Become a Member

PART I – BACKGROUND

Select one:(Required)

(a) I attended a full-day CCFLA seminar on (fill-in-able date)(b) I will attend CCFLA’s annual full-day seminar no later than one year from the date of my application.

Check the Applicable boxes; if you check (a), (b) or (c) then (d) is not required:(Required)

(a) I am a trained family court mediator;(b) I have served as mediator in at least 25 family court mediations;(c) I have been formally trained in Collaborative Law;(d) I have an agreement with (CCFLA member) that s/he will serve as my mentor and I will consult with her/him whenever I represent a party in a Cooperative case for at least 12 months following the date of my joining CCFLA. Should this arrangement fail, I will immediately identify and notify the CCFLA Board of my new mentor.

I have read through the attached Cooperative Negotiation Participation Agreement (CNPA) and will plan to use this Agreement in my cooperative cases whenever possible.I will timely pay the applicable membership fee and will automatically be set up for our annual auto-renewal service. If you would prefer not to have auto-renewal enabled, please email at support@chscooperative.org.I have been nominated for membership by the following two CCFLA members:

I have spent

years practicing primarily in my field of expertise.(Required)

I certify that the above is accurate and true to the best of my knowledge and ability.

PART II – PLEDGE

I will negotiate in good faith and conduct myself in a civil, respectful and professional manner at all timesI will respond promptly and honestly to reasonable requests for financial and other information from the other party/attorneyI will obtain collaborative/neutral expert input as necessary and share the findings freely with the other sideOnce the cooperative process begins, I will not file a court action until agreed to by both parties in a case, or in the event of a court-recognized emergencyI will use best practices for the benefit of my clientsI will encourage my clients to put their children’s interests first and to do everything in their power to keep children out of conflict/litigation.If communications between me and another CCFLA attorney become antagonistic and/or I believe that a CCFLA attorney is violating the above principles of the CCFLA, I will request from the CCFLA Board appointment of an ombudsman (CCFLA member) to assist confidentially in diminishing/ resolving the problem and follow the CCFLA resolution process in place at that time*.I will adhere to any additional terms/conditions of membership as may be required in the future by the CCFLA Board.

I so pledge.

I declare that I have read the CNPA content.