by Heidi Webb | Aug 4, 2015 | Law and Society
One day almost a hundred years ago, when my Mom was in school as a little girl, about six years old as I recall the story, she couldn’t resist the temptation of sliding down the banister from the 2nd floor to the 1st. Just as she was about to...
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 | 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 | May 12, 2014 | Law and Society, The Consilium Process- A New Paradigm
“Why do you think you’re getting divorced?” “Honestly? I have no idea.” This exchange happened years ago, early on in my career. I was taking the deposition of a man whose wife I was representing in a contested custody dispute. Both parties were pediatricians. I...
by Heidi Webb | May 7, 2014 | Law and Society, Process and Philosophy, The Consilium Process- A New Paradigm
NOTE: Previously, I have used my blog to write about divorce related legal issues. But in light of the US Patent Office having recently recognized the uniqueness of the Consilium Process and therefore allowed my use of the name to describe my work in divorce...
