Collaborative Law: A Critical Reflection on Whether a Collaborative Orientation Can Be Ethically Incorporated into the Practice of Law

One area of legal practice that has been subject to considerable criticism and, at the same time, continuing innovations in practice is family law. In recent years a new orientation to the practice of law has been introduced referred to as collaborative law, with its most frequent application in the area of family law as a new model of dispute resolution, collaborative divorce. Professor Spain details this new trend and its attending problems.