Florida
Collaborative Divorce Taking Ground in North Florida?
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Collaborative Law and Practice Collaborative Divorce has been limping along in North Florida, according to one of the early adopters. Nickolas Alexander
Excerpt: Now the tide may be turning. For the second straight year, the Florida Bar is drafting legislation designed to codify collaborative divorces in state law. A similar bill died in a House committee last year.
Three judicial circuits in Florida - none in North Florida - already have administrative orders in place, establishing frameworks for collaborative divorce.
Judge Steven Leifman: Enhancing Public Safety
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Court Innovation and Problem Solving Courts
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Therapeutic Jurisprudence
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Juvenile/Criminal Justice
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Courts and Judiciary
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Politics and Policy
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Social and Political Change
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General Interest Judge Steven Leifman, Special Advisor on Criminal Justice and Mental Health to the Florida Supreme Court, talks about his involvement with the intersection of mental health and criminal justice.
Part 1: Judge Steven Leifman tracks his career from public defender to judge assigned to the jail division where he noticed the growing number of defendants with mental illness and one dramatic, life-changing and law-changing case.
Judge Jeri Beth Cohen: Do the Job Right: Make a Difference
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Court Innovation and Problem Solving Courts
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Therapeutic Jurisprudence
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Introduction/Description
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Courts and Judiciary
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General Interest Part 1: In this part, she tells about her career path as an activist and rise to the bench. She stated a DUI court in 1992 when alcohol wasn't viewed as a drug and the system didn't support a therapeutic approach to drinking and driving. In this segment, Judge Cohen also talks about holistic approaches, recognition of co-occurring disorders, gender issues, etc.
Therapeutic Jurisprudence Center to Launch at Miami Law
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Therapeutic Jurisprudence
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Law School/Legal Education Jacksonville Bar Offers Intro to Collaborative Law
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Collaborative Law and Practice
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Continuing Education September 16, 2009 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Hyatt Hotel Orlando Room, 3rd FL
Orlando Sentinel article: a happy divorce?
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Collaborative Law and Practice
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Legal Information for Clients http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/crime/justice/orl-law-and-you-...
Excerpt: Collaborative law's converts say it can be faster, less divisive and cheaper than a traditional divorce. And because the parties may never step into a courtroom until final paperwork is filed, it's more private -- probably the reason celebrities such as Roy Disney and Robin Williams chose it.
UF Offers Civil Collaborative Law Training
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Collaborative Law and Practice
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Civil Collaborative Practice
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Continuing Education and Events UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA LEVIN COLLEGE OF LAW Presents
INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATIVE LAW TRAINING
Innovative Solutions for Our Future
August 21 – August 22, 2009
University of Florida Levin College of Law
Gainesville, FL
The Center on Children & Families and the Institute for Dispute Resolution present a two day introductory intensive interdisciplinary family law training that will teach the skills needed to master the art of collaborative law.
Training for Legal, Mental Health and Financial Professionals.
Continuing Education Credit is pending.
Florida Bar Annual Meeting to Include Mindfulness Segment
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Contemplative Practice and Spirituality in Law
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Continuing Education
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Personal Growth and Development There will be a three-hour program in June at the Florida Bar Convention in Orlando. Lawyers will receive CLE to learn about mindfulness and, perhaps most thrilling, watch four masters of mindfulness, Professor Len Riskin, Judge Alan Gold, and attorneys Paul Lipton and George Knox. The four will interact together as the mind of a lawyer responding to audience members' questions in a spontaneous demonstration of the reactive and then the mindful brain.
Brevard offers Collaborative Training
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Collaborative Law and Practice
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Continuing Education The Collaborative Association of Brevard (CAB-Brevard.com) will be hosting an Interdisciplinary Training on Friday, May 15th and Saturday May 16th, 2009 at the Melbourne Beach Doubletree Hotel. Margaret Anderson and Randy Cheek, both IACP Certified Trainers (www.collaborativepracticetrainers.org), will be conducting the event. Seating is limited to 40 participants with a cost of $375. We have some seats still available, but expect a sold out event.
Email alan.frisher@gmail.com or call (321) 242-7526 with any questions. Thank you.
Florida Considers Collaborative Process Bill
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Collaborative Law and Practice John Crouch reported on the CollabLaw listserve:
There's a bill in the Florida House now -- HB 395, the Collaborative Process Act". Its Staff Analysis does not mention the Uniform Law so I don't guess it's based on it.
It mostly seems to set rules on confidentiality and privilege of the
