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Austin,
TX – Peter Salem has been awarded the John Haynes
Distinguished Mediator Award by the Association for
Conflict Resolution. The award is presented annually
to a prominent and internationally recognized leader
in mediation who demonstrates personal and
professional commitment to finding mediation
solutions to conflict while balancing therapeutic
and legal perspectives.
Salem
is executive director of the Association of Family
and Conciliation Courts (AFCC) and served as an
adjunct professor of law at Marquette University Law
School where he taught mediation for ten years. He
formerly served as director and mediator for Rock
County, WI Mediation and Family Court Services. He
is a former president of the Wisconsin Association
of Mediators, co-editor (with Jay Folberg and Ann
Milne) of
Divorce Mediation: Models Techniques and
Applications,
and author of numerous journal articles about
mediation, domestic violence, parent education and
family law. He also has written and produced several
videotapes
Salem’s
recent work has revolved around spearheading
organizational collaborations to create reform in
family law and dispute resolution processes and
systems to benefit children and families.
Specifically, he spearheaded (with Billie Lee
Dunford-Jackson), a North American collaboration
between family court professionals, researchers and
domestic violence professionals. He co-chaired the
Family Law Education Reform Project (with Andrew
Schepard), a national project promoting the
incorporation of ADR and skills building into the
family law curriculum. He also directed a project
implementing triage systems in Connecticut’s family
courts (project recognized as a finalist in Kennedy
School’s Innovations in American Government Awards).
Salem also chaired Wisconsin Association of
Mediators Emerging Issues in Mediation Conference
(1992-2002) a top regional mediation conference.
John
Haynes, for whom the award is named, was a pioneer
in the field of family mediation, a respected author
and practitioner, an international trainer, and the
first president of the Academy of Family Mediators.
About the Association for Conflict Resolution
The
Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR) is a
professional organization dedicated to enhancing the
practice and public understanding of conflict
resolution. ACR represents and serves a diverse
national and international audience that includes
more than 5,000 mediators, arbitrators,
facilitators, educators, and others involved in the
field of conflict resolution and collaborative
decision-making. For more information about ACR,
visit
http://www.ACRnet.org.
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