[Ailist] Resource for Lawyers

[marysue foster]

Kim -- this is an amazing piece of work. Being privy to some of it keeps my jaw dropped in admiration. Thank you for your commitment to the legal profession and to making a difference in general! Best of luck with this endeavor.

MarySue Foster
Founder, Imagine-Nation
Imagine a world where every voice is heard . . .

-----Original Message-----
>From: J Kim Wright <jkimwright at earthlink.net>
>Sent: Mar 6, 2009 11:46 AM
>To: ailist at lists.business.utah.edu
>Subject: [Ailist] Resource for Lawyers
>
>Hi folks.
>
>I'm mostly a lurker on this list who has been involved in AI in the legal
>profession for about 10 years. That is, I've been shaping my work with AI
>principles, focusing on what works about the legal profession, looking at
>more meaningful ways of practicing law, occasionally facilitating AI
>processes or participating in them.  I've also used AI in my own work with
>divorce and business clients.  I am so grateful for AI and all it has
>provided for me and for this community of support.
>
>This week, I launched a huge project that is based in AI principles:
>www.cuttingedgelaw.com.
>
>It is an on-line documentary series with stories of transformation, courage
>and innovation told by the pioneers of the movement. They're not sound bytes
>but are divided into 10 minute segments which often provide intimate
>glimpses into the lives of the storytellers. We have 133 video clips about
>restorative justice, collaborative law, contemplative practices, humanizing
>legal education, holistic law and a variety of other approaches which are
>healing, peacemaking approaches.  We have lawyers telling their stories and
>thereby telling the story of the development of a movement in law that has
>gone from a handful of weirdos to the establishment of several thousand
>problem-solving courts, training of ten thousand lawyers in collaborative
>law, etc..  We are also an on-line magazine with text content on those
>topics and more, including one about Appreciative Inquiry by Kathy Clark.
>And we're a community, a social network of practitioners in those fields.
>We post CuttingEdgeLaw.com generated content every day and our members are
>already beginning to join in adding to the massive library of ideas and
>information.
>
>While this stage is focused on lawyers, as our directory is populated, we'll
>be promoting the site to clients as a place to get holistic legal advice and
>find a New Lawyer for their legal matters.
>
>Our launch took four years of preparation, including a full year of content
>collection, and it is just the beginning. We've already captured the
>attention of some of the news media. An international magazine, a reporter
>for a national mainstream magazine, and a state legal publication are
>talking with us now.
>
>Please celebrate with me and refer all your lawyer clients, friends, and
>colleagues to the site!
>
>Warmly,
>
>J. Kim Wright, J.D.
>www.cuttingedgelaw.com
>Publisher & CCBW
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