More than any other part of our culture, our legal system depends on crafting a certainty or order drawn from the past. This culture - anchored in precedent, history and habit - appears to be an immovable object. Yet the accelerated rate of change in technology, science, business and social demographics is an unstoppable force requiring adaptation and novelty. How do lawyers reconcile their unique position in this dynamic?

“Conscious Lawyer in the Trenches” will explore our role as purported stewards of legal rights and responsibilities during these times of heightened creative tensions that are rippling through so many layers of culture. Join Michael McCormack, former commercial litigator turned holistic lawyer-in-the-making, in this two-part workshop which will feature honest, probing discussion of the following questions:

• What do conscious lawyers do that distinguishes or defines their practice?
• What resources does one develop and draw from as a conscious lawyer?
• How does one build and maintain a conscious law practice?
• How is conscious lawyering useful and efficient?
• How can we nurture ourselves, our clients, and our practices while working daily in a legal system that gives mere lip service to the values of conscious lawyering… without losing our shirts, or worse?

Via collaborative conversation and exercises, these workshops will explore the treasures and the tests, the tools and the traps that arise in a conscious lawyer’s practice day to day. We’ll share ideas about how to build a conscious law practice from the inside out, with the intent of making a conscious legal system more than something to believe in, but also something to experience.

Cost
$75 to view the recorded archive of this 2-part workshop