A big shout-out to the Collaborative Law section of the Dallas Bar Association and the Texas Collaborative Law Council. They were featured in today's Dallas Morning News. The DBA and TCLC are presenting their fourth annual Civil Collaborative Law Training Seminar September 17-19 at the Belo Mansion (a wonderful asset of the Dallas Bar Association).
Collaborative law started out in the family law world as a way to lessen the emotional toll of typical a litigation-oriented process. In its own way, it is a form of alternative dispute resolution.
Collaborative law focuses on the interests of the clients and has built-in structures to encourage the parties to settle disputes without having to spend the time and energy required by going to court. The parties are encouraged to disclose information, not threaten to go to court, and all of that allows conflicts to be resolved without handing over your property or business to a judge or jury to determine who wins or loses (that's because trial is a zero-sum process).
Congratulations to the DBA and the TCLC on their outstanding work in helping people understand alternative methods for resolving conflicts.
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