Many people who face divorce prefer a more constructive way of divorcing. Collaborative Divorce and Collaborative Practice may be right for you. Collaborative Professionals promote respect, place the needs of children first and keep control of the process.
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Featured Articles
The Basics of Collaborative Family Law - A Divorce Paradigm Shift
Sherri Goren Slovin
Collaborative Family Law (CFL) is a revolutionary approach to divorce that has quickly spread throughout the United States and Canada. Often misunderstood and occasionally maligned, it has the potential to dramatically change the field of family law.
Sherri Goren Slovin
Collaborative Family Law (CFL) is a revolutionary approach to divorce that has quickly spread throughout the United States and Canada. Often misunderstood and occasionally maligned, it has the potential to dramatically change the field of family law.
The Collaborative (R)evolution
Chip Rose
In the field of conflict resolution, the contemporaneous emergence of the modern mediation movement began a course change that is nothing short of revolutionary. If we tracked the arc of that change like a Saturn rocket, mediation was the first stage lift off and Collaborative Law is the second stage booster.
Making Sense of Collaborative Law
Robert P. Wildau
To most attorneys including this one, on the first hearing "collaborative law" sounds like a contradiction in terms. Lawyers go to court to find out who's right and who's wrong, so what's to collaborate about? Or if people are truly collaborating, why should they need to resort to law at all?
Chip Rose
In the field of conflict resolution, the contemporaneous emergence of the modern mediation movement began a course change that is nothing short of revolutionary. If we tracked the arc of that change like a Saturn rocket, mediation was the first stage lift off and Collaborative Law is the second stage booster.
Making Sense of Collaborative Law
Robert P. Wildau
To most attorneys including this one, on the first hearing "collaborative law" sounds like a contradiction in terms. Lawyers go to court to find out who's right and who's wrong, so what's to collaborate about? Or if people are truly collaborating, why should they need to resort to law at all?
Collaborative Family Law: A Path Beyond Winning
Gay G. Cox
This paper is written in furtherance of the goal of increasing the number of practitioners willing to engage in the practice of law collaboratively so that the pool of attorneys available to the ever-increasing number of clients seeking the service is adequate to meet the demand.
Gay G. Cox
This paper is written in furtherance of the goal of increasing the number of practitioners willing to engage in the practice of law collaboratively so that the pool of attorneys available to the ever-increasing number of clients seeking the service is adequate to meet the demand.
Collaborative Concepts
Chip Rose
As the Collaborative Family Law model moves into its second decade of expansion, we can observe how far it has come and how far it has yet to go. The two most frequently expressed frustrations I hear while training around the country and across Canada are, the difficulty in getting cases, on the one hand, and the difficulty in keeping the case collaborative, on the other. As was true for mediation in the decades of the 80's, the desire of the professionals is out pacing the consumer demand.
Chip Rose
As the Collaborative Family Law model moves into its second decade of expansion, we can observe how far it has come and how far it has yet to go. The two most frequently expressed frustrations I hear while training around the country and across Canada are, the difficulty in getting cases, on the one hand, and the difficulty in keeping the case collaborative, on the other. As was true for mediation in the decades of the 80's, the desire of the professionals is out pacing the consumer demand.
The Role of Law in Conflict Management
Alan Simpson
The task of this paper is to explore the relationship between law and conflict management. This paper has four components: stated assumptions of law, underlying values that affect the relationship, the impact of the legal process on present day forms of dispute resolution models, and questions for future ponderings. The conclusion of this paper expresses the beliefs of this learner's present and developing understanding of law and its relationship to conflict management.
Alan Simpson
The task of this paper is to explore the relationship between law and conflict management. This paper has four components: stated assumptions of law, underlying values that affect the relationship, the impact of the legal process on present day forms of dispute resolution models, and questions for future ponderings. The conclusion of this paper expresses the beliefs of this learner's present and developing understanding of law and its relationship to conflict management.
Why Collaborative Law?
The Beaulier Law Office
Collaborative law is a process that was created by lawyers as a bloodless alternative for resolving family law and divorce issues.
Introduction To Collaborative Negotiating
Chip Rose
The core of the collaborative process is to facilitate the making of agreements. To be effective in this role, it is necessary to make a mental shift in the mindset that one brings to viewing both the nature of the conflict and the elements inherent in the personalities, characteristics and resources of the parties.
The Beaulier Law Office
Collaborative law is a process that was created by lawyers as a bloodless alternative for resolving family law and divorce issues.
Introduction To Collaborative Negotiating
Chip Rose
The core of the collaborative process is to facilitate the making of agreements. To be effective in this role, it is necessary to make a mental shift in the mindset that one brings to viewing both the nature of the conflict and the elements inherent in the personalities, characteristics and resources of the parties.
The Craft of Collaborative Practice7 DVDs (video) or 7 CDs (audio)
with Chip Rose
Over 10 hours Sample Video
Join Chip Rose for collaborative practice instruction, including consideration of these and other issues:
- Explaining the model in the first consultation
- Preparing the client for the first collaborative meeting
- Contact between the attorneys and other collaborating professionals to choreograph the first meeting
- Organization and processes for the first collaborative meeting
- Dealing with crisis circumstances and the role of counsel and coaches
- Introducing substantive issues and topics
- The use of forms, agreements, agreementmaking
- Dealing with issues of trust, empowerment, and power imbalances
- Addressing issues of enforcement
- Discovery, disclosure and document production
- Anticipating issues that will necessitate modification in the future
Also see The International Academy of Collaborative Professionals
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