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 lawyerMELCA and its interdisciplinary approach to helping families move through divorceSmart Separation and the right and wrong moves to make when considering a marital separationSupport for Lawyers and the well-being and mental health issues faced by many lawyersThe “why” driving her businessesHow an individual’s healing flows from individuals to their clients, community, and societyHow 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 approachWhat being an integrative lawyer means to herFor more information and to contact Marguerite:[email protected] (Melbourne Collaborative Alliancewww.melca.com.auSmart Separationwww.smartseparation.com.auSupport for Lawyerswww.supportforlawyers.comTo support the Integrative Law Movement and effect positive change in our legal systems go to https://www.integrativelaw.com/financial-support-for-the-movement(supporters in the USA are able to make tax-deductible donations thanks to our fiscal sponsor The Renaissance Lawyer Society https://renaissancelawyer.org/ ) If you appreciate the work of these legal changemakers and want to help us continue to share more stories, please like, subscribe, and rate us 5 stars on YouTube, Google, Spotify, iTunes, and your favorite podcast platforms. Links to these sites and our social media pages can be found on our LinkTree https://linktr.ee/IntegrativeLaw Music for this podcast was created by Toby Leach. He may be contacted at: [email protected] this episode on youtube at: https://youtu.be/Dq6VfRTTxqE
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