Lawyers as Peacemakers: Practicing Holistic, Problem-solving LawLawyers as Peacemakers can teach lawyers new ways of finding satisfaction in thier practice and providing comprehensive, solution-focused services to clients; sometimes it's not about winning, it's about finding the best possible answer for everyone involved. These practices focus on a more holistic, humanistic, solution-based approach to resolving legal problems, an approach that many clients want and need. |
Contents
A FUNDAMENTAL SHIFT OF MIND AND INTEGRATION OF HEART INTO LAW | 1 |
The Paradigm Shift | 5 |
The Adversarial Paradigm | 8 |
The New Paradigm Shift | 11 |
New Challenges Skills and Opportunities | 15 |
Context for the Legal Paradigm Shift | 16 |
A Paradigm of Consciousness Relationships and Connection | 17 |
Love Coming Out of the Closet | 19 |
Creative Expression | 167 |
Aligning with Your Purpose and Values | 175 |
Listen to the Little Voice | 176 |
Do We Create It or Discover It? | 178 |
Values | 179 |
SETTING GOALS | 185 |
Taking Control of Your Schedule | 189 |
The Advanced Course for Getting Control of Your Schedule | 197 |
VECTORS MODELS APPROACHES PROCESSES AND LENSES OF THE SHIFT IN LAW | 21 |
Holistic Law | 23 |
Healing the Harm of Crime | 27 |
Different Question Different Perspectives | 28 |
VictimOffender Dialogue | 30 |
Circle Process | 32 |
Conducting a Circle | 34 |
Lingering Trauma in Cleveland Ohio | 35 |
Morning Tragedy | 38 |
Unavailable Offenders | 39 |
FacilitatorVictim Meeting When the Offender Is Unavailable | 41 |
Law as a Profession | 43 |
A Case Study in Therapeutic Jurisprudence | 44 |
Collaborative Law | 47 |
The Collaborative Commitment | 48 |
Neutral Experts and Interdisciplinary Teams | 49 |
What Makes Collaborative Law Different? | 50 |
Mediation | 55 |
Transformative Mediation | 56 |
The Understanding Model of Mediation | 57 |
Cooperative Law | 61 |
Court Innovation and ProblemSolving Courts | 63 |
CommunityOriented Lawyering | 71 |
Preventive Law | 73 |
Multidimensional Lawyering | 74 |
Other Emerging Models and Orientations | 77 |
The Coach Approach to the Practice of Law | 83 |
Spiritual Legal Counseling | 86 |
MAKING THE TRANSITION | 87 |
Coaching | 89 |
Choosing a Coach | 90 |
Mentor or Coach? | 91 |
Making a Living Practicing Holistic Law | 93 |
Wont People Laugh at Me and Call Me Weird or Flaky? | 97 |
Redesigning Your Law Practice | 99 |
New Office Practices | 109 |
Screening Clients for Appropriateness | 115 |
Billing Practices | 116 |
Relationships with Opposing Counsel | 118 |
Health Benefits of Altruism | 122 |
Creating a Community | 127 |
Getting Started | 129 |
MULTIDIMENSIONAL HOLISTIC WELLBEING | 131 |
Physical WellBeing | 135 |
Emotional WellBeing | 137 |
Good Relationships | 153 |
Integrating Mindfulness and Contemplative Practices into Your Life | 155 |
Mindfulness and Contemplative Practices | 156 |
Meditation | 157 |
Conscious Imbalance | 199 |
SelfAwareness | 201 |
Dealing with the Stress of Other Peoples Problems | 205 |
Vicarious Trauma | 207 |
Avoiding and Addressing Vicarious Trauma | 208 |
Compassion Fatigue | 209 |
Managing Vicarious Trauma and Compassion Fatigue | 210 |
EXPANDING THE LAWYERS TOOLBOX SKILLS THAT WORK IN ANY PRACTICE | 213 |
Celebrating Strengths | 215 |
Thinking Like a Lawyer | 217 |
Healing | 219 |
Communication and Conflict Resolution Skills | 221 |
Speaking | 226 |
Counseling and Coaching | 229 |
Powerful Nondefensive Communication | 230 |
Nonviolent Communication | 231 |
Storytelling | 232 |
Powerful Questions | 237 |
Understanding Conflict Dynamics | 242 |
Honoring Conflict | 245 |
Intercultural Competence | 246 |
InterestBased ProblemSolving | 250 |
Creative ProblemSolving | 251 |
Teamwork | 257 |
Dynamics of Victims and Offenders | 259 |
Working with Offenders | 265 |
Working with Victims | 267 |
Apology | 269 |
Forgiveness | 272 |
Grief | 276 |
Drafting Agreements to Create Sustainable Relationships | 279 |
A State of Grace Document | 280 |
Agreements for Results | 281 |
Plain Language Drafting | 286 |
Humanizing LetterWriting | 289 |
Humanizing Legal Education | 291 |
PUTTING OUR SKILLS TO WORK IN THE WORLD | 297 |
Lawyers Are Leaders and People Are Following Where Are You Going? | 299 |
AFTERWORD | 305 |
POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY FIVE PATHS TO POSITIVITY | 307 |
ARE COURTROOMS BATTLEGROUNDS FOR LOSERS? NONADVERSARIAL APPROACHES TO RESOLUTION WITHOUT LITIGATION | 319 |
THERAPEUTIC JURISPRUDENCE | 335 |
PRACTICING ON PURPOSE IN THE LAW FIRM PROVIDING PRODUCTIVITY PROFITABILITY WITH PERSONAL WELLNESS AND PROF... | 365 |
Resources | 391 |
About the Contributors | 493 |
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About the Author | 517 |
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