The Settlement Clinic

  • Home
  • Learn more
  • Programs
  • About Deborah Graham
  • Contact
  • Blog
  • Home
  • Learn more
  • Programs
  • About Deborah Graham
  • Contact
  • Blog

Settlement Tips

Top Ten List for Collaborative Advocacy 

11/19/2016

0 Comments

 
Victoria Smith and I have identified our ‘top ten’ ways to provide advocacy and stay true to the ‘no matter what’ principles of Collaborative Practice:
  1. Establish reasonable expectations as to process and outcome from the initial meeting
  2. Continually assess our client’s advocacy needs
  3. Discover what our client really wants – dig deep for their process, psychological and substantive interests
  4. Get to know the interests and process/advocacy needs of the other spouse
  5. Build and maintain trusting professional relationships
  6. Focus on process – prepare, use agendas, do homework, debrief, stay positive and respectful
  7. Bring the law into the process as a tool and not a weapon
  8. Deepen our skills as principled negotiators
  9. Don’t take over-give the clients sufficient support to decide the outcome for themselves
  10. Be a reflective practitioner-mindful of our own triggers and biases
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Deborah Graham

    Collaborative Family Lawyer, Accredited Family Mediator,
    Trainer and Facilitator 

    Archives

    November 2016

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

Picture

The Settlement Clinic

“Taking time:  
To step out of your business,
To work on your business,
Will change your business.”


Contact Us

Join our mailing list today!
Join Now