Bette Roth

Lecturer in Law
Mediator - Arbitrator
B.A., cum laude, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
J.D., University of Wisconsin Law School

Interests: Mediation, Arbitration, ADR (Alternative Dispute Resolution)

As a mediator or arbitrator during the past sixteen years, Bette Roth has handled more than 750 cases involving a wide range of commercial, securities, employment, real estate, construction, and discrimination disputes.

Prior to her committing her practice to alternative dispute resolution ("ADR"), Ms. Roth was a litigation attorney for several years in Los Angeles and San Francisco, working in private practice and with the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission.

Ms. Roth is the primary editor and contributing author of the national two-volume text, The Alternative Dispute Resolution Practice Guide, a finalist for the 1994 CPR book award. Since its initial publication in 1993, this book has been widely cited by litigants and judges both within and outside the U.S., and has become a staple in most U.S. law libraries. Ms. Roth updates this book each year, which has kept her on the forefront of legal trends and practices in the field of dispute resolution.

Ms. Roth is a frequent speaker of mediation and arbitration, and has presented for MCLE, ALI-ABA, and the Boston Bar Association, where she was co-chair of the ADR Committee for the past 3 years.  She is a member of many national and local ADR panels, and has mentored other arbitrators and mediators. In 2008, as well as in 2007 and 2006, Ms. Roth was named a New England or Massachusetts "Super Lawyer" in the field of ADR by Boston Magazine and Law and Politics Magazine.