Nadia Mesa Del Castillo, Madrid, Spain, is our present president of the ENCP. She is a lawyer since 1995 and has developed expertise in all branches of law, including administrative, civil, commercial, criminal, and labor law. Eventually she decided to focus on civil law, specially family and inheritance law. However, she was not satisfied with what she was doing because she felt that she was not helping clients to truly solve their problems, she was merely getting them out of a tight spot. This was particularly painful in family matters: lawyer’s intervention only served to further damage family relationships, and harm vulnerable victims such as children. So Nadia was deeply dissatisfied with the profession because it seemed that the only way to solve problems was through aggressive court battles. And mediation didn’t really work either in Spain. When she discovered collaborative law, she knew that she had found her path. Collaborative law is more than an alternative dispute resolution (ADR) method, it’s a radical change in attitude towards the practice of law. It is not only about applying extrajudicial methods to reach agreements, but also about litigation practice. It is a different attitude, a shift in the mindset, a different approach to practicing law. Since then, she has acquired the necessary skills to help clients make the best decisions for their lives, thereby contributing to a culture of peace.