[Ailist] Re: Collaborative Law and AI
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sbelgard at comcast.net
Wed Dec 26 15:08:38 MST 2007
Hello AIers
I used to practice business litigation and over the last few years began to learn about collaborative law as an alternative. It is very compatible with Appreciative Inquiry. This past November, my colleague, a family therapist, and I, led a presentation on AI and Collaborative Law ("CL") entitled "Positive Perspectives" at the annual conference of the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals (see their web site: http://www.collaborativepractice.com/_res.asp?M=5).
Approximately 100 practitioners attended our 90 min. session and participated enthusiastically in a "mini" appreciative interview. We were invited to do a day-long presentation on AI and CL in April 2008 in Oakland, California for the California collaborative professionals conference. Naturally, we are very excited about this acceptance of the blending of AI and CL, and believe it will help practitioners work better together and increase the overall acceptance and understanding of both AI and CL among professionals and the public.
We also wrote an article about the combination of AI and CL and I will post the article in the next few days (when I get back to my home computer).
(Collaborative law started as an alternative to divorce litigation. "Civil" collaborative law covers business, probate and other cases outside of the family law context.)
Last year, I developed a 6-hour training on Civil Collaborative Law , integrating Appreciative Inquiry , which was approved by the California State Bar for 6 continuing legal education credits. It was an exciting development process, and the course is now available via mp3. (Most other jurisdictions recognize courses approved by the CA State Bar.) If you, or anyone you know is interested in learning more about the course (it costs $135), details and registration are available at
http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=136390
All my best,
Susan
Susan Belgard, JD, CPCC
"Building on the Best in People and Organizations"
Appreciative Inquiry Practitioner & Trainer
Certified Co-Active Coachâ„¢
Civil Collaborative Law Trainer
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Hour-long CDs:
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> It has been some years since I practiced law (as a
> barrister/Arbitrator/Mediator)but having spent a life time in that area and
> a personal bias in favour of the "win win" approach I am interested in
> developments that go in the direction of "we".
>
> Recently I came into contact with another lawyer here in Sydney (interested
> in learning more about Appreciative Inquiry) who introduced me to the fact
> that there is a fast growing body of lawyers and other professionals who
> practice and hold themselves out to be "collaborative lawyers" or
> collaborative professionals.
>
> I have copied her (lorraine Lopich) into this email as a bcc so as to give
> her the choice of responding to you directly with more information about
> lawyers that practice "collaborative law".
>
> Extracted from one of the google links the following gives you a better idea
> of what "collaborative law" means in this neck of the woods:
>
> "Collaborative law is a way of solving legal disputes, or family
> separations, by avoiding court. In fact, collaborative lawyers agree to be
> sacked from the case, if they can't negotiate a settlement which pleases
> both sides of the dispute...."
>
> I understand that there are other "collaborative lawyers" in Canada and the
> US. I am told that at least one of these is quite involved in AI.
> I will send you her contact details when I can.
>
> Have you read "NONZERO" by Graeme Wright - using game theory it is all about
> how civilization has made progress basically because it (the people in it, I
> mean) has made its decisions based on feeling good. (a very rough summary to
> an excellent book that former President Clinton described as "brilliant".
>
> Cheers
>
> John Loty
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:ailist-bounces at lists.business.utah.edu] On Behalf Of
> Benchcomm at aol.com
> Sent: Friday, 21 December 2007 2:12 AM
> To: ailist at lists.business.utah.edu
> Subject: [Ailist] Legal Firms that have moved from I to WE
>
> Dear AI Colleagues:
>
> Law firms are notorious for their entrepreneurial, individual contributor
> model, yet there is interest among some firms to strengthen their brand
> presence by becoming more we-centric.
>
> I am currently doing some benchmarking research on law firms who have been
> able to shift their culture from I to WE.
>
> My interest covers a few areas and I wondered if anyone can share case
> studies of this evolution. I'd be glad to package it all up and share it
> back.
> Here are some of my questions...
>
> LAW FIRMS: I to WE
> 1. Do you have any examples (case studies) of law firms who have
> created a WE culture where there is collaboration, partnering, bringing
> colleagues in to work on servicing client needs beyond what the originator
> was able to do - and other we-centric behaviors?
> 2. If so, can you provide some details about:
> 1. The size of the firm, practice areas, geographic location
> 2. Compensation structure - all for one/one for all or individual
> contributor
> 3. What did they do to create a "we-culture"
> 4. What are their best practices to sustain this orientation?
> 5. What has been the impact - on clients, or their culture, or
> partnering and on profitability
> 6. Other things that were important in this story/case
>
> Thank you so much in advance for helping shape this bigger story. I would
> be glad to send something back to all of you with this research compiled.
>
> Judith
>
> Judith E. Glaser, CEO
> Benchmark Communications, Inc.
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> jeglaser at creatingwe.com
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> Liminal Faculty & Board Member
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> 116 Central Park South 9-D
> New York, NY 10019
> 212 307 4386
> 212 307 0699 (fax)
> 917 864 8466 (cell)
>
> 5 Shorehaven Road
> Norwalk, CT 06855
> 203 838 6982
> 203 838 7166 (fax)
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> "We must welcome the future, remembering that soon it will be the past; and
> we must respect the past remembering that once it was all that was humanly
> possible." - George Santayana
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> Message: 4
> Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2007 08:21:01 -0500
> From: "Jamie Gairo" <Jamie at EmergenceCoachingGroup.com>
> Subject: [Ailist] RE: AI and Families
> To: <ailist at lists.business.utah.edu>, <james.werner at case.edu>
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> Hi, Jim.
>
> I just finished my Master's Thesis on adapting AI for use in family
> situations. Here is the information:
>
> Gairo, Jamie L. (2007) Appreciative Families: A family coaching model for
> positive change. Unpublished Masters Project Paper, Fielding Graduate
> University, Master's Program in Organizational Management and Development,
> Santa Barbara, California.
>
> Core Hypothesis: Families will heal and feel increased levels of happiness
> following participation in an AI intervention, focusing on Family Coaching.
>
>
> Abstract: Having witnessed families in crisis and the emotional damage
> inflicted on the individual members of these families, I went on an
> exploration to find a successful intervention to help these families recover
> to brighter future. This paper is a journey into the current literature,
> research and practices in Appreciative Inquiry, Positive Psychology,
> Positive Emotions, and Coaching. This information is then adapted and
> applied to a family coaching model that integrates these fields. A
> fictional family is described along with probable outcomes if this model
> were applied to them. Taking the principles of the various disciplines
> creates long-term positive change within the family system and within the
> individual family members.
>
> Here is a link to it on the AI Commons:
> http://appreciativeinquiry.case.edu/research/bibCompletedDissertationsDetail
> .cfm?coid=11361
>
> Best,
> Jamie
> ____________________
> Jamie Gairo, ACC
> The Asha Institute
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> Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2007 09:02:31 EST
> From: Benchcomm at aol.com
> Subject: [Ailist] Three Dot Dash.... Happy Holiday!
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> Dear AI Colleagues:
> In the spirit of the New Year, I wanted to let you know about 29 very
> special youth who are emerging globally to help bring peace to the world ...
> here
> is their story...
> In 2001, The We Are Family Foundation was born through the efforts of a
> small group of people wanting to heal the negative impact of September 11th and
> refocus the world on the positive things we can do together as a global
> community.
> I was one of the founding members… and we never anticipated we would be
> doing such big projects in such a short amount of time – however we are
> finding
> so many people want to be a part of something bigger than we can create alone.
>
> Through our WAFF educational and peace initiatives, we are developing
> opportunities for global citizens to work together to create peace and
> understanding around the world.
> 2008: April of 2008, We Are Family Foundation will launch our first
> Global Teen Initiative in NYC.
> Working with 40 NGOs (Non-governmental Organizations) around the world, we
> found 29 of the most incredible Global Teen Leaders (GTLs), between the ages
> of 12-19, who are actively working on projects that promote a more peaceful
> society.
> They will come together at our 2008 Just Peace Summit to learn how to
> effectively "tell their stories" in order to expand their leadership ability,
> mobilize peers, and expand their work by engaging audiences around the work in
> their projects.
>
> Join Us: If you want to learn more, we welcome our AI friends and
> colleagues to join us by becoming involved in any way you see fit. Here is a
> link to
> the Three Dot Dash Site, and to the incredible youth selected this year to
> attend.
> SITE: _http://www.threedotdash.org/_ (http://www.threedotdash.org/)
> GTLs: _http://www.threedotdash.org/Summit_GTLs_Class08.aspx_
> (http://www.threedotdash.org/Summit_GTLs_Class08.aspx)
> To learn more about our other initiatives, please click on our We Are Family
> website: _www.wearefamilyfoundation.org_
> (http://www.wearefamilyfoundation.org/) or to become involved, please email:
> Judith E. Glaser: _jeglaser at creatingwe.com_
> (mailto:jeglaser at creatingwe.com) or Nancy Hunt, our president at:
> _nancy at wearefamilyfoundation.org_
> (mailto:nancy at wearefamilyfoundation.org) .
> I hope this year brings you prosperity, happiness and great joy!
> Judith
>
>
> Judith E. Glaser, CEO
> Benchmark Communications, Inc.
>
>
> www.creatingwe.com
> jeglaser at creatingwe.com
>
> Author: Creating We & The DNA of Leadership
> Liminal Faculty & Board Member
>
> 116 Central Park South 9-D
> New York, NY 10019
> 212 307 4386
> 212 307 0699 (fax)
> 917 864 8466 (cell)
>
> 5 Shorehaven Road
> Norwalk, CT 06855
> 203 838 6982
> 203 838 7166 (fax)
>
> "We must welcome the future, remembering that soon it will be the past; and
> we must respect the past remembering that once it was all that was humanly
> possible." - George Santayana
>
>
>
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