a collaborative effort
The International Academy of Collaborative Professionals (IACP) will be holding its annual Forum in Boston on October 22-24, 2004. The IACP is a leader in collaborative law, a relatively new dispute resolution paradigm described here and here. Parties to the collaborative legal process and their lawyers agree to work through disputes without resorting to the courts. If impasse arises and court involvement becomes necessary, the collaborative lawyers are disqualified from any further involvement in the case. According to the information I received, the IACP’s Forum is a widely attended event that includes workshops on practice-related and ethical issues, a presentation of empirical research on collaborative law, and a dinner featuring Professor Robert Mnookin, chair of the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School.
