.)
bjr@berkeley.edu
951-941-3609
http://mslworld.net/
Education
LL.M. Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine University School of Law, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution (Aug. 2008)
M.A. TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages)
California State University, Sacramento (1999)
J.D. UC Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco (1983)
B.A. Political Science, UC Berkeley (1978)
Employment: Law
Director of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Programs Superior Court of California, County of Riverside (2008 -2013) community organizations to develop and manage mediation programs for civil, family law & probate cases. http://riverside.courts.ca.gov/adr/adr.shtml
Project Graduate: Co-founder of court-county-bar program to help foster youth
graduate from high school with a plan for their future.
Staff Attorney, Legal Services of Northern California, Inc. (1985 – 1999)
Represented low-income people on housing and homelessness issues through
litigation, legislative advocacy and working groups (including representatives
from business, neighborhoods and law enforcement) to resolve conflicts on
local policy issues.
Staff Attorney, Law Offices of Melvin M. Belli, San Francisco (1984-85)
Personal injury litigation on behalf of injured parties
Employment: Education
Lecturer/Instructor
Chapman University, Fowler School of Law (2013 to date)
Negotiations (for foreign LL.M. students)
UC Berkeley, College Writing, Wheeler Hall
Academic Writing (with conflict resolution theme) (2006-’07; 2014 to date)
Public Speaking; Academic Skills & Conflict Management for Non-Native
Speakers of English (2014 to date)
Summer English Language Studies Program (2000-’07; 2012 to date)
Created Mediation as a Second Language ® for international students,
combining English, dispute resolution and cross- cultural communication skills
through role-plays. Also: Human Rights; Legal English; Business English
University of San Francisco (Summer 2011)
Instructor, Legal English Program – Integrated Skills
Prepared foreign lawyers for the language and culture of law school in the U.S.
Instructor/Trainer Community Mediation:
San Francisco Community Boards (2005 – 06)
Mediation as a Second Language ®
Presented teacher-training workshops at UC Berkeley; TESOL and
CATESOL conferences (2003- 2007) and at the 2010 ETAI Conference in
Jerusalem for international ESL instructors.
Trainings for court-connected interpreters, Riverside, CA (2012-13)
Mediation Experience Mediator/settlement attorney Riverside County Superior Court (2008 -2013) CAMP (California Academy of Mediation Professionals) (2007)
San Francisco Community Boards (2003 - 2006)
Special Mediation Training: Provided mediation training to delegation of Afghani women judges and lawyers in Riverside, California, Jan. 2009 http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_S_afghan19.47fbd0d.html
Participant in “Campus Consortium,” an organization working to bring
Peer Mediation to college campuses (2004-2006)
Articles on Court-Connected Mediation:
Turning the State Budget Crisis into Opportunities for ADR in Riverside, Riverside Lawyer Magazine, March 2013, p. 12
http://www.riversidecountybar.com/Documents/Magazine-2013/Riverside-Lawyer-Magazine-volume-63-3-March-2013.pdf
Court’s Mediation Programs Resolve Broad Array of Disputes, Riverside Lawyer Magazine, March 2012, p. 6 http://www.riversidecountybar.com/Documents/Magazine-2012/Riverside-Lawyer-Magazine-volume-62-3-March-2012.pdf
Travel
Thailand, Sri Lanka, India, Burma/Myanmar, Vietnam, Cambodia, Japan,
Australia, Russia, Europe, Egypt, Israel, Mexico, Nicaragua
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