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The Law Program has explored ways to integrate a contemplative perspective into legal education, law practice, and the judicial process to create a more just, compassionate, reflective, and sustainable society. We have offered trainings and experiential opportunities in contemplative practices and their applications to legal organizations, law schools, and legal professionals. We are encouraging the education of lawyers in contemplative perspectives through fostering curriculum/program development, research, and scholarship.
Sorry, our Law Program has no upcoming events at this time, but we invite you to browse our listings of upcoming events hosted by related organizations.
Mindfulness & Law in the news:
Seeking Serenity: When Lawyers Go Zen
Amanda Enayati, The Chart, CNNHealth.com, May 11, 2011.
Mindful lawyers lead the way to work and life satisfaction
Pat Sullivan, examiner.com,
April 20, 2011
Meditation: A New Practice for Lawyers
Diane Curtis, The California Bar Journal, January 2011
Visit the Mindful Lawyer website
On October 29-31, 2010, over 185 judges, lawyers, mediators, law professors, law students, and other legal professionals gathered at the University of California at Berkeley School of Law for the first ever national conference exploring the integration of meditation and contemplative practices with legal education and practice. The Mindful Lawyer: Practices & Prospects for Law School, Bench, and Bar offered a blend of academic presentations, discussion, and contemplative practice. Video and audio recordings are available on the conference website, along with guided meditations, syllabi from related law courses, and relevant books and articles.
New Videos:
Qigong Practice with Charlie Halpern
Qi Gong with Charlie Halpern from Center for Contemplative Mind on Vimeo.
Four-Part Interview with Douglas Chermak
This video series covers the background of the Law Program, retreats for lawyers at Spirit Rock, experience of attending a retreat and ways of maintaining the practice after the retreat, and other aspects of the intersection of meditation and law practice. experience of attending a retreat and ways of maintaining the practice after the retreat. View the videos.
Making Waves and Riding the Currents: Activism and the Practice of Wisdom
By Charlie Halpern
Chair of our Board of Directors and Visiting Scholar at Boalt Hall School of Law
This memoir demonstrates the benefits of integrating a commitment to social justice with the cultivation of wisdom--essential for effectively addressing the challenges of the 21st century.