Professor Mattie Robertson is a member of the 2025-26 California State Bar’s Alternative Dispute Resolution Working Group charged with developing a certification framework for ADR providers and practitioners. Professor Robertson is a dispute resolution professional who has mediated hundreds of cases and is certified as a mediator, facilitator, and arbitrator. She has mentored other professional mediators and conducted numerous conflict-resolution trainings on a variety of topics. Professor Robertson spent a decade working in mediation nonprofits and was Deputy Director of the Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (CNDR) at UC Law San Francisco (formerly Hastings) for over five years, serving as Interim Director of the Center in 2022. Professor Robertson currently teaches negotiations at UC Berkeley Law and formerly taught the Mediation Clinic at UC Law San Francisco, supervising students working as mediators in local agencies and courts. She is currently a member of the Alameda County Superior Court’s ADR Administration Committee; The Mediation Society; Chabot College’s Administration of Justice Department’s Advisory Board; and a panel mediator for the ADR Program at the US District Court for the Northern District of California. Professor Robertson is a graduate of UC Law San Francisco (formerly Hastings).

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