Legal Education Enhancements
I’ve become an advocate for a revamped legal education wherein we would teach an array of courses reflective of legal wellness principles. Imagine going to a lawyer versed in:
Creative tools for transforming conflict
The art of listening and dialogue
Holding a Healing Space for Clients
Paths through conflict: Choosing evolution over protection;
Transpersonal awareness; Practicing law through wellness
Self- responsibility for the lawyer and the client
Law as Creative Expression
Non-judgment and the Law
Using Your Intuition
Noticing with the Heart: What is your truth?
Legal Counseling: The Lawyer’s therapeutic role
Mindfulness and expanding your awareness
Practicing with joy, passion, and meaning
Releasing the harried lawyer
Recognizing and Dealing with Feelings; lawyers and Clients
Wellness and Body Communication: Reading clients and witnesses
Languaging and the law: Non-violent advocacy
Five Element Lawyering
What I’ve found is that the more competitive, the more the dispute heads toward bitterness, loss, and grief. But if cases are brought with growth and education in mind then the end result is often communication, self-empowerment, and compassion.