The International Academy of Collaborative Professionals (IACP) is calling for nominations for Committees and Taskforces – in particular the new Australasian Taskforce. Be part of the international Collaborative Community and help shape Australia’s role! Click here for: Information about Committees and Taskforces Click her to access: the Expression of interest form
Completed your ICP Training? Finding it a challenge to start your collaborative practice? AACP member, Clarissa Rayward (AKA The Happy Lawyer) has developed a new 6-week online program designed to assist trained Collaborative Professionals build their work in this important area. The course is intended to help people ‘re-boot’/ kickstart and make the business and…
AACP notes with interest the Federal Governments announcement of an inquiry into family law and child support systems. Members will be aware of submissions made by AACP to the ALRC Review of the Family Law System. Following on from the ALRC’s Final Report released in April, AACP maintains Interdisciplinary Collaborative Practice is an effective alternative…
Following the AGM in August, AACP is pleased to confirm the appointment of directors to the Board for 2019/2020. The Board welcomes new board members, Jane Gun and John O’Sullivan, both of whom are experienced collaborative practitioners whose energy and expertise will be of immense value in the busy year ahead of us. The new…
Working in a collaborative fashion to settle disputes allows for a more transparent and respectful legal process, and should be better utilised across the board, for more read Shelby Timmins recent article published in Lawyers Weekly. Shelby is a Nationally Accredited Mediator, a Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner, a Collaborative Coach and a member of AACP,…
Interdisciplinary Collaborative Practice is at the forefront of a shift in how family law is being practised in Australia – Read more in AACP member, Shelby Timmins’ article published in Lawyers weekly
AACP is pleased to share information with you about Parenting Coordination, a new dispute resolution method for high conflict parenting matters that is being launched in Australia by Dr Anne Purcell and Cassandra Pullos of Pullos Lawyers. Parenting Coordination has been entrenched in the US and Canadian family law systems for at least the last…
Zinta Harris, Collaborative Estates Lawyer and co-presenter Anne-Marie Rice (of Rice Dispute Resolutions) are professionals on a mission to champion a more collaborative, less combative approach to law in general and in the family law, wills and estates spheres in particular – for more about their “mission” see the recent blog post published by College…
The interdisciplinary collaborative practice (“ICP”) process of divorce is a great model for separation without conflict. Hear from Collaborative Family Lawyer, Jamie Burreket and Collaborative Coach, Bernie Bolger who talk to Sarah MacDonald about the benefits of ICP in an ABC Nightlife podcast aired on 7 April 2019.
In the wake of the fabulous training delivered by Linda MacKay at the recent AACP National Conversation Day in Sydney, members may be interested in hearing Kathy Wiseman speak on triangles in organisations at the at the upcoming Family Systems Institute Conference in Sydney (19 to 21 June 2019). Kathy is a leadership coach for…
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