I thought I was so smart, discovering a new way to apply the collaborative dispute resolution process… to what I call Stressful Life Events. Using my collaborative skills to solve the problems that otherwise might lead to divorce. Turns out that others have been doing the same thing… in other areas of collaborative practice! I…
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The Gift of Collaborative Law
Offered by Kristen Boldt Last weekend I took an impromptu trip to Lincoln, Nebraska for the Global Collaborative Law Council’s annual conference on civil collaborative practice and I am so glad I did! What I love most about collaborative practice is the emphasis on client self-determination. As professionals we are there as guides and advisors,…
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Virtual Civil Collaborative Law Training Event
It is with great excitement that we share with you the to register for GCLC and the North Carolina Civil Collaborative Law Association’s (NCCCLA) next collaborative law training and 14 hour CLE program on February 18th and 19th of 2021. Agendas for both the pre-recorded (self-paced) and live (virtual) portions of the training are below. …
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Congratulations to newly elected GCLC Board of Directors and Officers!
Congratulations to GCLC’s 2019 Board of Directors and Officers, elected at our 2019 Annual Member Meeting and Open Board Meeting on January 17, 2019! John L. Sarratt, President, Raleigh, NC Melanie M. Atha, Secretary/Treasurer, Executive Director, Miranda, USA Anne K. Shuttle, Vice President, Public Education and Training, Dallas, TX Kristen M. Blankley, Director and Liaison to The Association…
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Stu Webb’s short form practice for paradigm shift, coming home
COMING HOME (PARADIGM SHIFT) SHORT FORM PRACTICE 1. Temporarily move your thinking & voice in head to the side.2. FEEL a warm Presence filling your body and name it “HOME”3. Remain in that warm Presence as long as comfortable.4. When you become aware that you are back in your thinking and/or voice, say to yourself…
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Conscious Contracts
Nevada lawyer and GCLC member Glenn Meier is devoted to helping his clients design, build, maintain, and restore their important business relationships through their “conscious contracts.” He coaches others to deliver relationships that are not only legally sound, but also based on shared values with tools already built in that are intended to resolve disruptions…
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The Paradigm Shift, or Coming Home
THE PARADIGM SHIFTORCOMING HOME I discovered during my preparation for and attending the I.A.C.P. Annual Forum in Seattle last weekend that the collaborative principle of “the paradigm shift” has somehow been consciously or unconsciously downplayed in recent books and trainings concerning collaborative practice. I’d like to take this opportunity to reinforce this key element of…
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Baby Steps
Several weeks ago, I spent three days in Las Vegas at the annual conference of the Global Collaborative Law Council (“GCLC”). There I met Stuart Webb, the founder of collaborative law, as well as Sherrie Abney and Larry Maxwell, two of the first movers in the application of collaborative practice to civil disputes. Merely sitting…
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