Mohandas K. Gandhi: I realized that the true function of a lawyer was to unite parties driven asunder. The lesson was so indelibly burnt into me that a large part of my time during the 20 years of my practice as a lawyer was occupied in bringing about the private compromises of hundreds of cases. I lost nothing thereby - not even money; certainly not my soul. 

Abraham Lincoln: Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. Point out to them how the nominal winner is often the real loser - in faces, expenses and waste of time. As a peacemaker, the lawyer has a superior opportunity of being a good man. 

North Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice James G. Exum, Jr.:  The time has clearly come for lawyers to begin to emphasize their role as mediators, conciliators, and peacemakers--as counselors for what is right, not merely advocates for what is legally possible. Lawyers must begin to take advantage of alternatives to litigation for dispute resolution. ... Lawyers need to remind themselves that the courtroom is often not a place conducive to peacemaking or conflict healing, yet peacemaking and conflict healing are first obligations of our profession.

David Gehue of the Micmac Nation: “As you heal yourself, you can help to heal the family, the family helps to heal the community, the community helps to heal the nation, the nations help to heal the world…It is time for us all to stop blaming one another, heal from our wounds and move forward—for the survival of the world as we know it is in our hands.

Another by Gandhi: What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty and democracy?

Victim-Offender Reconciliation Program (VORP) Information and Resource Center  

Mediate.com

This site provides a  wealth of information, articles, and links about mediation of all kinds.

The Conscious Coach

Transformational Coaching for lawyers by Managing Attorney, Kim Wright.

The Renaissance Lawyer Society

 Kim is the founder, former board chair of RLS and she authored the original web site. The RLS site has extensive information about peace-making approaches to law practice. It is the hub of the movement to transform the legal system.

Collablaw.org

We are founding members of Collablaw.org, an organization of Collaborative Professionals in Western North Carolina.

The International Academy of Collaborative Professionals

This web site has extensive information about Collaborative Law, an approach to resolving legal differences often used in divorces. In Collaborative Law, the parties and their attorneys agree not to litigate, to work out their differences in a more peaceful manner.

The International Alliance of Holistic Lawyers 

J. Kim Wright

This is Kim's central site of activities including retreats, workshops, coaching, speaking, writing, etc. Kim's personal story and other information can be found on this site.