Lawyers are constantly judging themselves and others at virtually every waking moment — drawing the world into categories, with a fundamentally dualist viewpoint that divides “us” from “them.” A growing number of lawyers believe the profession would benefit from learning a “non-dualistic way of being in the world,” or as Michael Dwyer defines it, as “moment-to-moment awareness, with intention and focus, and without judgment.” Lawyer and writer Jennie Bricker addresses the questions, “What is mindfulness, and why would anyone spend time doing it?”
Be Still, My Brain
The Legal Community Embraces Mindfulness
By Jennie Bricker
With Battle Rattle and More
An American Judge Prepares for a Trial Day in Kosovo
By Jim Hargreaves
Bar Counsel
Mentoring New Lawyers:
Top Ethics Questions
By Amber Hollister &
Emilee Preble
The Legal Writer
Dashes and Dots:
Decoding Hyphens,
Dashes and Ellipses
By Elizabeth Ruiz Frost
Profiles in the Law
Team Effort: Dick Slottee
Leads by Example
By Tanya Hanson
Bar Actions
Discipline
Reinstatements
Applications
Bar People
Among Ourselves
Moves
In Memoriam