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About CLASP

CLASP is a consortium of lawyers in Southwestern Pennsylvania trained in a process called "Collaborative Practice."  Used primarily with divorce, this process has the following characteristics:

• Both parties seek an amicable divorce

• Each party has their own, specially trained, collaborative lawyer

• Collaborative lawyers work with each other and with their clients to arrive at the most fair and mutually-agreeable outcome

• Each party agrees not to go to court (if it comes to this, both professionals agree to withdraw)

Because of the non-combative nature of the process, collaborative divorces tend to cost less than the traditional process.

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