Lawyers as Peacemakers

 

     Peace-making may have been the original calling of lawyers. There are a number of examples of lawyers being peacemakers. Gandhi was a lawyer.  Some lawyers in their law practices declare that they are peacemakers and work for peaceful conflict resolution. They may be mediators, collaborative lawyers, or just lawyers who work toward resolution. We know a lawyer who works in a team with his wife, a therapist, to help couples resolve their issues and divorce peacefully. We know lawyers who work for consensus in their communities and call that peacemaking. Some lawyers go beyond the intellectual pursuits of law practice and combine law and energy work to bring about healing and resolution. (See Law and Energetic Healing for example). One lawyer we know is the director of  a non-profit working for world peace. (See www.imtd.org, a peace building organization. Sharif Abdullah also has a peace-building organization at www.commonway.org ) Peace-making is the natural companion commitment to many of the other vectors here. For example, there is the Center for Restorative Justice and Peace-making. Doug Noll, teaches peace-making at  www.fresno.edu/depts/pacs and practices law as a peace-maker at www.manageconflict.com. 

 

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