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

Latest revision as of 09:27, 18 November 2023

I use the term the humane law school to describe holistic legal education that emphasizes happiness ("eudemonia") in the classic sense of leading a good life for oneself, one's clients, and one's community.

What should the humane law school be teaching? I welcome your thoughts.

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. Virtual interactions
  9. Self defense
  10. Taking initiative
  11. 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 culture

Community

  1. Networking
  2. Sharing your network with others
  3. Navigating professional happy hours
  4. Teamwork
  5. Local community
  6. Finding and managing mentors
  7. Healthy personal and professional relationships
  8. Building your community
  9. Making friends as an adult

Ethics

  1. Classic 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)
  6. When, how, and why to use your power

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, Wikipedia, and generative AI in legal research and writing