Category Archives: Collaborative Mediation

Collaborative Law: High energy, out of the box legal creativity

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Michael Zeytoonian

International Academy of Collaborative Professionals (IACP) held its 12th annual Forum. As always, this Forum was an amazing event, four days of insightful, profound and transformative thought in the legal profession. Continue reading →

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Why don’t more people use Collaborative Law?

Posted on September 8, 2011 by Michael Zeytoonian

Collaborative Law (“CL”) in civil disputes other than divorce cases have been brainstorming about the expanded use of CL in employment, business, probate, construction and other areas of law. In the spirit of transparency that is an important elem… Continue reading →

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Ask your lawyer about PRD, coming from down-under

Posted on June 28, 2011 by Michael Zeytoonian

In our last blog, we began the discussion of what ADR is and why people are steadily asking their lawyers to use processes like mediation and collaborative law. We talked about arbitration becoming more and more like litigation. Continue reading →

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Advocacy and the pursuit of interests, without the fighting

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Michael Zeytoonian

We can fully engage in advocacy without engaging in an adversarial approach. It sounds counter-intuitive, but when you think about it, the most clearheaded advocacy comes when the advocates are not shackled by a narrow focus on winning a positional bat… Continue reading →

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