My local NPR station recently ran a program on collaborative law that I missed the first time it aired. It is a good one hour conversation between three local (North Texas) collaborative law practitioners: a lawyer, an accountant, and a therapist. I thought it was particularly interesting to listen to the perspectives of the non-lawyer professionals and hear what they see as the advantages of collaborative practice, both for their clients and themselves. The accountant was the only one who seemed to find collaborative practice more difficult in terms of the emotional content as compared to his regular practice. But, he normally does financial planning work with intact families, not divorce work.

If you are looking for a one hour program that explains the basics of collaborative law this is a good listen. The link to the podcast is available on the website:
http:www.kera.org/think, under “A Kinder & Gentler Divorce.”