The emphasis is on creative problem solving, negotiation and co-operation to settle conflict.
- lawyers
- counsellors
- psychologists
- coaches
- financial planners
- accountants
Understanding the different models of Collaborative Practice, roles and attributes of the participants – including clients, lawyers, financial neutrals, counsellors/communication coaches and other experts.
Foundations of a Collaborative Matter – stages of dispute resolution and their application in the collaborative process.
Core Skills of a Collaborative Professional – with role play training.
The Collaborative Process – Commencing Well – the first client interview.
Introduction to Collaborative Agreements and overview of the tools needed to prepare for the first collaborative meeting.
Setting homework – review guidelines, agreement terms, checklists, agendas and video training on communication and negotiation skills.
The First Collaborative Meeting – the importance of the environment and debriefing – with role play training.
Minutes, Holding Pattern Agreements, agreed next steps, setting agenda for next meeting.
Information Gathering – types of information, advice from financial neutral.
Further Collaborative Meetings and settlement options.
Resolution – negotiation dynamics, narrowing options, dealing with impasse.
Finalisation & Documentation – documenting intentions in pre-death context, drafting agreement terms in post-death context, power of a final meeting.
Ethical Guidelines – Law Council and IACP Ethical Standards, standards specific to Counsellors and Financial Neutrals, providing advice, common roadblocks.
Establishing your Collaborative Practice – practice groups, marketing tips.
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After over 20 years practising as a wills and estates lawyer, Zinta has seen firsthand the impact of estate battles on hundreds of families. She now specialises in helping grieving families stay out of Court and work together to reach an early resolution to their estate dispute.
Zinta Harris is the author of the book “Rest in Peace – how to manage an estate dispute without inheriting heartache”. She also writes the popular blog “Catching the Curveball” which provides regular commentary on issues relating to grief, loss, estates law, family, parenting, love and life.
Zinta’s aim is to create a new path for grieving families by keeping them out of Court and minimising the emotional and financial toll of an estates battle so that they have the freedom to grieve peacefully and get on with living life without conflict.
Guiding the successful resolution of legal disputes involves a detailed understanding of much more than just the law and Anne-Marie’s work with those who find themselves in conflict with family, colleagues, employers or others, is focussed on finding a lasting compromise rather than just “winning the legal battle”.
Anne-Marie has spent many years investing in the skills necessary to quickly understand clients’ legal and personal needs so that she is able to bring certainty, purpose and warmth to any mediation or collaborative law process. Anne-Marie has worked consistently in the collaborative model since 2006, has spoken at various local and international conferences on the concept of “positive problem solving” and has trained hundreds of lawyers and other professionals who want to find a better way to help their clients.
Anne-Marie is the 2018 WLAQ Leneen Ford AC Woman Lawyer of the Year and her acceptance speech, in which she looked the traditional, adversarial model of dispute resolution squarely in the eyes, has become a social media sensation. The speech “Why Tired Matters” can be read or viewed at www.annemarierice.com.au.
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