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The Art of Eating in the Eye of the Storm: How Mindful Nourishment Can Transform Legal Practice Image

The Art of Eating in the Eye of the Storm: How Mindful Nourishment Can Transform Legal Practice

Pragya Thakur

The legal profession doesn’t just demand excellence; it devours those who cannot sustain it. Law firms scramble to address time management and mental health, yet one daily ritual remains overlooked: how lawyers eat.

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Eating In the Eye of the Storm: How Mindful Nourishment Can Transform Legal Practice Image

Eating In the Eye of the Storm: How Mindful Nourishment Can Transform Legal Practice

Pragya Thakur

The legal profession doesn’t just demand excellence; it devours those who cannot sustain it. Law firms scramble to address time management and mental health, yet one daily ritual remains overlooked: how lawyers eat.

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Mental Health Survey: Improvement, But Pressure from Clients Rose Due to Rate Increases Image

Mental Health Survey: Improvement, But Pressure from Clients Rose Due to Rate Increases

Dan Roe

While several data points from the ALM and Law.com Compass Mental Health Survey in the legal industry indicated that things have improved slightly, many lawyers sounded the alarm on added pressure from clients due to aggressive rate increases.

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A Roadmap for a Curated Career Image

A Roadmap for a Curated Career

Adriana Paris

A curated career is not a happy accident or a lucky break — it's the result of deliberate actions and choices that align with one's personal values.

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Creating a Roadmap for a Curated Career Image

Creating a Roadmap for a Curated Career

Adriana Paris

A curated career involves deep reflection, intentional thought, and a vastly different set of questions than we currently ask ourselves in law school about how to choose a job. It is not a happy accident or a lucky break — it's the result of deliberate actions and choices that align with one's personal values.

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Young Lawyers Cite 'Old School' Culture As Biggest Impact On Mental Health Image

Young Lawyers Cite 'Old School' Culture As Biggest Impact On Mental Health

Dan Roe

Lawyers of all ages reported being overstressed, overworked and underappreciated in The American Lawyer's annual mental health survey, but young lawyers in particular are struggling to live with the Big Law's grueling norms.

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Hidden Gems: Enliven Your Well-Being Programs By Thinking Outside the Box Image

Hidden Gems: Enliven Your Well-Being Programs By Thinking Outside the Box

Jon Krop

Well-being at law firms has gotten boring. Sorry, but it's true. You tend to see the same topics over and over: fitness, mindfulness, substance use, etc. By thinking outside the box, you can offer well-being programs your people will find exciting, impactful, and irresistible.

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Addressing the Spiral of Silence In Law Firms: Fostering Open Communication Image

Addressing the Spiral of Silence In Law Firms: Fostering Open Communication

Susan Freeman & Heidi Turner

The "Spiral of Silence" can mean workers don't feel comfortable sharing their opinion or voicing concerns about how they or others are being treated. This allows mistreatment and biases to go unchecked at an individual level and can also result in a secondary spiral in which workers feel they are not able to fully express their personal identity in the workplace.

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Better Law & Better Life Through Emotional Intelligence Image

Better Law & Better Life Through Emotional Intelligence

Rich Bracken

As more and more attorneys realize that turning to mental awareness education and consulting is a sign of strength and not weakness, the ship of despair is beginning its turn toward better days of mentally strong and agile teams. So, where does one start this new practice? Enter emotional intelligence.

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