May 27-30th at the Westin Seattle AFCC is the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts – the premier interdisciplinary international association of professionals dedicated to the resolution of family conflict. AFCC members include many of the leading practitioners, researchers, educators, and policymakers in the family court arena. CONFERENCE TOPICS INCLUDE: Parenting Coordination Tools, Models, and...
This workshop is the full day in-depth follow-up to the Insight Communication and Negotiation 2.0 offering at the 2026 CPW Annual Conference. Anchored in Consciousness delivers practical, skills-based content directly applicable to the daily work of conflict professionals. Using the Insight conflict resolution model developed by the Insight Collaboration Institute we'll explore the deeper reasons...
CPW's Statewide Practice Group is hosted by CPW Board Members. This valuable session will include perspectives from attorneys, financial professionals, and coaches. All CPW members are welcome to attend and share, so bring your questions and examples! Email CPW Admin (collaboratewashington@gmail.com) for the Zoom Link. Reminders are sent to members a week before and day-of...
As a Collaborative professional, have you… Struggled to keep up with scheduling emails? Forgotten who the clients are when there are long stretches between meetings? Found that lack of follow-through from clients and team members leads to meeting cancellations and the frustration of a last-minute agenda? Frantically searched for a Zoom invite that was never...
CPW's Statewide Practice Group is hosted by CPW Board Members. This valuable session will include perspectives from attorneys, financial professionals, and coaches. All CPW members are welcome to attend and share, so bring your questions and examples! Email CPW Admin (collaboratewashington@gmail.com) for the Zoom Link. Reminders are sent to members a week before and day-of...
What happens with your clients when immigration issues impact them while they are in the midst of a divorce? Collaborative family law attorney (and CPW Board Member) Lucia Levias and immigration attorney Tahmina Watson will walk you through the various ways that immigration and divorce can collide. They will answer your questions about the impact...
Come listen and engage with two QDRO attorneys while they riff on dividing public employee retirement plans. Discussion topics include DRS plans, FERS, Thrift Savings Plan, and military pensions. All CPW Members and Friends are welcome!
Social Media Use and the Youth Mental Health Crisis: Implications for Family Law In 2021, the U.S. Surgeon General declared an emergency in youth mental health. A 2023 follow-up advisory specifically called attention to the harmful effects of social media on adolescent development. In 2024, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt published The Anxious Generation, providing an...
KCCL's annual offering of the Introductory Collaborative Law Training for attorneys, mental health practitioners, & financial professionals. During this in-person, interactive 2-day training, we will introduce the fundamentals of the Collaborative Law model. You will develop an understanding of the interdisciplinary team approach to conflict resolution from experienced practitioners in the field. This course...
Annual DRAW Conference
Register here for Zoom link The Statewide Collaborative Community AI Task Force was convened to define our professional obligations regarding the use of artificial intelligence, especially around recording and notetaking, and to recommend practices that meet those obligations. Between April and June 2026, task force members conducted literature reviews and analysis, drawing on materials from the...
October Topic: What happens when a client (or both clients) has some form of diminished capacity, such as dementia or another type of cognitive impairment that may impact the collaborative process? Collaborative professionals who have dealt with this will share some of the issues that may present and how to address them from the different perspectives...