Matthew House is a Divorce Mediator with a Law Degree
Divorce is a legal matter. Your mediator should have a law degree, just as doctors need medical degrees.
It is not possible to learn enough law on one’s own to substitute for classroom instruction and thousands of hours of practice during three years as a law student. If you need a mediator for a family law matter, you should choose one with a law degree.
Matthew has had extensive training in mediation and law (more than 1500 hours) in Idaho and Oregon. He earned his law degree at the University of Idaho College of Law, in 2005. He passed the Oregon Bar Exam that same year, on his first attempt, but he chose not to enter the practice of law so that he could focus specifically on the non-adversarial practice of mediation. Matthew believes that the adversarial system produces more problems than it solves.
Prior to law school, Matthew earned a Bachelor of Arts degree, magna cum laude with departmental honors, from the University of Oregon, where he majored in Spanish.
At the University of Idaho College of Law, Matthew had a particular focus on family law, taking courses in Divorce, Property Division, Community Property, Children and the Law, Domestic Violence, and Juvenile Law. Matthew's additional courses as part of the standard law school curriculum -- Taxation, Bankruptcy, Contracts, Business Associations, Creditors' Rights, , and Civil Procedure, Legal Research,
and Legal Writing -- also help him in his work as a divorce mediator.
Matthew's fees for the typical divorce mediation process are the lowest in the entire Portland metropolitan area for a law-trained mediator. Matthew enables you to hire a law-degreed mediator without paying thousands of dollars more. With Matthew, you get the benefit of his law degree without a bigger bill.
It is not possible to learn enough law on one’s own to substitute for classroom instruction and thousands of hours of practice during three years as a law student. If you need a mediator for a family law matter, you should choose one with a law degree.
Matthew has had extensive training in mediation and law (more than 1500 hours) in Idaho and Oregon. He earned his law degree at the University of Idaho College of Law, in 2005. He passed the Oregon Bar Exam that same year, on his first attempt, but he chose not to enter the practice of law so that he could focus specifically on the non-adversarial practice of mediation. Matthew believes that the adversarial system produces more problems than it solves.
Prior to law school, Matthew earned a Bachelor of Arts degree, magna cum laude with departmental honors, from the University of Oregon, where he majored in Spanish.
At the University of Idaho College of Law, Matthew had a particular focus on family law, taking courses in Divorce, Property Division, Community Property, Children and the Law, Domestic Violence, and Juvenile Law. Matthew's additional courses as part of the standard law school curriculum -- Taxation, Bankruptcy, Contracts, Business Associations, Creditors' Rights, , and Civil Procedure, Legal Research,
and Legal Writing -- also help him in his work as a divorce mediator.
Matthew's fees for the typical divorce mediation process are the lowest in the entire Portland metropolitan area for a law-trained mediator. Matthew enables you to hire a law-degreed mediator without paying thousands of dollars more. With Matthew, you get the benefit of his law degree without a bigger bill.