Links to Other Web Sites
The sites listed below contain information with respect to the Collaborative Practice Process. Not every community in which there are Collaborative Family Law lawyers approaches this Process in exactly the same way. Accordingly, be sure to discuss the information which you receive from any of the following links with your own lawyer, mental health professional or financial professional.
The International Academy of Collaborative Professionals (IACP)
View this site for the most complete list of Collaborative Practice organizations in the world.
www.collaborativepractice.com
CANADIAN COLLABORATIVE FAMILY LAW SITES
British Columbia
Collaborative Divorce BC – The Humane Approach to Divorce Professionals practicing Collaborative Divorce in Vancouver, BC
www.collaborativedivorcebc.org
Okanagan Collaborative Family Law Group representing awyers
in the Okanagan area of British Columbia.
www.collaborativefamilylaw.ca
Collaborative Family Law Group - The New Wave of Law Without Court
Professionals practicing Collaborative Divorce in Victoria, BC
www.collaborativefamilylawgroup.com
Lower Mainland Collaborative Family Law Group BC
www.nocourt.net
Alberta
Collaborative Family Lawyers of Canada
Lists lawyers in
Calgary, Lethbridge, Medicine Hat, Edmonton, Red Deer, Crossfield, Innisfail and Lacombe.
www.collaborativelaw.ca
Saskatchewan
Collaborative Lawyers of Saskatchewan Inc.
Lists lawyers in Assiniboia, Melfort,
Moose Jaw, Swift Current, Weyburn, Regina and Saskatoon.
www.collabsask.com
Ontario
Various collaborative groups in Ontario have formed the Ontario Collaborative Law Federation
www.oclf.ca
The mission of this provincial organization is to:
- facilitate information-sharing among collaborative law groups in the province of Ontario
- encourage the formation of collaborative law groups throughout the province
- support the development of the collaborative law process by providing opportunities for training and professional development for collaborative professionals
- educate the public about the collaborative process
- develop and promote professional standards
- represent the collaborative law process and collaborative professionals to governmental and regulatory bodies.
The following groups are members of the Ontario Collaborative Law Federation:
The Algoma Collaborative Family Lawyers representing lawyers in the district of Algoma.
Their web site is under development.
The Brant Haldimand Norfolk Collaborative Family Law Practice Group representing lawyers in the counties of Brant, Haldimand and Norfolk.
www.collaborativefamilylawgroup.ca
The Collaborative Law Network representing lawyers in Ottawa and Eastern Ontario
www.collaborative-law.ca
The Collaborative Family Law Association of Durham Region representing lawyers from Oshawa, Newcastle, Pickering and Whitby.
www.collaborativelawyersdurham.ca
The Lanark County Collaborative Law Association representing lawyers in Lanark county.
www.lanarkcollaborativelaw.com.
The Collaborative Family Lawyers London Middlesex representing lawyers in London and Middlesex county.
www.collabfamilylaw.ca
The Hamilton-Halton Collaborative Family Law Group representing lawyers in Hamilton and Halton
www.collabfamlaw.com
The Collaborative Family Law Group Mississauga, Brampton, Milton, Oakville representing lawyers in Mississauga, Brampton, Milton, Oakville.
www.peelcollaborative.com
The Niagara Collaborative Law Group representing lawyers in Fort Erie, Niagara Falls, Port Colbourne, St. Catherines, Welland, Stoney Creek.
www.collablaw-niagara.com
The Kingston Collaborative Family Law Association representing lawyers in Kingston and Napanee
www.cfla.on.ca/collaborative/index.cfm
The Nipissing Collaborative Family Lawyers representing lawyers in North Bay
www.nbcfl.ca
The Quinte Collaborative Law Association representing lawyers in Hastings county, Belleville, Picton, Trenton, Bancroft
www.quintecollaborativelaw.org
The Collaborative Practice Simcoe County representing lawyers in Barrie and Simcoe county.
Their web site is under development.
Collaborative Practice Toronto is an interdisciplinary group representing lawyers, mental health professionals and financial professionals in the Metropolitan Toronto area
www.collaborativepracticetoronto.com (this site)
The Collaborative Family Law Association of Waterloo Wellington representing lawyers in Cambridge, Kitchener, Waterloo
www.collaborativelaw-waterloo.com
Collaborative Practice York is an interdisciplinary group representing lawyers, mental health professionals and financial professionals in the York region, north of Toronto
www.yorkcollaborativepractice.com
Other Ontario Collaborative Law sites
The Sudbury Collaborative Family Law group representing lawyers in the Sudbury area
www.sudburycollaborativelaw.com
Quebec
The Quebec Collaborative Law Group representing lawyers in the province of Quebec
www.quebeccollaborativelaw.ca
Nova Scotia
The Association of Collaborative Family Law Lawyers of Nova Scotia representing lawyers in the province of Nova Scotia
www.collaborativefamilylawyers.ca
Prince Edward island
Collaborative Law PEI representing lawyers in the province of Prince Edward Island
www.collaborativelawpei.com
AMERICAN COLLABORATIVE LAW SITES
Chip Rose is editor of the Collaborative Law section of Mediate.com. He has assembled a number of very good articles about Collaborative Family law.
www.mediate.com/collaborativelaw/
Collaborative Divorce, California
www.collaborativedivorce.com
The Collaborative Law Center, Cincinnati
www.collaborativelaw.com
Collaborative Law Institute, Minnesota
www.collaborativelaw.org
Coalition for Cooperative Divorce (CCD), California (much good resource information)
www.nocourtdivorce.com
Pauline H. Tesler, Collaborative Lawyer, San Francisco
www.divorcenet.com/ca/tesler.html
Stuart G. Webb, Collaborative Lawyer and Collaborative founder, Minnesota
www.divorcenet.com/mn/webb.html
COLLABORATIVE LAW ARTICLES
Collaborative law: The art of asking open questions
by Nancy Cameron from her CLE materials for the Family Law Conference - 2001
www.cle.bc.ca/CLE/Analysis/Collection/01-5027401-collaborativelaw
Collaborative Law Institute of Minnesota:
Video clip from the Today Show of January 11, 2005. Two collaborative attorneys and two clients are being interviewed about their thoughts and experiences.
About 7 minutes and 20 seconds long.
www.collaborativelaw.org/res/documents/today_show.mpeg