Collaborative Law is the legal component of Collaborative Practice. It is a dispute resolution model in which both parties to a dispute retain separate, specially-trained lawyers whose job is to provide education, legal advice and advocacy to help them settle the dispute. If the lawyers do not succeed in helping the clients resolve the problem, the lawyers are must withdraw and can never represent either client against the other. All participants agree to work together respectfully, honestly and in good faith to try to find “win-win” solutions to the legitimate needs of both parties. No one may go to court or even threaten to do so, and if that should occur, the Collaborative Law process terminates and both lawyers are disqualified from any further involvement in the case.
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Resolving Conflicts Without Court since 1993