Several years ago, when I was first starting in collaborative law, I asked
a more experienced collab attorney if it would be possible for me to "mentor"
or sit in on some of his sessions, or those of other members in his practice
group. He told me he would have to take it to his practice group for a vote.
The vote was no. The stated reason was the fear of a breach of confidentiality.
In discussing the issue of mentoring new collaborative attorneys, perhaps
this is something to think about.
Patricia H. Combs
Law Office of Patricia H. Combs
3480 Torrance Blvd., Ste. 212
Torrance, CA . 90503
----- Original Message -----
From: ECSEsquire@xxxxxxx
To: CollabLaw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, June 05, 2006 9:05 PM
Subject: Re: [CollabLaw] Five-year practice requirement?
In a message dated 6/5/2006 6:54:20 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
brutoria@xxxxxxx writes:
> I just don't see why we would want to tell interested young attorneys to
> go
> out and get your experience on your own, then come back and talk with us.
> That doesn't really feel to me like what we are all about.
I agree.
We sent such an attorney away when our group got started and I still regret
it. And he was an experienced social worker in addition to having obtained
his
JD!
Carroll Straus
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