Global Collaborative Law Council

GCLC and DBA Collaborative Law Section
Dallas Bar Association
Belo Mansion
2101 Ross Avenue
Dallas, Texas

Participants will engage in a case study and role play the steps in the collaborative process as they work through an international dispute.  Client screening techniques will be explored followed by an overview of several approaches to interest-based negotiation. On their journey, participants will encounter ethical puzzlers and learn that collaborative skills can be transferred to resolve matters in adversarial processes. A panel of mediation experts will share ideas on breaking impasse.  Participants who have never had collaborative training should study the Participation Agreement and Protocols on this web site before the training.

Special Guest Luncheon Speakers:

Aug. 25:

Peter K Munson, JD
Munson, Munson, Cardwell & Kesse
Sherman, Texas

Mr. Munson, a fourth generation Texan, has represented Texas for many years on the Uniform Law Commission. He served as Chair of the Drafting Committee that drafted the Uniform Collaborative Law Act, and presently serves as Chair of the Enactment Committee.

Aug. 26: 

Kevin Karlson, JD, PhD
Strategic Partner: Cephos Corp.
Frisco, Texas

Dr. Karlson is a nationally recognized consultant in values-based leadership and communications effectiveness training for legal professionals and for-profit and non-profit organizations

 
You may review the Program and Presenters for the Training and the Symposium and register either on-line or by fax or mail. 15 hours Texas CLE including 2 hours ethics, approved.

GCLC and DBA Collaborative Law Section
Dallas Bar Association
Belo Mansion
2101 Ross Avenue
Dallas, Texas

The Symposium includes presentations for the users of legal services and collaborative practitioners. Participants will hear a report on the status of the Uniform Collaborative Law Act and the progress of Civil Collaborative Law around the world. Presentations include how to work with collaborative lawyers that you know as well as ones you do not know; a look at a new twist on reducing the possibilities of a collaborative case ending up in litigation; how to run a collaborative practice including a discussion of billing practices in collaborative matters; and take away ideas on how to build a collaborative community. Kathleen Bryan, President and CEO of the CPR Institute will be joined by in-house counsel in sharing their views on Collaborative Law in corporate America


Special Guest Luncheon Speaker:

Kathleen  A. Bryan, JD
President and Chief Executive Officer
The International Institute for
Conflict Prevention & Resolution (CPR Institute)
New York, NY 

Ms. Bryan, a noted author and speaker, leads an international non-profit coalition of corporate counsel, top law firms, judiciary and academics, dedicated to providing resources and information in commercial conflict prevention and dispute management. She has devoted her career to finding the most effective and imaginative resolutions for business disputes. 

You may review the Program and Presenters for the Training and the Symposium and register either on-line or by fax or mail. 7.25 hours Texas CLE including 1 hour of ethics, approved.