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The Collaborative Lawyer’s Role
Most people (including most lawyers) are unfamiliar with the role of a collaborative lawyer. One reason for this lack of familiarity is that each collaborative lawyer functions as a member of a collaborative team and the entire process, by definition, is non-adversarial. Like mediation, the collaborative process is based upon the principle of client self-determination. […]
Teaching Law Students About Collaborative Practice In An ADR Course
The Curriculum Collaborative Practice is an out-of-court, non-adversarial/consensual, client-centered conflict resolution process that is remarkably different in multiple ways from any dispute[i] resolution processes. For more than 30 years, as I’ve continued to teach law students about alternative dispute resolution (ADR) processes, I have repeatedly amended, revised and updated the curriculum in response to the […]