Shelley Kierstead, LLB (UNB), LLM (Toronto), PhD (Osgoode), is Assistant Professor and Director of the Legal Research and Writing Program at Osgoode Hall Law School. Her research interests lie in the areas of family law, access to justice, and dispute resolution. Professor Kierstead also coordinates a parent education program for separating parents entitled the "Parent Information Program,” an initiative of Osgoode’s Centre for Public Law and Public Policy.