Resolving Disputes Respectfully
www.CollaborativePractice.com
The International Academy of Collaborative Professionals (IACP) is
a worldwide nonprofit organization dedicated to transforming the
practice of dispute resolution.
Our mission: to serve our members, lead the collaborative
community and educate the public. We are committed to
fostering professional excellence in conflict resolution through
Collaborative Practice.
We do this by protecting the essentials of Collaborative Practice,
expanding Collaborative Practice worldwide and providing a
central resource for education, networking and standards of
practice.
Collaborative PraCtiCe iNtroDUCtioN
Collaborative Practice is a new way for you to resolve
disputes respectfully—without going to court—while
working with trained professionals who are important
to all areas of your life. The term incorporates all of the
models developed since IACP’s Minnesota lawyer Stu
Webb created Collaborative Law ideas in the 1980s.
The heart of Collaborative Practice is to offer you and
your spouse or partner the support, protection, and
guidance of your own lawyers without going to court.
Additionally, Collaborative Practice allows you the benefit
of child and financial specialists, divorce coaches and
other professionals all working together on your team.
In Collaborative Practice, core elements form your
contractual commitments, which are to:
n Negotiate a mutually acceptable settlement without
having courts decide issues
n Maintain open communication and
information sharing
n Create shared solutions acknowledging the highest
priorities of all
iNtroDUCtioN
Thank you for downloading the 12 page Collaborative
Practice “Knowledge Kit” which contains:
n The “Collaborative Divorce vs. Litigation Divorce”
comparison (pg. 2)
n Case Studies that highlight the flexible, solution-
oriented process of Collaborative Divorce (pg. 3)
n Collaborative Practice overview (pg. 4-12)
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