Lawyer Well-Being and Embodied Social Justice Reform

In recent years, more attention has been given to attorney well-being. While the individual benefits of it are important, attorney well-being can also be used to affect positive social change. This program will explore both aspects of this, studying the individual benefits as well as the community-wide and structural benefits of a research-driven and practical focus on well-being. With helpful tools and practical examples, this course will show attendees the true potential of attorney well-being.

Topics covered will include mindfulness-based interventions for reducing stress, compassion fatigue, burnout, bias, secondary trauma in the legal field, and the personal, professional, and prosocial benefits of cultivating mindfulness. The course will also discuss the mind-body connection and the benefits of breath-work practices. Also, the course will discuss the benefits of cultivating emotional intelligence and its role in increasing equity, civility, and public trust in the administration of justice. Finally, it will explore how lawyer well-being movements illuminate paths to embodied social justice reform.

This program is open to attorneys of all levels and areas interested in attorney well-being and how it can affect positive change.

Learning Objectives:

• Contribute positive change individually, professionally, and structurally through research-backed mindfulness
• Grow in individual and professional well-being
• Analyze how individual well-being is linked to prosocial contagion and embodied social justice reform
• Explore how individual reflection supports community lawyering, emotional intelligence competencies/skills, bias reduction, professional responsibility, and public trust

Production Date: 12/10/2024 | Closed captioning (CC) available