Kluwer Mediation Blog

Margaret has been mediating full time and teaching at universities as well as providing training and professional clinical supervision for over 25 years.

Halsmith Dispute Resolution, Margaret’s dispute resolution and professional development practice, spans workplace, business-to-business, interpersonal and family settings and is described on her website (https://halsmith-my.sharepoint.com/personal/margaret_halsmith_hdr_net_au/Documents/MRH/Aust Law Awards_Final/hdr.net.au). Her occasional blog is Mediation Musings (https://margarethalsmith.wordpress.com/) and her Twitter handle which ponders only one question, is @HalsmithDisRes. Margaret has Resolution Institute Advanced Mediation Accreditation (https://halsmith-my.sharepoint.com/personal/margaret_halsmith_hdr_net_au/Documents/MRH/Aust Law Awards_Final/resolution.institute), NMAS Accreditation (https://halsmith-my.sharepoint.com/personal/margaret_halsmith_hdr_net_au/Documents/MRH/Aust Law Awards_Final/msb.org.au) and Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner Accreditation.

Margaret was the Chair of the Board of Resolution Institute from 2007 – 2017 having been a Director since 2004. As well as holding or having recently held a variety of international, national and state DR decision-making positions, she is a member of the inaugural board of EMAN (Elder Mediation Australasian Network). In 2020 Margaret is a finalist for the Mediator of the Year Award in the Australasian Law Awards.