Some time ago I believe Stu Webb inquired about Collaborative Practice pro bono
projects. At the time such a project was in the development stage in Dallas.
It has now been launched in the Dallas County Family District Courts and has
had two cases assigned to it by two of the six participating courts. Earlier
such a program was initiated in the civil district courts in Dallas County by
the Dallas Bar Association Collaborative Law Section and is being considered by
the IACP as a pilot project for the diversification of Collaborative Practice.
The guidelines for the Dallas Alliance of Collaborative Professionals' (Texas'
first practice group) Collaborative Family Law Pro Bono Service Project are now
available on the Alliance website at www.dallascollaborativelaw.com . In a box
on the home page is an announcement about the project. From it can be linked
forms we have drafted for use in the project which are located via the
Resource/Library/ Pro Bono page by link to the DACP Collaborative Family Law
Pro Bono Service Project. You will note this sentence in the announcement:
"Permission is granted for groups to use the forms and adapt them as needed in
initiating courtannexed Collaborative Practice pro bono programs." We are
sincere in the hopes that other groups in the international collaborative
community will replicate our work and improve upon it, so that we truly can
indeed offer a service that "transforms the way conflict is resolved
worldwide."
By the way, we are very proud of the content of our website and when you visit
to learn about the pro bono project, we invite you to spend some time reviewing
it. It may be one you want to give to prospective collaborative clients, since
it explains Collaborative Law well. They might like reading the "Team
Approach" and "Is Collaborative Law for You?" in the "About Collaborative Law"
section. It is very client-friendly and we find a preview makes initial
consultations much easier.
Peace, Gay G. Cox
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