Cynthia Sharp, Becky Howlett – How Mindfulness Can Help You Avoid Legal Burnout, Continue to Competently Perform Legal Services, and Remain Ethically Compliant

•Improve focus and boost your overall productivity and efficiency 

•Curb anxiety and stress through quick, effective “spot treatments”

•Use mindfulness to enhance ethical and reflective decision-making as opposed to acting rashly and later feeling regret for poorly chosen words and actions

 

You will learn how mindfulness can improve civility in the profession:

•What is mindfulness?

•Scientific basis

•Discussion of professionalism and civility guidelines and principles

•How integrating mindfulness into the legal setting can improve civility in the profession.

 

You will learn how mindfulness helps you stay ethically compliant:

•Mindfulness as a means to improve productivity, focus, and concentration in order to represent a client competently, diligently, and communicate with them promptly.

•Discussion of MRPC 1.1 and 1.3 (Diligence), ethical opinions, and caselaw

•Elements of Mindful Communication will teach you how to better understand your client’s objectives and keep your client reasonably informed so they can make informed decisions. 

•Discussion of MRPC 1.4 (Communications), ethical opinions, and caselaw

•When we are faced with the daily pressures of a law practice, our decision-making may become clouded. This can lead to ethical disaster, as well as to self-destructive behavior such as substance abuse. 

•This segment focuses on how a mindfulness practice can alleviate stress and anxiety so you can prevent legal burnout and remain ethically compliant.