Learn the science of secondary trauma and how to limit its impact on your mental health as a lawyer from Anne Haag with this 40-minute installment of Webinars for Busy Lawyers. Lawyers frequently encounter trauma in the clients they…
Below, you can find a video recording of our March 9th panel with transcript and list of resources. We hosted this discussion in honor of Black and Women’s History months, which this year focused on health, wellness, healing, and…
Uncertainty is prevalent in the study and practice of law, and strategies from the "uncertainty navigation model" can help. For lawyers, having to navigate uncertainty regularly starts with the first reading assignment in law school. Uncertainty grows as students…
With plenty of external sources of stress in the legal profession and life generally, we take about 18,000 breaths in a typical day -- and each is an opportunity to feel better. Introduction to Utilizing the Power of Your…
The Institute for Well-Being in Law's inaugural 3-day conference starts January 19th, 2022. Register by Friday, December 10th for Early Bird Pricing IWIL invites individuals and leaders interested in legal well-being to its first annual conference. The conference will…
With another year of pandemic disruption almost behind us, we've rounded up well-being highlights to help legal professionals refresh for another year. We're ending another year with Covid-19 uncertainty ongoing, after lawyer well-being had fallen to start the year.…
October is ADHD Awareness Month and with lawyers reporting roughly double the rates of the general adult population, we're highlighting how its powers can be harnessed. 12.5% of lawyers reported having ADHD in the landmark 2016 study on lawyer…
Our Free & Confidential group meetings for SuperMom will resume on October 28, 2021, and will continue to meet each fourth Thursday of the month at 12pm online. Run in collaboration with the Women's Bar Association's Parents' Forum and…
We're sharing guidance to get started building strong habits for well-being in the legal profession. We thank the Lawyers Depression Project for contributing this guest post. 1. Prioritize yourself. There is no case, no assignment, nothing in fact,…
The American Bar Association's annual national COLAP Conference features sessions about leadership in lawyer and law student well-being. The 2021 National Conference for Lawyer Assistance Programs will be held on Wednesday, September 22nd and Thursday, September 23rd, in a…