Audio and Video Interviews
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Stu Webb was recorded in Toronto, Ontario at the Collaborative Practice Toronto second annual seminar with Stu Webb, on Friday April 4, 2003. Stu talks about his personal life experiences and how he came to envision Collaborative Law.
Judge W. Ross Foote was recorded in Toronto, Ontario on Tuesday September 23, 2003 for a dinner meeting of the Collaborative Practice Toronto. He spoke about the present state of the Collaborative Law movement and its future direction by discussing the roles of the various collaborative professionals.
The Ontario Collaborative Law Federation sponsored a two day conference on September 27 & 28, 2002. A panel of the guest speakers responded to various questions that the participants posed.
Linda Silver Dranoff, a collaborative lawyer and a member of Collaborative Practice Toronto was interviewed by Mary Ito on the show, More 2 Life, originally aired by TV Ontario February 20, 2006.
The link takes one to the TVO site. Please click the video link presented there to start the streaming video interview.
Linda was one of 2 guests on the show. Mary wanted to know about the various less adversarial approaches to divorce. Although mediation and arbitration were mentioned, Linda kept returning to the Collaborative Practice technique.
Victoria Smith, a collaborative lawyer and a Board member of Collaborative Practice Toronto was interviewed by Michael Enright from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) for the Radio One program Sunday Edition on January 29, 2006
Victoria contrasted her previous experience in the adversarial court process with a client-centred, child-focused approach.
This lively 26 minute interview covers such topics as:
- How does the Collaborative process work?
- Why is the Collaborative process a better option for many parents and children?
- How does the Collaborative process manage emotions and conflict?
- Why can't the Collaborative lawyers go to court for clients if the Collaborative process breaks down?
- What does a Collaborative "team" look like, and what does it have to offer?
- What benefits can coaches, child experts and financial professionals bring to the table?