Collaborative Law Section Co-Chairs Suzy Eckstein & Darcy Shoop

CLE: Civil and Commercial Applications - 3 Day Collaborative LawTraining!!

Thursday, May 9, 2013, 12:30-5:00 p.m. Friday, May 10, 2013, 9:00-5:00 p.m. Saturday, May 11, 2013, 9:00-5:00 p.m.

Location: 27 West Jefferson Street, Rockville, MD 20850 map

Speaker: Sherrie R. Abney, Esq. of Global Collaborative Law Council

Collaborative Law is a confidential, voluntary process which allows parties and their attorneys to resolvedisputes without court intervention. Participants in the process have found that they are able to preserveimportant business and personal relationships and significantly reduce the amounts of time, stress, and monetaryexpense normally associated with litigation. In Maryland, throughout the United States, and around the world,the collaborative process has been widely used in family law and is being used ever increasingly in other civilmatters including, but certainly not limited to, probate, employment, business, construction, and medical error.

In order to effectively participate in the collaborative process, lawyers must employ a skill-set different fromthose they normally use. The purpose of this training is to introduce collaborative skills and demonstrate howthey are applied to the collaborative process in civil disputes (other than family law) as well as various otherforms of interest-based negotiation. Attendees will build collaborative skills through participation in interactivelectures, group discussions, and role plays. This training will satisfy the requirements of the InternationalAcademy of Collaborative Professionals for practice as a collaborative lawyer.

The focus of day one is on the basic elements of the collaborative process. In order to be better prepared forgroup activities of the next two days, it is required that everyone without specific training in Civil CollaborativeLaw attend day one. During days two and three, participants will apply the knowledge they gain in day one asthey work through the steps of the collaborative process in role plays, discussions regarding ethical problems,examination of various negotiation tools, and the application of collaborative skills to all areas of their practice.PLEASE NOTE: Even if you already have been collaboratively trained in the Family Law model, this trainingis different and will enhance the development of a Civil Collaborative Law practice.

The Trainer: Sherrie R. Abney is a collaborative lawyer, facilitator, mediator, arbitrator, collaborative trainerand adjunct professor of law at Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law. She was co-founderand first chair of the Dallas Bar Association Collaborative Law Section and is past chair of the ADR Section ofthe Dallas Bar. As a founding director of the Global Collaborative Law Council, she served as Vice Presidentof Education and Training for the organization from 2004 until 2012 and is currently Vice President in chargeof Grants. Sherrie has presented and trained in Ireland, Australia, England, Uganda, Argentina, as well as manyconferences in the U.S. and Canada. She serves on the Collaborative Law Advisory Council for the State Bar ofTexas, and the Collaborative Law Committee of the DR Section of the American Bar Association. She is the

author of Avoiding Litigation, A Guide to Civil Collaborative Law, and a text book entitled Civil CollaborativeLaw, the road less traveled. She has also published numerous articles on resolving civil disputes withCollaborative Law and interest-based negotiation.

Please note the following registration fees:Members - $350 Non Members - $405

Food will be served all 3 days.

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IMPORTANT: For THIS SEMINAR ONLY, a hard copy of the materials will be provided on thefirst day of the course.