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NEXT MEETING OF COLLABORATIVE LAW COMMITTEE
February 10, 2010 at 5:00 pm Eastern time
Dial-in information will be sent to Committee members on the listserve
The ABA House of Delegates will meet in Orlando February 8th, during the ABA Mid-Year Meeting. The Uniform Collaborative Law Act ll be before the House of Delegates for approval. Many members of our Committee have devoted untold hours in organizing an al out effort to obtain approval of the UCLA. Overtwenty-five members will be on the ground in Orlando seeking support of delegates for the Act. We thank eveyrone for this outstanding effort.
On February 10th, we'll have a lot to talk about. You won't want to miss the details of the happenings in Orlando and how the House of Delegates voted onthe UCLA
We will also have a report from the Uniform Law Commission on plans to submit the UCLA for consideration by a number of state legislatures in 2010.
If you have other items that you would like to add the the agenda, please contact co-chairs Larry Maxwell (lmaxwell@adr-attorney.com) or David Hoffman (DHoffman@BostonLawCollaborative.com).
Please encourage your collaborative colleagues to join the Collaborative Law Committee. All ABA and Section members may join the Committee by going to the Committee's web page.
The Collaborative Law Committee holds meetings via dial-in conference call on the second Thursday of every other month at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.
UNIFORM COLLABORATIVE LAW ACT APPROVED BY THE UNIFORM LAW COMMISSION
On July 15, 2009, at its Annual Meeting in Santa Fe, New Mexico, the Uniform Law Commission by a unanimous vote, approved the Uniform Collaborative Law Act. UCLA FINAL VERSION: http://www.law.upenn.edu/bll/archives/ulc/ucla/2009_final.htm
In February, 2010, the Act will be before the ABA House of Delegates. The ABA Section of Dispute Resolution has endorsed the Act. ABA members are encouraged to seek support for the UCLA from other ABA Sections and entities and delegates to the ABA House of Delegates.
The Collaborative Law Committee has prepared an Executive Summary: http://collaborativelaw.us/articles/UCLA_Executive_Summary.pdf which provides a section by section analysis of the UCLA as approved by the Commission. It is anticipated that the Act will be available for consideration by state legislatures in mid-2010 NEXT MEETING OF COLLABORATIVE LAW COMMITTEE
You are encouraged to join the Collaborative Law Committee. If you are not currently a Committee Member, please subscribe to the Committee ListServ list to receive the dial-in number.
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