Professor Mattie Robertson is a dispute resolution professional who has mediated hundreds of cases, and is certified as a mediator, facilitator, and arbitrator at Balanced Interventions, LLC. She has mentored other mediators and conducted numerous conflict resolution trainings for attorneys, judges, and professionals on a variety of topics, especially communication and bias issues. 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 for over 5 years, serving as Interim Director of the Center in 2022. Professor Robertson taught the Mediation Clinic at UC Law SF for four years, supervising students working as mediators in local agencies and courts, and teaches Negotiations at UC Berkeley Law.

She is a member of the California State Bar’s Alternative Dispute Resolution Working Group charged with developing a certification framework for ADR providers and practitioners; 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. She formerly served as Chair of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Clinical ADR Committee; and the Alameda County Bar Association’s ADR Executive Committee; and as a member of the Bay Area Coalition for Community Mediation (BACCM). Professor Robertson is a graduate of UC Law San Francisco, and a proud tribal member of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin, committed to her role as a peacemaker in our community.