Integrative Lawyers of the World

Marguerite Picard, Australia - Integrative Lawyers of the World, S4 Ep. 2

Episode Summary

Each ILOW series features a lawyer from a different continent and showcases different ways of practicing integrative law. In this episode, ILOW features Marguerite Picard-- an integrative lawyer from Australia who focuses on a collaborative and inter-disciplinary approach to law.

Episode Notes

Marguerite Picard is a facilitator and peacemaker, accredited specialist family lawyer, mediator, arbitrator, collaborative practitioner, and trainer.  She has three innovative businesses: MELCA (Melbourne Collaborative Alliance), Smart Separation, and Support for Lawyers. Her primary interest is in system change away from adversarial thinking to collaborative and interdisciplinary approaches.

In this conversation, we discussed:

• Her journey from criminal lawyer and litigator to integrative and collaborative lawyer
• MELCA and its interdisciplinary approach to helping families move through divorce
• Smart Separation and the right and wrong moves to make when considering a marital separation
• Support for Lawyers and the well-being and mental health issues faced by many lawyers
• The “why” driving her businesses
• How an individual’s healing flows from individuals to their clients, community, and society
• How the adversarial approach leaked into different segments of society from courtrooms to board rooms to newsrooms and her hope that an integrative and collaborative will replace that adversarial approach
• What being an integrative lawyer means to her

For more information and to contact Marguerite:

Marguerite@melca.com.au

MELCA (Melbourne Collaborative Alliance
www.melca.com.au

Smart Separation
www.smartseparation.com.au

Support for Lawyers
www.supportforlawyers.com

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Music for this podcast was created by Toby Leach. He may be contacted at: tobby.leach@gmail.com

Watch this episode on youtube at: https://youtu.be/Dq6VfRTTxqE