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New Goals and Upcoming Events
Upcoming
Conference
Our next IAHL conference is scheduled for April
6 - 9, 2006, at Asilomar on the Monterrey Peninsula, CA.
The topic is relationships. We will be publishing a Request
for Proposals soon. Watch this space and the webpage for
information as it becomes available.
From our President . . .
Felicity Lavelle, our new president, sets out
goals for the Alliance in the President's Column.
Among other things, she discusses a significant new development:
we are among a number of groups who share the same broad
goal of improving—indeed, transforming—the way
law is practiced. We are part of an expanding discussion
with other like-minded groups on how to optimize our efforts
to achieve our mutual goals.
Read the President's Column
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Greetings
members and friends,
Welcome, readers. We hope you like the new e-mail format
for our newsletter. I'm Ruth Rickard, an attorney in Dallas.
As the new editor of the newsletter, I'll be the one responding
to inquiries sent to newsletter@iahl.org.
In this newsletter, we're featuring one of the highlights
from last fall's conference—physicist Twila Hugley
Earle's presentation on applying chaos theory to human conflict.
Our two keynote speakers at the conference were Stu Webb
and Ronnie Earle, two pioneers who are truly transforming
the practice of law.
Stu Webb is a long-time member of IAHL. Stu told the backstory
that inspired his ideas that grew from its beginnings in
Minneapolis to the ever-widening practice of collaborative
family law. Our discussions over the three-day conference
also broadened to a shared aspiration that this client-centered
practice will adapt and grow in other areas of civil practice.
Ronnie Earle is the District Attorney in Travis County,
Texas. He offers deep thinking on restorative justice in
the criminal justice system, its relationship to community
and, ultimately, to democracy.
To read the full conference program, including Stu's and
Ronnie's summaries of their presentations, go to Quick Links
on this page.
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| Transforming Chaos Into Order: Applying Physics to Human Systems |
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This four-line "fractal" organizes into a beautiful
higher-order structure. To see it, click
on the graphic.
Chaos theory, with its origin in the discipline of
physics, explains that natural systems self-organize
turbulence and conflict into higher order. The good
news is that chaos principles apply to conflict in
human systems as well. That's at least one of the
messages from Twila Hugley Earle in her talk
entitled "Community, Chaos Theory and Law."
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| Chaos Theory and When the Talking Stops |
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IAHL founder, Bill van Zyverden, draws from Twila
Earle's insight on chaos and conflict resolution. He
pulls together the concepts of order and an ancient
tradition of Native American culture: the circle-and-
talking stick. He reminds us of the simple truths
underlying that method to resolve group conflict and
reach agreement with mutual respect.
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| Water: From Macro to Micro |
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Carolyn Hansen shares her thoughts on water. She touches
on aspects of water ranging from global concerns to the
photos by Dr. Masaru Emoto showing environmental effects—including
the written and spoken word—on the microscopic structure
of water.
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| Join the IAHL Listserv |
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We invite you to join our listserv—whether you
have experience in holistic lawyering or are new and wondering
how it's done. Learn from others and share your experiences
on our nationwide service. It's easy to join:
- Go to www.yahoo.com, and click on "groups."
- Under "find a group," type in "iahllistserv."
- Once results appear, click on "iahllistserv" and then
"join this group."
- Once you enter your email address, click "join group"
at the bottom of the next page that pops up.
That's all there is to it! If you have any problems, please
contact Mindy Hitchcock at mlhitchcock@lady4justice.com
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