For Lawyers

You’ll find a network of experienced colleagues guiding each step. Whether you’re new to family law or seasoned, our team can support you with coaching, co-mediation, feedback sessions, and access to joint client planning tools. We understand that you might take on complex financial or parenting matters—your collaborative partner is available to help streamline your role, not leave you carrying the load alone.

We encourage transparency in how cases are shared. You and your collaborative partner will jointly assess skill sets and availability to match tasks to the right person—whether that’s gathering financial disclosure, attending settlement meetings, or managing client communications. If extra support is needed, an experienced coach or specialist can step in. This means you’re never on your own, and your clients receive well-rounded professional input.

You can complete workshops on negotiation, soft communication techniques, cultural competency, and dealing with high-conflict clients. There are also opportunities for co-coaching, shadowing experienced practitioners, and receiving input on case strategy. These ongoing learning experiences are shaped around your development needs and availability and often count towards professional learning hours.

Fees and billing structures are pre‑agreed and transparent. You’ll know from the outset how your time is billed—be it hourly rates or package-based. Shared tasks are allocated equitably, and any additional services (like financial specialists or counsellors) are billed separately and clearly. This avoids confusion and ensures that both you and your clients can budget with certainty.

You commit to a shared engagement agreement that establishes who’s working collaboratively with whom, what information can be disclosed, and how conflicts—actual or potential—will be managed. Confidentiality is protected through the process, and full transparency helps prevent misunderstandings before they arise. If there’s an issue, you have ready access to a peer mentor and a conflict resolution pathway.

Absolutely. If you’re working with a client who wants to switch to a collaborative pathway, you can do so at almost any stage—so long as both parties are willing. You simply meet with the other side (and their lawyers, if they have them), sign a collaborative participation agreement, and the case transitions under collaborative rules. And if anything gets stuck, you can bring in a neutral co‑mediator to help ease negotiations.

Yes. You and your client won’t be “finished” the moment an agreement is signed. We coordinate post‑settlement checks, and implementation reviews (like the smooth rollout of a parenting plan or property transfer), and can offer introductions to allied professionals—financial advisers, mortgage brokers, counsellors, or child specialists. That ongoing care reinforces the work you’ve done and helps you deliver standout client service.