We urge the Judiciary Committee to consider a proposal to enact the Uniform Collaborative Law Act in Connecticut.

Like mediation, the practice of collaborative law has emerged primarily in the context of family law where it has increasingly become the preferred means of practice for many lawyers seeking to offer clients meaningful options for consensual, non-adversarial resolution of sensitive family matters. Indeed, collaborative law like mediation is founded upon the fundamental ethical principle of client autonomy and self-determination. Unlike mediation, however, a collaborative matter requires the involvement and participation of an attorney for each of the parties.

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