by Heidi Webb | Nov 20, 2014 | Post Nuptial Agreements in Massachusetts
This past weekend I was privileged to hear the sculptor, Andy Goldsworthy, talk about his work and the new installation of a wall he constructed locally. He began by talking about the first wall he built over thirty years ago, and told us it had been created in...
by Heidi Webb | Nov 3, 2014 | The Consilium Process- A New Paradigm, Uncategorized
Just like in a marriage, during the course of a divorce husbands and wives sometimes find themselves switching perspectives. Sometimes the reason for the switch is clear, but often times it’s not so clear. Sometimes the switching is based on facts and financials, and...
by Heidi Webb | Oct 15, 2014 | Child Support, Process and Philosophy, The Consilium Process, The Consilium Process- A New Paradigm
I can still envision the look on the face of my 10th grade English teacher when he passed back my excellent grade on <span style=”text-decoration: underline;”>The Prophet</span> by Kahlil Gibran. It said: “Why wasn’t the quality of your work...
by Heidi Webb | Sep 18, 2014 | Consilum - Tools in the Toolbox
I was a skeptic. How could a lawyer agree to give up a major tool in her toolbox? What possible advantage might there be in agreeing not to go to court? At the outset of a case, Collaborative Law did not make a lot of sense to me. Why “lawyer up” if you intend to go...
by Heidi Webb | Sep 16, 2014 | Law and Society, Process and Philosophy, The Consilium Process, The Consilium Process- A New Paradigm
After seeing Neverland at the American Repertory Theatre, I got to thinking about how we tell stories- to ourselves, to our children, to our families and to our worlds. What we choose to say, and what we choose not to say. J.M. Barrie, the author of Peter Pan and the...
by Heidi Webb | Sep 5, 2014 | Process and Philosophy, The Consilium Process
A beach vacation, time away, sunny days and sandy toes. Those images had been swimming in our minds for a few weeks before actually heading off to North Carolina. However as our flight was landing the pilot’s message confirmed my weather app…a slight drizzle was...
by Heidi Webb | Aug 18, 2014 | Law and Society, The Consilium Process- A New Paradigm
Law School has classes on many different aspects of the legal system (Contracts, Property, Civil Procedure to name a few)—but there’s one very important subject that they don’t have in the curriculum: Empathy. I remember one case I had, years ago, where the opposing...
by Heidi Webb | Aug 5, 2014 | Law and Society, Process and Philosophy, The Consilium Process- A New Paradigm
Recently as I was looking through my father’s old law office safe, I discovered a 71 year old letter written from my grandfather to my father. A letter I never knew existed. A letter that held enough value to my father that he had put it in a place for...
by Heidi Webb | Jul 18, 2014 | Consilum - Tools in the Toolbox
This article is the second of a four-part “Toolbox” series. Each of these will briefly outline one of the four major approaches to handling a divorce, and how the Consilium process integrates the approach into its model. I first learned to mediate while in I was in...
by Heidi Webb | Jul 18, 2014 | Consilum - Tools in the Toolbox
This article is the first of a four-part “Toolbox” series. Each of these will briefly outline one of the four major approaches to handling a divorce, and how the Consilium process integrates the approach into its model. Let’s start with traditional litigation. This is...
