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Collaborative Law Section

Provides a forum for lawyers and other professionals who are interested in learning about the collaborative dispute resolution process and advancing their skills in the process. The goals of the Section are: (1) to promote the use of the collaborative process for resolving disputes in various areas of law, (2) to train lawyers and other professionals in the use of the process, (3) to educate the public as to the benefits of the process, and (4) to preserve the integrity of the collaborative dispute resolution process.

Section News

6th Annual Civil Collaborative Law Training

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2nd Annual Civil Collaborative Law Symposium

August 25-27, 2010

Dallas Bar Association - Belo Mansion
2101 Ross Avenue
Dallas, Texas

Two-Day Advanced Civil Collaborative Law Training--Aug. 25-26

International Business Dispute - Case Study & Role Play

Recommending an Appropriate Process

Interest-based Negotiation - Keeping Your Clients out of Court

Creative Options Not Available in Court

Breaking Impasse - Ethical Puzzlers

2nd Annual Civil Collaborative Law Symposium--Aug. 27

Collaborative Law Around the World

Uniform Collaborative Law Act

Introducing Collaborative Law to Corporations

Med-Arb in the Collaborative Process

How to Effectively Maintain a Collaborative Practice

Billing Practices in Collaborative Matters

How to Build a Collaborative Community

Special Guest Luncheon Speakers:

August 25: Peter K. Munson, Jr., JD

Mr. Munson has represented Texas for many years on the Uniform Law Commission. He served as Chair of the Commission's Committee that drafted that the Uniform Collaborative Law Act

August 26: Kevin Karlson, JD, PhD

Dr. Karlson is a Strategic Partner in Cephos Corp. He is a nationally recognized consultant in values-based leadership and communications effectiveness training for legal professionals and for-profit and non-profit organizations.

August 27: Kathleen A. Bryan, JD

Ms. Bryan is President & CEO of the International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution. She leads an international non-profit coalition of corporate counsel, top law firms, judiciary and academics, dedicated to providing resources and information in commercial conflict prevention and dispute management.

Registration is available on-line at http://collaborativelaw.us/events.php

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact:

Nicole T. LeBoeuf, Chair	Lawrence R. Maxwell, Jr, President
Dallas Bar Association	Global Collaborative Law Council
Collaborative Law Section	214-265-9668
214-780-1499	lmaxwell@adr-attorney.com
nleboeuf@shacklaw.net

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Meeting Schedule:

August Meeting -- Aug. 10 -- with Business LItigation Section

The Collaborative Law Section will join the Business Litigation Section for its meeting on August 10, 2010, at noon at the Belo. Anne Shuttee will speak on "Collaborative Law in Business LItigation: Something New and Different."

For more detailed information on an upcoming meeting please see the DBA Calendar.

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