Liliana Amione

Senior Fellow – Argentina

Liliana Amione is a lawyer and a certified mediator with a multidisciplinary background in law, mediation, and public policy. She is accredited by the Ministry of Justice of Santa Fe, Argentina, and internationally recognized as a Certified Comprehensive Family Mediator by Family Mediation Canada (FMC) and as an IMI Certified Mediator by the International Mediation Institute (IMI).

About Liliana Amione

Since 2021, Ms. Amione has served as Head of Program Quality and Appraisal at the International Mediation Institute (IMI), where she oversees the quality assurance and development of mediation training and assessment programs worldwide. Her responsibilities include evaluating applications, coordinating appraisals and re-appraisals, and leading efforts to expand IMI’s network, with a focus on Latin America. From 2022 to early 2025, she also served as Director of the Mediation Institute at the Rafaela Bar Association, appointed by the Bar Association’s Directory.

The Institute is dedicated to studying and researching mediation, organizing academic events for member training, establishing connections with similar academic entities, and providing expert opinions as requested by the Directory. In this role, she led initiatives to enhance mediation policy and practice, including contributing to reform proposals for the Mandatory Mediation Law in Santa Fe, Argentina.

Her ongoing research project, “Mediation as a Pathway to Tutela Judicial Efectiva: Rethinking Access to Justice in the Inter-American Human Rights System,” explores when and under what safeguards mediation can serve as a legitimate expression of effective judicial protection (tutela judicial efectiva) under the Inter-American framework. She presented this work at the AALS ADR Works-in-Progress Conference hosted by UC Law San Francisco (2025).

Mediation Practice

Ms. Amione specializes in civil, commercial, and family mediation. She is accredited as a mediator in these areas by the Ministry of Justice of Santa Fe, Argentina, and internationally recognized as both a Certified Comprehensive Family Mediator (Family Mediation Canada, FMC) and an IMI Certified Mediator (International Mediation Institute).

Litigation Practice

Ms. Amione has extensive experience in Administrative Law, having served as legal counsel for the Municipality of Rafaela, Argentina. This experience later informed her academic research on how ADR tools, particularly mediation, could enhance administrative efficiency and good governance.

ADR Achievements and Training

In 2023, Ms. Amione Liliana was awarded the Weinstein JAMS International Fellowship to study international approaches to mediation, with a special focus on mandatory mediation and mediation advocacy. During her fellowship, she completed advanced training at leading U.S. institutions, including Pepperdine University’s Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, the University of California College of the Law, San Francisco, and Stanford University, deepening her expertise in mediation practice, negotiation, and dispute system design. Her professional development also includes specialized courses in gender and mediation, online dispute resolution, and family mediation with organizations such as Family Mediation Canada, ODR Latinoamérica, and the Ministry of Justice of Santa Fe, Argentina.
In 2024, she completed her Master’s degree in Administrative Law (Universidad Nacional de Rosario), focusing her thesis on integrating ADR, particularly mediation, into municipal public administration, aligning with the principle of good governance.
That same year, she obtained her IMI Certified Mediator accreditation and developed the first in a series of workshops on ADR for school educators, emphasizing the importance of promoting mediation beyond the legal profession and integrating it into broader society.

ADR Teaching and Mentoring

Guest Lecturer: Mediation Training Program with International Certification – organized by ODR Latinoamérica and ERREIUS (October 2025).
Skills Workshop in Mediation – Summer Institute on Conflict Transformation Across Borders, co-organized by the University of Massachusetts Boston (UMass Boston) and FLACSO Ecuador (June 2025).
Lecture: “Mandatory Mediation,” organized jointly by the Mediation Institute and Young Lawyers Commission, Rafaela Bar Association (May 2024).
Workshop: “Conflict Resolution and Mediation for Educators,” in partnership with Sky English Institute, Rafaela, Argentina (April 2024).

Publications and Education

Master’s degree in Administrative Law, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Facultad de Derecho, (UNR – FDER) – Rosario, Argentina (2024)
Mediator, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Facultad de Derecho (UNL, FCJS) – Santa Fe, Argentina (2017)
Specialization in Public Policies with a Gender Perspective, Ibero-American Union of Municipalists, and UN Women, Granada, Spain (2017)
Postgraduate Course on International Human Rights Law in the Argentine Legal System, Universidad Nacional de Rosario (2015–2016)
Lawyer – Juris Doctor (J.D.), Universidad Catòlica de Santiago del Estero, Departamento Acadèmico Rafaela (UCSE – DAR) – Rafaela, Argentina (2009)