Paula is a lawyer with over 20-years mediation experience. Her legal career spans workplace relations, family law, family dispute resolution, and training. She has 15-years of experience managing dispute resolution services. Her tertiary qualifications include law, psychology, post-graduate management, mediation and family dispute resolution. She is a qualified Collaborative Lawyer and Children’s Lawyer.
Paula has managed pilot mediation projects at local courts in NSW and at the Federal Magistrates Court Parramatta. She has conducted research into family violence and workplace mediation and has assisted with research into culturally reflexive mediation. She has spoken widely on her research and developed models of practice for organisations to reflect the findings.
Paula is a long-term member of Resolution Institute. Since 2016 she has worked hard leading and contributing to support members through Resolution Institute facilitative committees, mostly as chair.