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On the proposed Uniform Collaborative Law Act
There is much discussion these days in the CP community about the proposed Uniform Collaborative Law Act. Much of bit having to do with its inclusion of some "exceptions" to the Disqualification provision of the Participation Agreement. I'd like to add a couple of thoughts to the dialogue.
This video might set the right tone for my thoughts: http://www.dailygood.org/more.php?n=3749 I viewed it and sighed a relieved smile.
Anyway, I don't like the exceptions any more than anyone who has spoken out against them. [yep, I can be a bit of a purist, okay a dogmatist ;-) ]
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Expanding Our Toolboxes: Skills for a New Paradigm --Editor's Note: This article is adapted from The Book of Agreement: 10 Essential Elements for Getting the Results You Want by Stewart Levine (Berrett-Koehler, Dec. 2002.)
"Every year in law schools across the country, each new generation of future lawyers learn to reproduce the mistrust that is the great tragedy of our individualistic and isolating society by learning that the purpose of legal agreements, or contracts, is to protect you from the Other, that stranger at arm's length who is out to exploit you for his or her own self-interest. Stewart Levine begins from the exact opposite premise--that the purpose of agreement is to build a bridge to the Other and to realize your common aspiration for connection. Writ large, this idea would revolutionize the study and practice of law and help to realize our spiritual nature as social beings in pursuit of mutual affirmation."
Peter Gabel, Professor of Contract Law, New College Law School; Associate Editor of Tikkun Magazine; President of the Board of New College of California; Director of the Institute for Spirituality and Politics
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Expanding Our Toolboxes: Skills for a New Paradigm A lawyer friend, Sharif, spent Thanksgiving Day of 2004 in the hospital. He went there for emergency surgery to remove his appendix. A few hours after the surgery, Sharif found himself in a pool of blood. Nurses tried to be super-professional in the midst of the emergency but Sharif said he could tell they were in a panic and he thought he was going to die. The quick diagnosis was internal bleeding (although Sharif said it looked very external to him!) He was taken back into surgery and the two little holes from the laparoscopic surgery became a five inch incision.
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