ADVANTAGES OF CIVIL COLLABORATIVE PRACTICE
- Lower Cost: Collaborative Practice is generally less costly and time-consuming than litigation.
- Client Involvement: The client is a vital part of the settlement team (consisting of
both parties and both attorneys), hence clients have a greater sense of involvement in the decision making which effects their lives.
- Utilization of Interdisciplinary Team Supportive Approach: Each client is supported by their lawyer in a manner that still allows the attorneys to work cooperatively with one another in resolving issues.
- Less Stress: The process is much less fear and anxiety producing than utilizing Court proceedings or the threat of such proceedings. Everyone can focus on settlement without the imminent threat of "going to Court".
- Win-Win Climate: The Collaborative Process creates a positive climate that produces a more than satisfactory outcome for both parties. The possibility actually exists for participants to create a climate that facilitates "win-win" settlements.
- Speed: The Collaborative Process can be much less time-consuming, than cases which get bogged down by time consuming litigation and court calendars.
- Creativity: Collaborative Practice encourages creative solutions in resolving issues.
- Clients in Charge: The non-adversarial nature of Collaborative Practice shifts decision making into the hands of the clients where it belongs, rather than into the hands of a third party (the Court).