Recent Seminars and Public Speaking Engagements by Constance P. Brunt:
June 24, 2009
“Collaborative Practice: A New Way to Find Resolution” – Continuing
Legal Education Program for the Lancaster County Bar Association – Lancaster,
PA
June 20, 2009
“Collaborative Process for Resolution of Divorce, Custody and Family Disputes” – Pennsylvania
Psychological Association Annual Convention - Harrisburg, PA
April 16, 2009
“Women as Leaders in the Profession” – The Penn State Dickinson
School of Law Women’s Law Caucus – Carlisle, PA
March 11, 2009
“Plugging the Leaky Pipeline: Stopping Attrition” – Mid-Year
Meeting of the Pennsylvania Bar Association Commission on Women in the Profession – Widener
Law School, Harrisburg, PA
January 17, 2009
"Ethical Issues Impacting Collaborative Law: Don't Cross The Line" PA
Bar Association's Family Law Section Winter Meeting Pennsylvania
Bar Institute Continuing Legal Education program - Pittsburgh, PA
February 27, 2008
"The Expanding Use of Collaborative Law" 4th Annual ADR Institute Pennsylvania
Bar Institute Continuing Legal Education program - Philadelphia, PA
November 9, 2007
"Tax Consequences in Family Law: Avoiding the Pitfalls - 2007" Pennsylvania
Bar Institute Continuing Legal Education program - Mechanicsburg, PA
April 24, 2007
"Collaborative Practice: A New Way To Find Resolution" - Family Law
Institute Continuing Legal Education program, Pennsylvania Bar Institute,
Mechanicsburg, PA
September 13, 2006
"Collaborative Practice: A New Way To Find Resolution" - Continuing
Legal Education Program for the Family Law Section of the Allegheny
County Bar Association in Pittsburgh, PA
June 8, 2006
Overview of the Collaborative Law Process presented to the Alternative Dispute
Resolution Committee of the Pennsylvania Bar Association.
March 3, 2005
Collaborative Law presentation to the Family Law Section of the Berks
County Bar Association in Reading, PA
October 13, 2004
"Divorce: It Doesn't Have To Be The War Of The Roses" - Public Seminar
presented by the Independent Collaborative Attorneys of Central Pennsylvania
at the Dauphin County East Shore Library in Harrisburg, PA
April 16, 2004
Collaborative Law Continuing Legal Education Program for the Dauphin
County Bar Association in Harrisburg, PA
March 26, 2004
Collaborative Law presentation to the Board/Staff Retreat of MidPenn
Legal Services at Allenberry in Boiling Springs, PA
March 3, 2004
Collaborative Law presentation to the Family Law Section of the Dauphin
County Bar Association in Harrisburg, PA
October, 2008
Central Penn Parent magazine interviews family law attorney Constance
P. Brunt of Harrisburg for "Children And Divorce" article.
Read the article here - "Children
and Divorce: How Exes Can Keep Their Cool" (page 28)
December, 2007
Harrisburg divorce attorney Constance P. Brunt featured in recent article
about Collaborative Law in Harrisburg Magazine.
September 2007
Constance P. Brunt featured in recent article about Collaborative
Law in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Read the article here -
"Advocates
believe collaborative method a better way to end marriage"
March 2007
Constance P. Brunt to serve on new Collaborative Law Committee established
by the Dispute Resolution Section of the American Bar Association:
The Dispute Resolution Section of the ABA has authorized the formation
of a Collaborative Law Committee to encourage the responsible use of Collaborative
Law, to monitor and advise the Section Council about developments in Collaborative
Law, and to help the Dispute Resolution Section to establish relationships
with other organizations interested in Collaborative Law. As the sole
representative from Pennsylvania, Ms. Brunt is one of approximately 45
members of this nationwide Committee.
November 2006
Constance P. Brunt appointed as Family Law Section Liaison to the Pennsylvania
Bar Association ADR Committee: Ms. Brunt was appointed by the Chair
of the Family Law Section of the Pennsylvania Bar Association to serve
as the Liaison from that Section to the Alternative Dispute Resolution
Committee of the Bar Association.
October 2005
Constance P. Brunt to serve as Co-Chair of Collaborative Law Sub-Committee
of Pennsylvania Bar Association ADR Committee: Ms. Brunt was appointed
as the Co-Chair of the newly-created Collaborative Law Sub-Committee of
the Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee of the Pennsylvania Bar Association.
The appointment is effective October, 2005. The Alternative Dispute Resolution
Committee's role is to address current issues of mediation, arbitration
and other alternative dispute resolution processes. The Committee conducts
professional education programs in alternative dispute resolution, studies
and recommends standards of practice for neutrals, and proposes and monitors
legislation regarding alternative dispute resolution. The Collaborative
Law Sub-Committee will focus specifically on the developing practice of
collaborative law throughout Pennsylvania.
February 2004
Constance P. Brunt elected Chair of Independent Collaborative Attorneys
of Central Pennsylvania: Ms. Brunt was elected the first Chair of
the newly formed Independent Collaborative Attorneys of Central Pennsylvania
at its February, 2004 meeting. She will serve in this office through the
end of 2004. The ICACP is a group of independent attorneys trained in
collaborative law, who are committed to assisting parties to resolve family
law disputes with minimal conflict and without resort to litigation. Ms.
Brunt was a founding member of ICACP.
