Jill Howieson

Jill Howieson is the Director of the UWA Mediation Clinic http://www.mediation.uwa.edu.au/ and the unit coordinator of Negotiation and Mediation, and Dispute Resolution at the University of Western Australia’s Law School. She is the Director of UWA’s Registered Mediator’s Accreditation Body (RMAB) and a former board member of the national Mediator Standards Board (MSB).

Jill holds degrees in English, Psychology and Law. She completed her PhD in Law at the University of Western Australia in 2008. She is a nationally accredited mediator and practices, researches and teaches in the dispute resolution area. Before commencing in academia, Jill practiced as a solicitor in the area of dispute resolution at the top tier law firm Mallesons Stephen Jacques, now King Wood Mallesons.

Through the UWA Mediation Clinic, Jill trains private practitioners, UWA executive and academic staff, government organisations and more in negotiation, facilitation and mediation, and currently runs a national mediation accreditation course through the Clinic.

Jill’s research areas include negotiation, mediation, procedural justice, dispute resolution and legal education. Jill works from an inter-disciplinary socio-legal perspective and conducts empirical research.