Table of Contents

• Jurisdiction: California,United States
• Citation: Vol. 38 No. 4
• Publication year: 2016
• topic: Family Law,Insurance Law,Real Estate,Technology

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Message from the Chair.................................................................................................................3

Message from the Editor...............................................................................................................6

Retraining Family Lawyers to Support Mediating Clients...................................................7
By Paula M. Lawhon, CFLS
Many family law attorneys would like to provide mediation services, or be the "separate attorney" for a client in mediation, but do not have adequate training or experience in non-adversarial dispute resolution or collaborative methods to truly support clients in their mediated cases, resulting in difficult and even unsuccessful negotiations. This article discusses the approaches best suited to non-adversarial settlement and what characteristics make certain attorneys better suited to this mode of practice than others.

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