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Collaborative practice: out of court solutions that create longer lasting and more satisfying results.
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What is Collaborative Practice?
Collaborative practice is a way of resolving legal disputes outside of court. Instead of litigation, a specially trained team of professionals – lawyers, financial advisers, mental health professionals and communication coaches – work together with both parties to reach a solution that reflects their priorities and preserves their important relationships.
Are you a lawyer, financial adviser, mediator, or mental health professional?
Collaborative practice offers a more satisfying way to serve your clients, and a community of like-minded NSW professionals to work alongside. CP (NSW/ACT) is the NSW home for collaboratively trained practitioners, supporting you with training pathways, CPD, events, and resources.
News & Upcoming Events
Stay connected with the latest news, events, and insights from the NSW collaborative practice community.
Minds & Machines: AI as a Partner in Collaborative Practice
Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing the way professionals work and few family lawyers have spent more time exploring its practical implications than our guest presenter, Jamie Burreket.
Confession: Coaches don’t have a magic wand. We checked!
For our first CP(NSW) member event of 2026, we tested an idea – what really happens inside the head of a collaborative coach?
How Financials Bring Value to the Collaborative Table – Member Event 7 August 2025
Financial advisers are key players in the collaborative process.
About CP (NSW/ACT)
We are a not-for-profit community of collaboratively trained professionals in NSW, founded in 2006. Our members include lawyers, financial experts, mediators, mental health professionals, and social workers, all committed to helping people resolve disputes with dignity, outside the courtroom. We are the NSW state body of the national AACP.
