M. Arden Hauer, M.A., J.D., is the founder and owner of the Center for Non-Adversarial Divorce. After practicing law for several years, she has now been in mediation practice for over twenty years.

Author

Hauer is the author of the Friendly Divorce Guidebook for Colorado, published originally in 1995. Its 7th edition was released in August 2007.

Organizations

Arden has been active in the Boulder and Colorado Bar Associations, serving on the Alternate Dispute Resolution and Family Law Committees. She has also been active in the Boulder County Interdisciplinary Committee on Child Custody (past president), and the Colorado Council of Mediators and Mediation Organizations, where she has been a keynote speaker. She has taught many classes in continuing legal education. Now, outside of her mediation work, she largely devotes her time to writing and Tai Yi healing energy work.

Education

Hauer graduated from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College with a major in mathematics, then earned her M.A. in philosophy at Marquette University, and received her J.D. from the University of Colorado School of Law. She has taught philosophy at the College of St. Catherine in St. Paul, Minnesota, and at the University of Portland in Oregon.

Areas of Practice

• Divorce Mediation
• Marital Mediation
• Conflict Resolution
• Family Law
• Consultation

Bar Admissions

• Colorado, 1978
• U.S. District Court District of Colorado, 1978

Education

• University of Colorado School of Law, Boulder, Colorado
  J.D.
  
  
• Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
  M.A.
  Honors: Magna Cum Laude
  Major: Philosophy
  
  
• Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana
  B.A.
  Major: Mathematics
  
  

Published Works

• Friendly Divorce Guidebook for Colorado, 7th Edition, 2007
• Friendly Divorce Guidebook for Colorado, 1995
• Bigger the Fight the Bigger the Bite, Denver Business, July, 1990

Classes/Seminars Taught

• Instructor in Philosophy, The College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, Minnesota
• Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Portland in Oregon
• Keynote Speaker, Colorado Council of Mediators and Mediation Organizations

Fraternities/Sororities

• Pi Gamma Mu