The Organized Bar and the Collaborative Law Movement: A Study in Professional Change
By Ted Schneyer, February 8, 2012
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Collaborative law (CL) is a dispute resolution process that relies on negotiation and puts aside the prospect of litigation. This article explains the emergence and evolution of the CL movement. It then reviews the mainstream legal community’s responses to the CL movement. The article then argues that CL will not gain broad acceptance until an ethical or regulatory structure is established for it.
