Diane,
Well put. The financial professionals' stake is not only key, but also has
an effect long after the divorce papers are signed.
Diane
----- Original Message -----
From: "Diane Diel" <ddiel@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <CollabLaw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2004 5:23 PM
Subject: Re: [CollabLaw] allied professional memberships
The expotential growth of collaborative family law in Wisconsin isthe
attributable to our multidisciplinary membership policies. The
collaborative family law
model is outside the boundaries of traditional win-lose lawyering, and I
personally cannot imagine that the lawyer members of our Wisconsin Council
could have developed the volume of cases, our ground breaking domestic
violence protocols, our first of its kind statewide marketing program or
newly launched pro bono collaborative family law programs without the
incredible efforts and expertise of our mental health and financial
professional members.
Lawyers are the keepers of the traditional litigation model; but lawyers
are
not the sole stakeholders in the collaborative model. In order to truly
transform the practice of family law, I believe that it is vital that the
skills and resources of the other stakeholders be at the table as members.
----- Original Message -----
From: "phnoe" <phnoe@xxxxxxx>
To: <CollabLaw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 2:54 PM
Subject: [CollabLaw] allied professional memberships
The Massachusetts Collaborative Law Council is in the midst of a
dilemma. We have, in the past 4 years, trained over 200 attorneys
throughout our Commonwealth and are about to have our first-ever (2
day) Collaborative Law training for Allied Professionals.
As of now our Council is composed exclusively of attorneys, and we
actually just took a vote regarding opening up our membership to
Allied Professionals. In spite of a very close vote, the Council
determined that it wants at this time to continue to restrict full
membership in our Council to attorneys. Since our by-laws allow for
an "honorary" membership, however, we on the Membership Committee
have been charged with defining and determining what such
an "honorary" membership would look like. Accordingly, I am asking
for information from other jurisdictions regarding the incorporation
of Allied Professionals into your Collaborative Councils. Here are
my specific questions:
1. If your Council allows Allied Professionals, do you have
different categories of memberships that separate the attorneys from
other members?.If so, please define (ie, different categories of
dues, etc).
2. Exactly what benefits are extended to your members? (ie.,
voting privileges, web site listings, etc.). Are these benefits
extended across the board to non-lawyers as well as to lawyers? Are
Allied Professionals eligible to hold office in your Council?
3. Most importantly, perhaps --- what benefits do you believe
the allied professionals in your jurisdiction would like to have
extended to them?
thanks in advance for your guidance and wisdom....
Paula H. Noe, Esquire
Collaborative Family Law
370 Washington Street
Brookline, MA. 02445
(617-277-0899
fax = 617-566-6144
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