Dr. Lynne C. Halem

Director, Centre for Mediation & Dispute Resolution

Senior Mediator · Certified Divorce and Family Mediator

The Centre for Mediation & Dispute Resolution is under the directorship of 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. Our focus and approach enable people with a conflict to openly discuss, through directed means, creative solutions for resolving disputes, including, but not limited to, separation, divorce, post-divorce agreements, prenuptial agreements, child custody and parenting issues, trust and estate disputes, business conflicts, and family business planning. She is on the Family Dispute Service Panel of the American Arbitration Association and a past board member of the Divorce Center, Inc. She has been featured in Boston Globe and Boston Herald articles on divorce mediation and dispute resolution and has appeared on numerous television and radio programs as an expert in the field of mediation and alternative dispute resolution. Dr. Halem is a recognized specialist in family policy and family law with a masters degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a doctorate 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 taught at various colleges and universities.