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A quicker, cheaper divorce settlement can be a result if your client wants to mediate, but it still requires preparation on your part as litigation does. Read more
By Helen Stein: For family lawyers, adding pro se mediation to the menu of services they already provide is a smart business decision that can also be fulfilling and rewarding. Read more
Collaborative Law is a burgeoning alternative dispute resolution process in Tennessee that will provide one more option for parties to resolve disputes. Read more
Mediation in trust and estate disputes works very well as judges may not be very well aware of the complexities involved in such matters. Read more
In the second part of her two-part interview, Dr. Barbara Landau shares her proudest accomplishment, the Domestic Violence Policy, and her involvement with the peace movement in the Middle E... Read more
Understand what the ethical rules say about conflicts of interest, client screening, and informed consent before you take a collaborative law case. Read more
Over the past five years or so there has been increasing tendency in family law disputes to use a hybrid mediation-arbitration process. This brief paper will attempt to explain how mediation... Read more
Why Are There Fewer Collaborative Divorce Filings? The increase in the failure of the collaborative process—up 55 percent—is one of the reasons. Read more
In an interview, Dr. Barbara Landau talks about her life, becoming a lawyer and the evolution of the consensual dispute resolution (CDR). Read more
Trends in family law practice have changed over the years; some of these trends have been positive, some neutral and some quite negative. Read more