Humane law school

Toward "The Humane Law School" emphasizing happiness in the classic meaning of leading a good life for yourself, your clients, and your community: What should we be teaching?

1. Self assessment and reflection
2. Emotional regulation
3. Mindfulness
4. Yoga/tai chi/meditation/dance/breathing - how to breathe and how to move your body
5. Improv and acting
6. Your clients and their trauma
7. Managing fear and shame
8. Addiction and substance abuse
9. Intro to holistic psychology
10. Life planning
11. Telling your story
12. Time management
13. Stress management
14. Financial management
15. Crisis management
16. Serious ethics
17. Pro bono
18. Local community
19. Know people whose lives are different than your own
20. Things you're not used to - for example, both poverty and wealth - since lawyers may need to navigate both
21. DEI generally
22. Recognizing bias
23. Legal technology
24. Networking
25. Trust and trustworthiness in the law
26. Human rights law
27. Dispute resolution
28. Reconciling your personal beliefs and your professional obligations
29. Interdisciplinary law (finding and working with other professionals)
30. When and how to seek help
31. Contingency planning
32. What to do when you make a mistake or do something wrong
33. Lies in the legal system (e.g., plea bargaining)
34. Saying no
35. Setting and maintaining boundaries
36. Compartmentalizing, boundaries, their necessity, and their risks
37. Finding and managing mentors
38. Healthy personal and professional relationships
39. Building your community
40. Teamwork
41. Speaking to nonlawyers
42. Models of lawyering (guide, governor, guardian)
43. Managing and addressing professional burnout
44. Non-verbal communication (including using and reading body language)
45. Empathy
46. Integrating your past training and experience (e.g., undergrad degree, prior work, military service)
47. Making friends as an adult
48. Self defense
49. Storytelling
50. Taking initiative
51. How to read