Education

MEDIATION CAREER DEVELOPMENT

Ms. Viera has participated in over 580 hours of mediation training, including:

  • U.S. District Court, N. D. California ADR Program

  • Advanced Mediator Training, California Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District

  • Advanced Mediator Training, Center for Understanding in Conflict

  • Harry Sloan Fellow for the Center for Mediation in Law

  • Advanced Mediation Training, Center For Mediation in Law

  • Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

  • Conflict Resolution Training, Will Schutz Associates

  • Fundamentals of Family Law Training for Mediators, Northern California Mediation Center

  • Appropriate Custody & Parenting Arrangements, Northern California Mediation Center

  • Mediation Skills Training, Berkeley Dispute Resolution Service

  • Intensive Mediation Training, Gary Friedman, Center For Mediation In Law, 2001

  • Mediation and Negotiation Classes, University of California, Berkeley Law School, 1998

EDUCATION

  • J.D., University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall Law School

    • Assoc. Editor, Berkeley Journal of Employment & Labor Law

    • Assoc. Editor, Berkeley Women’s Law Journal 

    • Advocate in Spanish, Central American Refugee Clinic

    • Director, East Bay Workers’ Rights Clinic 

  • B.A., Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, High Distinction

    • Phi Beta Kappa, 1990