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Michael J. Lowy
Jody W. Dilloway
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Michael J Lowy
Michael is a founding member of the Collaborative Law Association. He received his Ph.D. in anthropology from U.C. Berkeley and his J.D. from Stanford Law School. He has practiced family law since 1980 and devotes a significant portion of his practice to collaborative law and family law mediation, including reviewing attorney work. |
Positions Held:
- 2004 - President, Collaborative Practice Silicon Valley
- Jan. 1985 - Present Occasional Adjunct Instructor, Stanford Law School
- Feb. 1984 - Present Hearing Officer (Mediator/Arbitrator), Hayward Rent Review Office
- July 1980 - Present Attorney, Private Practice, Palo Alto, CA
- Jan. 1982 - Jan. 1984 Senior Scientist, URSA Institute
- Nov. 1979 - Present Hearing Officer (Mediator/Arbitrator), San Jose Rental Dispute Mediation Agency
- Sept. 1978 - Present Part-time instructor of Anthropology, Administration of Justice, and Paralegal, De Anza College
- Jan 1979 - Sept. 1980 Director, Northern California Public Interest Research Group
- Spring 1979 Consultant to Legal Service Corporation of Puerto Rico on the Establishment of Citizen Dispute Settlement Mechanisms
- Oct. 1978 - June 1979 Evaluation Consultant. Santa Clara County Justice Division Evaluation Unit
- Sept. 1977 - Jan. 1978 Law Clerk, San Francisco Neighborhood Legal Assistance Foundation, Bay View-Hunters Point Office
- 1976 - 1978 Mediator, Palo Alto Rental Housing Mediation Task Force
- June 1976 - Dec. 1977 Field Research Consultant, Reactions to Crime Project, Sponsored by Northwestern University Urban Research Institute
- 1973 - 1975 Adjunct Professor of Anthropology and Law, University of Pittsburgh Law School
- 1970 - 1975 Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh
Education:
- 1975 - 1978 Stanford Law School J.D. Degree conferred June 1978 Member of the State Bar of California
- 1965 - 1971 University of California, Berkeley, Anthropology of Law, North American Indians, Sub-Saharan Africa Field Work: 1968 - 1969 Dissertation Title: The Ethnography of Law in a Changing Ghanaian Town Ph.D. Degree Conferred December 1971
- 1964 - 1965 Hunter College Anthropology of Law, Comparative Methodology M.A. June 1965
- Summer 1963 University of New Mexico Filed School of Archaeology
- 1960 - 1964 City College of the City of New York Anthropology Major B.A. June 1964
Awards:
- Russell Sage Foundation Residency in Law and Society Science, 1975 - 1976; 1976 - 1977
- ACLS Travel Grant, 1974
- Law and Modernization Fellowship, Yale Law School, 1973 - 1974
- University of Pittsburgh Faculty Research Grant, 1971
- NIMH Field Research Grant, 1968 - 1969
- NIMH Pre-Doctoral Fellowship, University of California, 1967 - 1970
- NIMH Traineeship, University of California, 1966 - 1967
- Tuition Scholarship, Hunter College, 1964 - 1965
Professional Societies:
- Fellow of the Society for Applied Anthropology
- Fellow of the American Anthropology Association
- Society for Law and Society
- American Judicature Society
- Founding Member of the Collaborative Law Association
Community Organizations:
- Internal Review Board Member, Pacific Graduate School of Psychology, Palo Alto, California, 2003 to present.
- Member of the Board, CASA SAY, Mt. View, California, 1982 - 1984.
- Member of the Board, Stanford Public Interest Law Foundation, 1984 to 2000.
- San Mateo County Advisory Committee on Alternative Dispute Resolution, 1989 - 2003.
- Trustee, Santa Clara County Bar Association, 1995-1996
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Jody W. Dilloway
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Jody graduated from the University of California at Berkeley in 1973, with a B.A. in English. She worked in a small publishing company, during which time she began taking paralegal courses. She received her paralegal's certificate in 1990 and started working part time with Michael that year. It was quickly realized that part time work was not enough, and she started working full time with Michael in 1991. |
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