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Stress. Pressure. Deadlines. Job insecurity. Demanding clients. Difficult counsel. It’s a lot.
How do you keep practicing without losing your mind? Can mindfulness help you be a better lawyer? A happier and whole lawyer?
Join us for this unique and important program where our speakers will explore how mindfulness practices can help you to grow, and maybe even thrive!
May 23 - Session 1: Mindfulness and The Whole Lawyer
- Introduction to mindfulness, its benefits, and reference to some of the supporting science.
- Discussion of the recent ABA and LSO reports on lawyer mental health and wellness.
- Exploration of how mindfulness can help us grow personally and professionally and help to create sustainable legal careers.
- Learn mindfulness practices and stretches that can be easily incorporated into your workday and life. Includes time for group discussion and Q&A.
June 13 - Session 2: How Can We Apply Mindfulness to Our Work?
- Applying mindfulness to the practice of law.
- Exploring various definitions of mindfulness, and specifically how curiosity, emotional intelligence and awareness of our body can make us better lawyers.
- Includes a 5-minute open awareness meditation and how to apply mindfulness to the physical dimension of a file.
- Includes an exercise in pairs to demonstrate the concepts taught & how they can apply to our legal practices.
- Takeaway practices are to be provided. A participatory discussion and Q&A will be incorporated into the session as well.
These sessions are for anyone interested in learning about mindfulness, wanting to explore mindfulness practices, and/or looking to add new tools to their wellness toolkit.
Translation? These sessions are for you.
Speakers
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Alisha E. Athanasiou, Athanasiou Law P.C.
- Dan Stein, criminal lawyer
Program Details
Tuesday, May 23, 2023, and Tuesday, June 13, 2023
Both sessions will be from 4:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Online via Zoom Meeting
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Each program contains 45 minutes of Professionalism content. Both programs combined contain 1.5 hours of Professionalism content. |  |
Attendees will be able to claim a $50 Risk Management Credit to be applied to their LAWPRO premiums. |
Registration Fee:
- Members: $49.00 + HST
- Friends of the TLA: $99.00 + HST
- Non-Members: $99.00 + HST
- Member Licensing Candidates and New Calls: $25.00 + HST
- Undergraduate Law School Students: Complimentary tickets are available until May 19, 2023.
- If you are a Friend-Student, please email your request for complimentary attendance to events@tlaonline.ca
- To become a Friend register for free
No refunds after May 19, 2023. An administrative fee of $25.00 will be applied to all cancellations.
This organization has been approved as an Accredited Provider of Professionalism Content by the Law Society of Ontario.
Any opinions expressed by speakers are their own and are not necessarily the opinions of the Toronto Lawyers Association, its directors and staff.