Arlene is a lawyer in private practice based in the Metro Vancouver area. She is accredited by the Law Society of BC to act as a Parenting Coordinator, Family Law Arbitrator and Family Law Mediator. Arlene has focused her family and dispute resolution practice on the restructuring of families resulting from separation and divorce, child protection matters, wills and estate challenges, and elder care and management. She is highly skilled in the use of various collaborative interventions, including mediation, facilitated negotiations, med-arbitration and parenting coordination. Arlene has a particular interest in children’s participation in dispute resolution processes, combined with significant knowledge and experience interviewing and working with children and teens. Arlene is also qualified as a non-evaluative child interviewer and experienced in preparing non-evaluative Hear the Child Reports.