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Meet Tim Batdorf
New IAHL President
Tim Batdorf is the new IAHL president.
Tim is a lawyer and career coach.
An attorney for more than ten years, he
started The Batdorf
Firm in 2001, in the Detroit area.
Besides facilitative mediation, he does estate,
business, and tax planning, as well as probate and
trust work. He has his J.D. from DePaul and an LL.M.
in Taxation from the University of Miami.
Tim has written The Lawyer's
Guide To Being Human .
He is
a frequent author of Inter Alia, a periodical for
young
lawyers and has taught as an adjunct professor at a
local college.
Tim devotes hundreds of pro bono
hours each year to charity. For two years, he served as
the Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Mankind
Project - Windsor-Detroit Center. Before that, he
served on the Board of Directors for Genesee County
Habitat for Humanity and has chaired the Taxation
Section of the Detroit Metropolitan Bar
Association.
Read Tim's Column
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Be the
Change . . . Members J. Kim Wright
and Jennifer Foster have put together
another treat in Asheville, a monthly lunch meeting
on "Peacemaking and the Law." Here's an excerpt
quoting their first speaker (on Sept. 5):
"The time has clearly come for lawyers
to begin to emphasize their role . . . as conciliators,
and peacemakers--as counselors for
what is right, not merely advocates for what is legally
possible. Lawyers need to remind themselves that
peacemaking and
conflict healing are first obligations of our
profession."
N.C. Supreme Court Chief
Justice
James G. Exum
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Greetings Members and Friends,
Save the Date: May 15-18,
2008.
The theme of the 2008 IAHL
Conference is
Authentic Lawyering:
Practicing
from the Heart.
If that resonates with you, you're in good company. At
our 2004 conference, when asked how he thought up
collaborative law, Stu
Webb said, "I was just looking for a
way to practice law and be myself."
Imagine what we can do if we each find
ways to become more
authentic, happy professionals at work.
Providing the tools to do that is the intent we've set for
the next conference, so
make plans to join us in the Detroit area May 15-18.
-Ruth Rickard, Editor
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| Plans for the 2008 Conference |
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Our 2008 retreat will be at The Retreat
Center in
Plymouth, Michigan, a short ride from the
Detroit airport. A
170-acre retreat facility—with six
gardens—the center
is run by the Archdiocese of Detroit. Here are some
points from Tim on what's in the works so far.
- The theme for the conference is heart-
based lawyering. For those who relate to chakras, the
focus is on the energy of the fourth chakra.
- We hope to have Ward Powers as a
keynote speaker (he gets rave reviews). A lawyer, he
created and produced One
the Movie, a film
about the
concept of oneness.
- Lorraine Webber, who is the head of the
Detroit
Metro Bar Association and a shaman will open
the
conference and lead at least one ritual. To read out
more on Lorraine, visit her website at
www.earthwalk.org.
- Martha Burkett is helping put the
conference together. She is the acting director of the
Lawyers and Judges Assistance Program in
Michigan. She was involved in putting together the
Happy Healthy Lawyer conference in Ann
Arbor last
spring.
- We hope to feature a
drumming circle one evening.
If you have any ideas, thoughts or
suggestions, or if you want to contribute in any way,
please let Tim know.
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Email Tim at president@iahl.org |
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| Impressions from the Asheville Conference |
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At right, Kedar Brown, leading Native American fire
ceremony at Asheville conference.
Our conference last May, on Empowerment,
was . . .
well, here are some excerpts from the comments on
our listserv.
- I learned tons, discovered I am not alone
as a holistic lawyer, made new and deeper
friendships, and had a fabulous time ranging from
silent meditation to rolling-on-the-floor laughter
- Thanks to everyone for the
incredible conference in Asheville. I sit a different
person behind my desk this afternoon—more
whole,
much more secure in my authentic self.
- I have never been with so many people
that all "got it" and felt so connected . . . I drove home
in a state of bliss (15-hour ride).
- I (Kedar) have much gratitude for the vision
you are
dreaming into this world through the work that you are
doing.
- Magic: shared visioning, observing my
thoughts coming out of someone else's mouth,
Kedar's words spoken as if he had been present with
us for the entire time, the message "I am powerful"
coming to me not once, but in the same exact words
three times.
Read J. Kim's description of the connectedness at the
conference, quoted in Tim's column.
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Read Tim's Column |
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| Be the Change You Want to See |
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IAHL board member Fran Brochstein, a family lawyer
in Houston, posted this to the listserv:
"I came home from Asheville so
motivated that I took the giant step of announcing
myself as a holistic lawyer on my emails, stationery,
website, etc. My web guy, who was devastated by his
parent's divorce, embraced my holistic ideas
and did the work— for free. I expected some
negative remarks, but so far, there've been none."
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See Fran's website at www.txholisticlaw.com |
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| Gems |
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I've added a new feature this newsletter, entitled "Be
the Change You Want to See." Send me blurbs on
what you're doing to incorporate holistic
principles into your practice and life. We all
know, that's not
necessarily easy— and the steps you
take can encourage the rest of us.
Also, I'm looking for quotes and other
gems that inspire you. For instance, I just discovered
this one, which has helped when I'm stuck or
discouraged:
Free your mind to continually move forward: this
allows solutions to come into view.
---Romanus Wolter, Entrepreneur magazine,
July 2007
-Ruth
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