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Legal Ethics And Collaborative Practice Ethics, Robert F. Cochran Jr.
Legal Ethics And Collaborative Practice Ethics, Robert F. Cochran Jr.
Hofstra Law Review
In Collaborative Practice (CP), the clients and their attorneys (and other professionals in the case, if there are any) contract to resolve the issues presented in a structured process without litigation. Lawyers who engage in CP are governed by the legal professional rules in their state. However, Collaborative Practice differs greatly from adversarial dispute resolution practice. It challenges practitioners in ways not necessarily addressed by the ethics of individual disciplines. Therefore, collaborative professionals have developed their own standards to provide guidance for their members. Cochran describes the legal and ethical context within which professionals engage in CP in the United …
A Vision For Collaborative Practice: The Final Report Of The Hofstra Collaborative Law Conference, J. Herbie Difonzo
A Vision For Collaborative Practice: The Final Report Of The Hofstra Collaborative Law Conference, J. Herbie Difonzo
Hofstra Law Review
In November 2009, Hofstra University School of Law’s Center for Children, Families and the Law hosted a Conference on the Uniform Collaborative Law Act, in conjunction with the Uniform Law Commission, the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals ("IACP"), and the American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution. This event marked the first time a law school has sponsored a conference exclusively focusing on the innovative practice of collaborative law.
The goal of the Conference was to assess collaborative practice in light of the adoption of the Uniform Collaborative Law Act (“UCLA”). This Report …