There’s a lot of buzz around mindfulness these days, with good reason. In a high-stress profession like law, learning to sit quietly and not react habitually to triggers can be life changing.
If you’re interested in learning more about mindfulness, or more general aspects of the law school mental game, read on!
Exploring Mindfulness
- Mindfulness for Law Students Mindfulness might sound really new age, but it's back by sound science! Read on for the ways mindfulness can benefit you as a law student.
- Can Meditation Help You Be More Productive and Effective? Meditation or mindfulness is something that we have been learning more about over the last year or so. It is gathering popularity in the legal community as a way that attorneys can both be better at their jobs and also be happier (and hopefully healthier) lawyers. But can it help your studies?
- Advice From a Recovering Perfectionist: 5 Mindfulness Tips for Excellent Lawyering Are you a perfectionist? Follow these five mindfulness tips to gain the right mindset for your legal job.
- Smarter, Saner Lawyering With a Little (Mindfulness) Practice Law is easier to handle when you make time to practice a little mindfulness.
- Podcast Episode 129: Self-Care During Bar Exam Prep We’re talking about something that’s incredibly important for everyone who’s preparing for the bar exam, which is self-care. Because, let’s face it, studying for the bar exam is stressful and, actually, so is legal practice. So, working on self-care during the bar exam study period is one thing that will probably help you pass and also help you in your career later.
The Law School Mental Game
- The Law School Mental Game: Performing Under Pressure You’ve studied your tail off and now it’s time to walk into the exam. What if you panic? What if you blank? In this post, Lauren Fire of Mind Over Bar, an expert on mental preparation for exams, shares some strategies for getting mentally ready for law school exams.
- The Law School Mental Game: Create Plans of Action Preparation breeds confidence. If you are worried about something on exam day, plan, plan, plan, then practice, practice, practice. In this post our friend Lauren Fire of Mind Over Bar gives advice on preparing for law school exams.
- The Law School Mental Game: Slay Your Self-Doubt Dragons Many people worry that they won’t be able to bring out the best in themselves on test day. Self-doubt and other negative thoughts can skew confidence. Our friend Lauren Fire of Mind Over Bar gives advice on getting mentally prepared for law school exams.
- Podcast Episode 29: Handling Pressure in Law School (Guest Dr. Hank Weisinger) One of the biggest challenges law students face is how to handle pressure in law school. In this podcast, the New York Times bestselling author of "Performing Under Pressure: The Science of Doing Your Best When it Matters Most" and renowned pressure expert, Dr. Hank Weisinger, is here to talk about handling the pressure of law school.
- Podcast Episode 123: Mental Health in Law School and the Legal Profession (With Sarah Weinstein) Today, we are talking about a very serious and important topic: mental health in the legal profession. The staggering statistics and heartbreaking stories of depression, substance abuse, and even suicide in law schools and in our legal profession have raised our concerns and the concerns of others. Because of this, we have reached out to attorney-turned-executive consultant and licensed psychotherapist, Sarah Weinstein, to talk about this topic.