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   Canadian Material             International Material .


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Canadian Material

Collaborative Law: Survival Guide for the New Millenium

Victor T. Tousignant, Mediator, Arbitrator, Collaborative Lawyer - Calgary, Alberta, Canada

The Happy Divorce: How to break up and make up

An article in MacLeans Magazine January 21, 2002 By: Nora Underwood

Kinder, gentler divorce alternative sweeping Canada

Lawyers praise system: Collaborative split easy on emotions, wallet and it's faster. © Cristin Schmitz, Southam News

Divorce collaborative style

In a team oriented approach geared toward avoiding litigation, the rallying cry is: I'll never see you in court! By Paula Brook. © Copyright 2002 Vancouver Sun

Collaborative Family Practice

- By: James C. MacDonald, Q.C.

Seeing Law Differently

by Alan Reid, Borderland Publishing, 1992

What is Collaborative Law

A brief article about collaborative law.

Collaborative Divorce (pdf)

An article by Dr. Susan Gamache describing the development and process of Collaborative Divorce.

Particpation Agreement (pdf)

A sample of the agreement, used in the Vancouver area, which both parties and their lawyers sign.

A Divorce Coach ... Why Bother? We're all Pioneers Here

An article by Dr. Susan Gamache about the role of, and the need for, a divorce coach in this process.

What a Divorce Coach can do for You: Welcome to the Olympics (pdf)

An article by Dr. Susan Gamache about the role of, and the need for, a divorce coach in this process.

International Material

Collaborating On Divorce

CBS Evening News - January 23, 2001

Helping Clients Heal: Lessons Lawyers Can Teach Clients About Spiritual Growth

by Daniel B. Evans; Cover Story in ABA - Law Practice Management Section

Protecting Your Children During Divorce:

Vital information on protecting children during divorce.

Children's Bill of Rights

Developed by the Special Concerns for Children Committee of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML).

Divorce Information

Divorce advice offered by Mrs. Greenstein a school psychologist.

Divorce From a Child's Point of View

A Child's Advice for Divorcing Parents.

Ten Tips for Divorcing Parents

Ways parents can lessen the impact of their break-up on their children.

Making Lemonade

The single parent network

Unconditional Love and Forgiveness
and Unconditional Love and Forgiveness

by Edith Stauffer, PhD., Publ. by Triangle Publishers, Box 1416, Burbank, California, 91507. USA. (1987), Obtainable from Psychosynthesis International, PO Box 279, Ojai, California, CA 93024, USA. Synthesis Distribution, email: synthesisd@aol.com, or the Psychosynthesis Trust, PO Box 301, Motueka, New Zealand.

Now that we're divorced, how can we parent together?

This publication was written by H. Wallace Goddard, Extension Family and Child Development Specialist, and Brenda Dozier, former Graduate Assistant, Department of Family and Child Development, Auburn University.

Making Marriage Last: A Guide to Preventing Divorce

Some very helpful information to help your marriage endure from the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML).

Transformational Law: Visionary Approaches to Practicing Law

This is one of the most exciting times to be practicing law! In addition to the traditional model of law, there is a growing movement toward a new design of legal practice and new theoretical approaches.

Lawyer-Coaches & Divorce Coaches

Lawyers Using Coaching Skills in Their Law Practices

Forgiveness Overview

Forgiveness - Prerequisite to Presence

How Good Do We Have To Be?: A New Understanding of Guilt & Forgiveness

By Rabbi Harold S. Kushner (author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People, published by Little Brown and Company (Canada) Ltd., 1996

Collaborative Dispute Resolution: An idea whose time has come

By Tom Arnold

Divorce A Problem to Be Solved: Not a Battle to be Fought

By Karen Fagerstrom, with Milton Kalish, A. Rodney Nurse, Nancy J. Ross, Peggy Thompson, Diana A. Wilde and Thomas W. Wolfrum

Spiritual Divorce : Divorce As a Catalyst for an Extraordinary Life

By Debbie Ford, John V. McShane (Preface), Neale Donald Walsh

"You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call "Failure" is not the falling down, but the laying down." Mary Pickford

Civilized Divorce

By Pauline Tessler

Divorce: Does It Have to Be Destructive?

By Nancy J. Ross, LCSW

Why Collaborative Law

By Chip Rose, J.D

Divorce the Collaborative Way

By Peggy Thompson, Ph.D.

Collaborative Family Law FAQ's

By Fred A Rico Hurvich, Marin Law Center, California

Collaborative Law FAQ's

By Pauline Tessler

Mediate.com

A collection of articles about mediation.

Turn Down the Volume When it Comes to Divorce

By Barbara Kahn Stark who is the principal of Divorce Resolution Resources, headquartered in New Haven, Connecticut. She is the President of the Connecticut Council for Divorce Mediation, a fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and the author of The Friendly Divorce Guidebook for Connecticut.

How to Divorce As Friends - Bill Ferguson

Featured on Oprah

Settle or Withdraw - Robert W. Rack, Jr.

Collaborative lawyering provides incentive to avoid costly litigation

Visualizing a New Kind of Lawyer - R.C.L.

- Member of the International Alliance of Holistic Lawyers

What is Collaborative Law - Leonard D. Weiler

- firm of Weiler & Borst - California

Accessing Your Resources As A Negotiator

Excerpted from Between Love And Hate: A Guide To Civilized Divorce By Lois Gold, M.S.W. (Penguin USA 1996)

Through My Eyes: I Was Wrong

Marilyn La Court - May 2, 2002

For better, not worse: In collaborative divorce, couples vow to avoid strife

By Louisa Kamps, Special to the Journal Sentinel - March 8, 2003