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