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The Center for Law and Renewal is a non-profit whose mission is to equip law professionals with foundational principles, tools and practical skills that advance the renewal of professionalism, the spirit of justice, and the exercise of ethical leadership in the legal profession and community life.

The Mediate.com Spirituality Section explores how our own spirituality, different spiritual philosophies and many spiritual practices support and enhance who we are as mediators.

The Harvard Negotiation Insight Initiative is a vehicle for the Program on Negotiation (PON) at Harvard Law School to engage the cutting-edge conversation between the fields of negotiation and conflict management and those of mindfulness and the great wisdom traditions. The Insight Initiative is part of PON's Dispute Resolution Program and is directed by Harvard Law School graduate Erica L. Fox.

The Initiative on Mindfulness in Law and Dispute Resolution at the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law. The Initiative is devoted to exploring the potential benefits and risks of mindfulness (and to some extent related contemplative practices, including yoga and other forms of meditation) to members of the legal and dispute resolution professions and those who use or are affected by those professions. Efforts include research, teaching in law school courses, training through CLE programs, and public service. Professor Leonard L. Riskin, C.A. Leedy Professor of Law, directs this effort.

The International Holistic Lawyer Association is a non-profit organization to dedicated to finding more joy, satisfaction and meaning in life. IHLA Members are exploring different ways of practicing law, learning how to deal with the stress of the legal profession, and are passionate about helping the legal profession become more open and responsive to its clients and the world at large.

Project for Integrating Spirituality, Law, and Politics
Seeks to develop and articulate a new vision of law’s relationship to social transformation and bring together leaders and activists in such spiritual/political/humanistic legal movements as Restorative Justice, Understanding-based Mediation, Collaborative Law, and Humanizing Legal Education under a common theoretical and practical vision that can unify their respective efforts.

Sacramento Insight Meditation / Information on Retreats for Attorneys. The SIM mission is to serve as a learning, training, and community center for the development, integration, and skillful use of meditation practices and awareness in all aspects of individual, family,educational, institutional, work, and community life.

Transformingpractices.com is a thorough and informative website for exploring sources of meaning and pleasure in law practice.

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