Our mission:
To promote the non-adversarial practice of law. To promote collaborative law, which resolves legal conflicts with cooperative, rather than confrontational techniques, and in which lawyers do not
litigate -- thereby encouraging parties to reach agreements in a creative and respectful manner. To educate the public and the legal community about the process and value of collaborative law.
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The Massachusetts Collaborative Law Council Story |
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In June of 1999, Rita S. Pollak had the good fortune to moderate a panel on the topic of collaborative law. On the panel was Stuart Webb, the creator of the collaborative law process, as well as other leaders in the early days of the collaborative practice movement. Having learned about collaborative law and witnessed the positive reaction of attendees at the workshop, Rita returned to Boston “high” on collaborative law. She contacted David Hoffman, who was already somewhat familiar with the process, and the two of them agreed to invite a small number of like-minded colleagues to discuss bringing collaborative law to Massachusetts. 20 people were invited and 20 came. Each person at the first meeting was asked to invite a colleague to the next meeting, and so the group grew. By April of 2000 the Massachusetts Collaborative Law Council was formed.
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Today we have expanded our membership to include financial professionals, divorce coaches and child specialists. We have the largest Civil Collaborative Practice Section in the world. Our members practice in all areas including business, family law, employment, trusts and estates, contracts and insurance law. We have trained over 500 collaborative professionals in Massachusetts and have joined other collaborative professionals in the United States, Canada and around the world in our commitment to foster solutions-based settlements for people in resolving their differences.
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Please join us and feel free to contact any of our officers,
directors or members for more information.
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Click here
to view the Massachusetts
Collaborative Law Council by-laws |
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here to view the Massachusetts Collaborative Law Council
Professionals Standards |
