Integrative Lawyers of the World

Olivia Fürst, Brazil - Integrative Lawyers of the World Series 5, Episode 6

Episode Summary

Olivia Fürst is an Integrative and Collaborative Lawyer and Mediator. She worked as a mediator and observer for the Compensation Chamber for Flight 447, of Air France (a chamber created to indemnify the relatives of the victims of the air accident. This experience had a profound effect on Olivia, after which she began to dedicate herself exclusively to peaceful methods of conflicts. In 2013, she won the X Edition of the Innovare Award in the Advocacy category with the text “Collaborative Practices in Family Law”. In 2014, she co-founded the Brazilian Institute of Collaborative Practices – IBPC. Olivia is a collaborative law trainer certified by the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals (IACP) and a guest speaker at different institutions. She has several articles published in magazines and specialized books.

Episode Notes

In this conversation, we discuss:

• Her personal and legal journey and how being part of an international program for high school students in Atlanta, Georgia, USA and how her father’s political imprisonment and torture changed her career path from art to law --- and what led her to think “I need to understand this language of law",
• The creative side and art of law and how sensitive people were not encouraged in law schools and law firms,
• How participating as a mediator for the compensation fund changed her life and the lessons she learned from this experience,
• How she was introduced to collaborative law,
• How she is help building a collaborative community and collaborative practice in Brazil, and
• What integrative law and what being an integrative lawyer mean to her.

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