Introduction to Collaborative Practice
To help you pivot to collaborative practice
Collaborative Practice Online Program
The Collaborative Law process is at the cutting edge of dispute resolution practice today, with an emphasis on problem solving, negotiation and co-operation to settle conflict. The non-confrontational nature of Collaborative Practice enables Lawyers working with other professionals and their clients to respectfully resolve disputes and, ultimately, stay out of Court.
Join Collaborative Family Lawyer, Clarissa Rayward and her team of collaborative experts including financial and mental health experts for an engaging 6 week online program that will add new dimensions to your skills and the services you offer your clients.
Collaborative Practice is now a widely used form of dispute resolution for separating families. This program is designed to meet the standards detailed in the Law Council of Australia’s “Australian Collaborative Practice Guidelines for Lawyers”. It will also satisfy the requirements to be classified as a collaborative professional with both the Queensland Collaborative Law Association and the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals.
You can earn CPD points- self assessed 1 per each hour of attendance.
In this program we will cover—
Week 1: What is collaborative practice- An overview- where it came from, what does it look like, the skills you will need and who are the key players.
Week 2: The 4 key skills you will need- Communication, Listening, Problem Solving, Team work
Week 3: The process- the importance of the initial client interview
Week 4: The process- Assembling your team and preparing for and attending your first collaborative meeting
Week 5: The process- further collaborative meetings and reaching agreement
Week 6: A recap- an overview of collaborative practice and where to from here to establish a successful collaborative practice.
LIVE Masterclass schedule-
There will be 7 LIVE Masterclasses throughout the program. The dates and times are listed in the image below!
If for whatever reason you cannot make a Masterclass, fear not as these are all recorded and made available to participants.
First steps...
Mark your diaries-
There will be 7 LIVE Masterclasses throughout the 6 week program. The dates and times are listed in the image to your right!
If for whatever reason you cannot make a Masterclass, fear not as these are all recorded and made available to participants.
You can download and add the ‘official’ masterclass calendar events to your diaries in the links below.
Please tune into the Collaborative Practice Webinar presented by Shelby and myself in the replay below.

Join our Facebook focus group-
To make the most of our 6 weeks together I have decided that we in fact need a Facebook focus group’ to connect, share and learn from each other. Please head over to the Facebook group and introduce yourself here.
We will use this group to share our progress, provide updates and get to know each other too! 💥

All the bits!
Meet & Greet!— And a bit about collaborative practice
If you missed our first masterclass fear not—the replay is now available for you to tune into via the link below. You can also download my slide deck for your reference here.
Lesson one— What is collaborative practice?
If you missed our second masterclass fear not—the replay is now available for you to tune into via the link below. You can also download my slide deck for your reference here.
Lesson two— the four key features
If you missed our third masterclass fear not—the replay is now available for you to tune into via the link below. You can also download my slide deck for your reference here.
Lesson three— the intial client meeting!
If you missed our fourth masterclass fear not—the replay is now available for you to tune into via the link below. You can also download my slide deck for your reference here.
Lesson four— the importance of the initial client interview
If you missed our fifth masterclass fear not—the replay is now available for you to tune into via the link below. You can also download my slide deck for your reference here.
Lesson five— the initial client meeting!
If you missed our sixth masterclass fear not—the replay is now available for you to tune into via the link below. You can also download my slide deck for your reference here.
Lesson six— A recap!
If you missed our seventh masterclass fear not—the replay is now available for you to tune into via the link below. You can also download my slide deck for your reference here.
Bonus sessions— The Role of the Coach and the Financial Neutral
Shelby, John and Lynda’s webinar on the roles of the coach and the financial neutral is available below!
Bonus sessions— The Role of the Collaborative Coach
Webinar on the Role of the Collaborative Coach!
Where to next...
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