Catching up and an urgent request
Link to Conference Videos:
As usual, a lot is percolating. For those who wanted to follow up on the Lawyers as Peacemakers and Healers conference, you can now view the videos at:
www.phoenixlaw.edu/lawyersaspeacemakers
Some of the videos are delayed - the cameras were set to begin at the appointed time, but we didn't always start or end on time. Still, there is a lot of good content.
Urgent: Take a Moment and Support a Kindred Spirit:
Schools Adopt <b>Restorative Justice</b> as Alternative to 'Zero-Tolerance' Policies
| Eric Butler with a student at Ralph J. Bunche High School in Oakland, Calif Jim Wilson/The New York Times Eric Butler with a student at Ralph J. Bunche High School in Oakland, Calif. Go to related article » ... |
<b>Restorative justice</b> examined in Maori TV documentary
RESTORING HOPE: AN INDIGENOUS RESPONSE TO JUSTICE follows Mike, the Manukau Urban Maori Authority restorative justice facilitator, in his work with victims, offenders and their whanau and goes inside the conferences in which they come ...
Create Your Own Legal System
I’m lawyer, so I talk to a lot of people who are in disagreement; but they all agree on one thing,
the litigation system is broken.
So, if the system isn’t working– fix it.
You can do it – if you remember that every contract is considered to be the “private law” of the parties. As long as it doesn’t conflict with the larger system, that private law will be upheld and enforced by the larger system.
When you write your agreements, create your own legal system.
Joshua Wisdom: Choose Love
Listen. Love is all around you. There is nowhere you can see, nowhere you can go, where Love is not. Listen. Do you hear the birds sing? They sing of love. Do you hear the trees rustle in the breeze? They shimmer with Love. Do you feel the beating of your heart? It beats with Love. It can ONLY beat with Love, because it knows nothing else. Do you feel your breath? It breathes with Love, because that is its nature. It can know nothing else. This idea of fear – it is a concept of the human mind that is an utter illusion, based on the belief that you are separate from the One Love. Which will you attend to? The Love that is everywhere and in everything? The very essence of the Univer
T. Boone Pickens on how to save millions on your divorce
The collaborative approach saves both money and emotional wear and tear on families, the energy tycoon told me. "Collaborative law keeps everything on a ...
On Loving One's Enemies
"[W]e know it is possible to love our enemies. Otherwise why would Christ in the Sermon on the Mount ask that we so love? . . . Are we to make Christ a liar? If we do not think it possible to love our enemies, then we should plainly say Jesus is not the Messiah." (Quote from Stanley Hauerwas)
