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- Title
UNBUNDLING LEGAL SERVICES IN MEDIATION.
- Authors
Garfield, Franklin R.
- Abstract
The adversarial model for resolving family disputes is seriously flawed. The judicial system is inefficient and uneconomical. The vast majority of litigants cannot afford to have their cases handled by a lawyer, and, as a result, they end up representing themselves. However, divorcing spouses want and need legal services. They should not be forced to choose between full services and no services. As mediation moves toward acceptance as the preferred method for resolving family disputes, attorneys have an opportunity to offer a menu of legal services from which clients may order a la carte. This is the essence of unbundling. This article explores how unbundling enables mediation clients to obtain the legal services they request at an affordable cost and relieves consulting attorneys who perform discrete tasks of responsibility for the outcome of the case.
- Subjects
UNBUNDLED legal services; FAMILY law courts; FAMILY conflict; LEGAL services; LEGAL representation
- Publication
Family Court Review, 2002, Vol 40, Issue 1, p76
- ISSN
1531-2445
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.174-1617.2002.tb00820.x