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Article: Comaprison of Dispute Resolution Styles: Collaborative Law v. Adversarial Litigation

Lawyer's Approach

Collaborative Law	Litigation
Lawyer spends time with client	Lawyer minimizes time with client
Emphasis on client and other party	Emphasis on legal analysis, facts
Works with all positions involved	Must align rigidly to client’s view
Inquiry open-ended to understand case	Inquiry close-ended in legal model
Emotions and feelings valid and managed	Emotions are a distraction from work
Clients’ issues unique	Client fits a “cookie cutter” by issue
End result unknown and unchartered	End result fits options fought for
Encourage communication between parties	Discourage open-ended sessions
Everyone works together as team	Parties divided and positional
Other party is an opportunity for input	Other party is a threat
Client-driven	Lawyer-driven
Inspiring and enlivening process	Draining, disempowering process

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