October 2008 Articles
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Divorce American-Style Works Better, Says UK Judge (Martha Neil)
A fledgling idea in the United Kingdom five years ago, American-style collaborative divorce works better than the traditional, often acrimonious, court battle, a senior United Kingdom family judge says. |
August 2004 Articles
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| Multidisciplinary Collaborative Law (Norma Levine Trusch) |
Good Communication Starts With Listening (Nancy Foster) |
What is Collaborative Law? Why Do It? (Kevin R. Fuller)
A step by step explanation of the various processes involved in the Collaborative Law model with comparisons to mediation and litigation approaches. |
What Every Psychologist Should Know About Collaborative Law
It is a brilliantly-conceived process that is primarily used in resolving divorce issues between couples. |
Complex Property Issues In Collaborative Law Cases (Don Royall)
In our training as Collaborative Lawyers much attention has been given to “the paradigm shift”, as if to identify “IT” and embrace it, was to be transformed and well on the way to effective engagement in this new and exciting way to assist our clients in dealing their relational breakups and the resulting fallout that threatens those dear to them. |
Financial Analysis and Planning in Divorce Cases (Osborne and Karam)
Certified Divorce Planners/Certified Divorce Specialists are financial professionals who can help the client and attorney through the divorce process. They are available to study the financial facts, help develop a strategy, articulate realistic expectations, present exhibits to the attorney, client and spouse and, if needed, attend and testify at mediation or trial. |
July 2004 Articles
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For better, not worse (Louisa Kamps): In collaborative divorce, couples vow to avoid strife
If you want to end your marriage, you're hardly alone. The U.S. Census Bureau estimates that 50% of all American marriages will end in divorce. About 17,500 divorces were finalized in Wisconsin in 2001. |
Why Collaborative Law? (Chip Rose)
The most profound development in the legal profession since the Pound Conference convened in the early 70's and pointed the way to alternative methods of dispute resolution (ADR), is the rapidly growing field collaborative law or collaborative negotiation. |
Making Sense of Collaborative Law (Robert P. Wildau)
What is collaborative law anyhow? In a nutshell, it is a process of working through a legal dispute, usually a domestic matter, in which the parties and their counsel agree not to resort to the courts. |
Settle or Withdraw: Collaborative lawyering provides incentive to avoid costly litigation
The benefits, of course, include all those typically associated with mediation: saved relationships and litigation costs, and better compliance with agreements. |
Turn Down the Volume When it Comes to Divorce (Barbara Kahn Stark)
Involvement with the legal system seems inevitably to lead to escalating emotions and fears with the divorce becoming a war between the spouses. This culture of argument leaves the couples' sense of self worth, their financial stability, and their children among the victims of the conflict. |
The Creative Solution: Sibling Non-Rivalry (Chip Rose)
Collaborative Law stands on the shoulders of three decades of developed concepts and skills that is the field of mediation. The two models are siblings among the institutionalized methodologies for resolving disputes. |
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