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Overview of Collaborative Law:
- Collaborative Law: What is it? Why do it? by Kevin Fuller (as adapted by the GCLC) is a short introduction to the collaborative approach to civil dispute resolution.
- The
First Option: Collaboration by Lawrence
R. Maxwell, Jr. Why Collaboration? Are the learned lawyers
trying to tell us something? This article details the essential
elements of the process and updates a paper which was presented
in 2004 to the 5th Annual Institute
for Responsible Dispute Resolution of the State Bar of Texas ADR Section.
- A New Way of Doing Business: Collaboration by Sherrie R. Abney is an in-depth description of the collaborative process.
- The Development of Collaborative Law by Lawrence R. Maxwell, Jr., published in Alternative Resolutions, the publication of the ADR Section of the State Bar of Texas.
Uniform Collaborative Law Act:
- The Uniform Collaborative Law Act, It's here, by Lawrence R. Maxwell, Jr., published in Alternative Resolutions, Fall 2009, a publication of the ADR Section of the State Bar of Texas.
- Executive Summary of the Uniform Collaborative Law Act, revised July, 2009, by Lawrence R. Maxwell, Jr. and David A. Hoffman, Co-chairs of ABA Section of Dispute Resolution Collaborative Law Committee
- Why
a Uniform Collaborative Law Act? by Norman
Solovay and Lawrence R. Maxwell, Jr., published in Spring
2009, Vo. 2, No. 1 of the New York Dispute Resolution
Lawyer, a publication of the New York State Bar Association.
Collaborative Law Documents:
- Protocols of Practice for Collaborative Lawyers (Revised August, 2007) GCLC developed these Protocols of Practice as guidelines for use by licensed attorneys who are trained in the collaborative dispute resolution process. GCLC will endeavor to make revisions and add commentaries based upon comments and suggestions received.
- Participation Agreement and Addendum (Revised August, 2007) The Participation Agreement provides the ground rules for the entire collaborative dispute resolution process. The Addendum is to assist the parties in making choices regarding how they wish to conduct the collaborative process.
- Why is the Participation Agreement Necessary? by Sherrie R. Abney explains the importance of the agreement.
- The Addendum to the Civil Collaborative Participation Agreement by Sherrie R. Abney. The addendum to the participation agreement is an important tool for the collaborative lawyer and the parties. This article explains why it is necessary and how it works.
Business and Professional Interest in Collaborative Law:
Business/Commercial:
- Using Collaborative Law to Resolve Disputes in Family Businesses, by Richard A.B. Gleiner, published in FFI Practitioner, Volume 5, November 2009, a publication of the Family Firm Institute, Inc.
- Why Should Businesses Hire Settlement Counsel? by Kathy A. Bryan, President and CEO of the CPR Institute, published in the Journal of Dispute Resolution (2008), a publication of the University of Missouri School of Law.
- Prescription For Sanity in Resolving Business Disputes: Civil Collaborative Practice in a Business Restructuring Case by R. Paul Faxon and Michael Zeytoonian, published in the Collaborative Law Journal, Fall 2007, a publication of the Massachusetts Collaborative Law Council.
- Exploring Collaborative Law by Debra E. Branom, Electronic Data Systems Corporation's Manager, U.S. and Latin America Business Support, published in Martindale-Hubbell's Counsel to Counsel.
- The Front Edge of the Wave by Nicole T. LeBoeuf, published in PLUS Journal, the publication of the Professional Liability Underwriting Society.
Construction:
- Collaborative Law: It's Here and the ConsensusDocs Are, Too by Lawrence R. Maxwell, Jr. and William B. Short, Jr., published in the Construction Law Journal, Winter 2008, a publication of the Construction Law Section of the State Bar of Texas.
Health Law:
- Collaborative Law - Disclosure is Effective on Several Fronts by Kathleen Clark, published in the July 2009 edition of PRF News, the Newsletter of Physicians Reimbursement Fund, Inc.
- The Use Collaborative Law in Medical Error Situations, by Kathleen Clark, published in The Health Lawyer, the publication of the Health Law Section of the American Bar Association.
- Combining Collaborative Law and Patient Safety Programs: A Proposal for the Use of Parallel Processes to Facilitate Early Detection of Safety Issues and Early Reparation for Injury-Causing and Near Miss Episodes, by Karen S. Fasler, published in Alternative Resolutions, the publication of the ADR Section of the State Bar of Texas.
- Avoiding the Trauma of Courtroom Drama by Gay G. Cox, published in the Journal of Oncology Practice.
Holistic Lawyers:
- Authentic
Lawyering: Engaging Your Head and Your Heart by
Ruth Rickard, published in the Michigan Bar Journal, June
2008.