Why bring mindfulness and compassion to law school?  Law school is stressful and hard.  We know that there can be considerable pressures that cause great psychological distress in law school and the legal profession.  In this workshop you will discover practical activities you can try in order to train your mind to effectively guard against stress and burnout. The mix of science and practices offered will:

• Define the landscape of well-being in the legal profession
• Describe how mindfulness, compassion, gratitude and empathy are powerful tools to enhance lawyer well-being
• Teach key psychological practices that either diminish or enhance lawyer well-being
• Describe preliminary research findings on how lawyers view and understand the experience of compassion at work in the organizational life of a large law firm