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Toward "The Humane Law School" -- holistic professional legal education that emphasizes happiness in the classic meaning of leading a good life for oneself, one's clients, and one's community. What should we be teaching?
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Toward "The Humane Law School": holistic professional legal education that emphasizes happiness in the classic sense of leading a good life for oneself, one's clients, and one's community.  
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What should we be teaching?
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== Knowing Yourself ==
  
 
# Self assessment and reflection
 
# Self assessment and reflection
 
# Emotional regulation
 
# Emotional regulation
 
# Mindfulness  
 
# Mindfulness  
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# Yoga/tai chi/meditation/dance/breathing - how to breathe and how to move your body
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# Yoga/tai chi/meditation/dance/breathing/movement
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# Improv and acting
 
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# Your clients and their trauma
 
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# Managing fear and shame
 
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# Addiction and substance abuse
 
 
# Intro to holistic psychology  
 
# Intro to holistic psychology  
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# Integrating your past training and experience (e.g., undergrad degree, prior work, military service)
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== Managing Life ==
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# Life planning
 
# Life planning
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# Telling your story
 
 
# Time management
 
# Time management
 
# Stress management  
 
# Stress management  
 
# Financial management  
 
# Financial management  
 
# Crisis management  
 
# Crisis management  
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# Serious ethics
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# Managing fear and shame
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# Pro bono
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# Addiction and substance abuse
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# Local community
 
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# Know people whose lives are different than your own
 
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# Things you're not used to - for example, both poverty and wealth - since lawyers may need to navigate both
 
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# Diversity, equity, and inclusion generally
 
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# Recognizing bias
 
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# Legal technology
 
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# Networking
 
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# Trust and trustworthiness in the law
 
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# Human rights law
 
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# Dispute resolution
 
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# Reconciling your personal beliefs and your professional obligations
 
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# Interdisciplinary law (finding and working with other professionals)
 
 
# When and how to seek help
 
# When and how to seek help
 
# Contingency planning  
 
# Contingency planning  
 
# What to do when you make a mistake or do something wrong
 
# What to do when you make a mistake or do something wrong
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# Lies in the legal system (e.g., plea bargaining)
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# Compartmentalizing, boundaries, their necessity, and their risks
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# Managing and addressing professional burnout
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== Expressing Yourself ==
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# Improv and acting
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# Storytelling
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# Telling your story
 
# Saying no
 
# Saying no
 
# Setting and maintaining boundaries
 
# Setting and maintaining boundaries
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# Compartmentalizing, boundaries, their necessity, and their risks
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# Speaking to nonlawyers
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# Non-verbal communication (including using and reading body language)
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# Self defense
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# Taking initiative
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# Asking questions
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== Empathy and Understanding ==
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# Your clients and their trauma
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# Know people whose lives are different than your own
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# Things you're not used to (for example, poverty and wealth -- since lawyers may need to navigate both)
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# Diversity, equity, and inclusion generally
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# Recognizing bias
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# Empathy
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# Pro bono
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== Community ==
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# Networking
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# Teamwork
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# Local community
 
# Finding and managing mentors
 
# Finding and managing mentors
 
# Healthy personal and professional relationships  
 
# Healthy personal and professional relationships  
 
# Building your community
 
# Building your community
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# Teamwork
 
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# Speaking to nonlawyers
 
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# Models of lawyering (guide, governor, guardian)
 
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# Managing and addressing professional burnout
 
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# Non-verbal communication (including using and reading body language)
 
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# Empathy
 
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# Integrating your past training and experience (e.g., undergrad degree, prior work, military service)
 
 
# Making friends as an adult
 
# Making friends as an adult
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# Self defense
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# Storytelling
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== Ethics ==
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# Taking initiative
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# Classical ethics
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# Reconciling your personal beliefs and your professional obligations
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# Dispute resolution
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# Trust and trustworthiness in the law
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# Lies in the legal system (e.g., plea bargaining)
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== Fundamentals of Practice
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# How to read
 
# How to read
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# Asking questions
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# Legal technology
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# Human rights law
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# Interdisciplinary law (finding and working with other professionals)
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# Models of lawyering (guide, governor, guardian from NYU's lawyering program)
 
# How to use (and how not to use) Google and Wikipedia in legal research
 
# How to use (and how not to use) Google and Wikipedia in legal research

Revision as of 12:45, 2 January 2022

Toward "The Humane Law School": holistic professional legal education that emphasizes happiness in the classic sense of leading a good life for oneself, one's clients, and one's community.

What should we be teaching?

Knowing Yourself

  1. Self assessment and reflection
  2. Emotional regulation
  3. Mindfulness
  4. Yoga/tai chi/meditation/dance/breathing/movement
  5. Intro to holistic psychology
  6. Integrating your past training and experience (e.g., undergrad degree, prior work, military service)

Managing Life

  1. Life planning
  2. Time management
  3. Stress management
  4. Financial management
  5. Crisis management
  6. Managing fear and shame
  7. Addiction and substance abuse
  8. When and how to seek help
  9. Contingency planning
  10. What to do when you make a mistake or do something wrong
  11. Compartmentalizing, boundaries, their necessity, and their risks
  12. Managing and addressing professional burnout

Expressing Yourself

  1. Improv and acting
  2. Storytelling
  3. Telling your story
  4. Saying no
  5. Setting and maintaining boundaries
  6. Speaking to nonlawyers
  7. Non-verbal communication (including using and reading body language)
  8. Self defense
  9. Taking initiative
  10. Asking questions

Empathy and Understanding

  1. Your clients and their trauma
  2. Know people whose lives are different than your own
  3. Things you're not used to (for example, poverty and wealth -- since lawyers may need to navigate both)
  4. Diversity, equity, and inclusion generally
  5. Recognizing bias
  6. Empathy
  7. Pro bono

Community

  1. Networking
  2. Teamwork
  3. Local community
  4. Finding and managing mentors
  5. Healthy personal and professional relationships
  6. Building your community
  7. Making friends as an adult

Ethics

  1. Classical ethics
  2. Reconciling your personal beliefs and your professional obligations
  3. Dispute resolution
  4. Trust and trustworthiness in the law
  5. Lies in the legal system (e.g., plea bargaining)

== Fundamentals of Practice

  1. How to read
  2. Legal technology
  3. Human rights law
  4. Interdisciplinary law (finding and working with other professionals)
  5. Models of lawyering (guide, governor, guardian from NYU's lawyering program)
  6. How to use (and how not to use) Google and Wikipedia in legal research
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