Concisely, Collaborative Law is a "no court" limited-scope representation model of dispute resolution. Although, like the mediation model of dispute resolution, Collaborative Law (a/k/a Collaborative Practice) had its origins in the area of family law, it now has application in areas as diverse as probate, business partnership dissolution, medical errors, labor and employment disputes. No matter the nature of the legal dispute the model is being used to resolve, the core component of the model does not vary.
Delivery of Legal Services Spotlight on pro bono
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December 4, 2012 |
Practice News
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November 12, 2012 |
Practice News
By Mara Block
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October 19, 2012 |
Practice News
By Ramona M. Sullivan
Pro Bono Week is a time each year for the ISBA to encourage volunteer efforts of our members and celebrate the good works that we do. While the primary mission of Pro Bono Week is to expand the delivery of legal services, Illinois lawyers help our communities in many other ways as well.
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September 10, 2012 |
Practice News
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August 14, 2012 |
Practice News
By Honorable Barbara Crowder, Circuit Judge, Madison County
Everyone has heard the phrase, "get them young and train them." One usually thinks of this in terms of Olympic athletes who have been training since childhood, but the Third Circuit decided to try the concept with high-schoolers.
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January 6, 2012 |
Practice News
By Deborah Glaser Chagal
The ISBA’s Delivery of Legal Services committee recently established the Joseph R. Bartylak Memorial Legal Services Award to honor the extraordinary commitment and dedication of legal services attorneys in Illinois. Joe Bartylak, who passed away in August 2010, was a long-time active member of the ISBA.
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October 3, 2011 |
Practice News
By Hon. Barbara Crowder
Do you pro bono? If so, show you are “Pro Bono Proud” during National Pro Bono Week by attending a celebratory event. If not, why not? More opportunities abound to find a pro bono project that meets your time and abilities than ever before. And even more ways to pro bono may be coming to a circuit near you.
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August 16, 2011 |
Practice News
One year ago this month, Illinois lost a legendary legal services leader. Joseph Bartylak was passionately devoted to the cause of equal justice, and he furthered that cause not just by his brilliant and dedicated leadership of Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Foundation for 27 years, but as a state and national leader of legal services.
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July 6, 2011 |
Practice News
This month I hope to remind readers that, in addition to fulfilling ethical obligations, the act of performing pro bono work can be deeply satisfying and meaningful to the attorney who lends a hand.
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May 6, 2011 |
Practice News
By Ramona Sullivan
There may be treatment that would fully resolve a medical condition, but the patient will never get the treatment without access to medical care. If the condition is caused or aggravated by a problem in the home, perhaps something harmful in the water or the walls, treatment will not solve the medical condition if the problems in the home are not improved.