Mia Cahill is a former law professor, licensed as an attorney since 1992. She brought her formidable legal skills to private law practice. Her scholarly work has been published in the Stanford Law Review, Law & Social Inquiry, the Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law & Policy and the Law & Society Review, and in several books such as How Law Matters, The Diffusion of Social Problems and the "Women in Crisis" Handbook of the United Nations Women's Guild. She is the author of a book. In addition to her law degree, Ms. Cahill has a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She has taught at the University of Wisconsin and New York University and Rutgers University. She is an experienced mediator in civil and family mediations, a collaborative attorney and serves on the Court roster as a mediator. Ms. Cahill was twice elected to the school board of the Princeton Regional School District and has served since 2006. She is a former Trustee of the Women in the Profession Committee of the New Jersey State Bar Association, and the Princeton Education Foundation. She was a 2009 honoree of the Tribute to Women Award, of the YWCA of Princeton. She is a founding member and board member of the Mid-Jersey Collaborative Law Alliance, the Law and Society Association, the Mercer County Bar Association,