Barrie J. Roberts, Esq. (Ms.)
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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) ProgramsSuperior Court of California, County of Riverside (2008 -2013)Worked with judges, court staff, attorneys, bar associations, law students andcommunity organizations to develop and manage mediation programs forcivil, family law & probate cases. http://riverside.courts.ca.gov/adr/adr.shtmlProject Graduate: Co-founder of court-county-bar program to help foster youth graduate from high school with a plan for their future.
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.
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/TrainerCommunity 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.
Mediation ExperienceMediator/settlement attorneyRiverside 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 womenjudges and lawyers in Riverside, California, Jan. 2009http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_S_afghan19.47fbd0d.htmlParticipant 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 |