WilliamWilson
@AlexisNeely And, congrats on the CNBC gig!
| @AlexisNeely I think you may be onto something there |
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| Back in the office after collaborative law training. What a great concept. http://collaborativepractic... |
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| Too bad the DVDs aren't free...but it's still a good investment: http://tinyurl.com/57lmyu |
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| Maintaining the theme of the posts over the last couple of days: http://www.divorcechoice.com/ |
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| Cool exercise, even just to read: http://tinyurl.com/63nckm (scroll down to Ugli Orange case) |
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| "Divorces happen in the same system that decides death penalty cases and who ran the red light cases." |
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| Unidentified judge: "A custody trial is like doing brain surgery with a chain saw." |
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| Day two of collaborative law training, observations to follow... |
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| Lunch break during our collaborative law training...so far so good--great information |
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| Link to article on communicating value of collaborative process: http://www.collaborativepra... |
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| Who wants a fast and cheap divorce? Do you hire the fastest and cheapest heart surgeon? |
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| Arguments often don't help the client's case and achieve the client's goals. |
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| Think--how many arguments in the marriage? Thousands. How many of those changed someone's mind? Probably two or three. |
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| Need to shed this idea: argument=advocacy. Advocacy need not include arguments. |
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| We lawyers tend to think of an outcome as what the judge would probably decide...but that may not work for the parties. |
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| One unique aspect of collaborative law: the clients control the outcome--the lawyers' vision of the outcome is irrelevant |
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| @GrantGriffiths excellent news--I'll have to look into that |
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| Oops, left Canada out of the list. Sorry! |
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| Collaborative lawyers can be found in 45/50 states, plus Ireland, Scotland, Australia, Great Britain, Austria... |
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