Past Events

• April 2-6, 2008
  Meditation Retreat for Law Professionals
  The Angela Center, Santa Rose, CA
  
  
• December 3, 2007
  An Evening of Meditation & Instruction for Lawyers
  

  At the Law Offices of Goldstein, Demchak, Baller, Borgen & Dardarian
  Oakland, CA

• November 4-5, 2007
  Law as a Healing Profession
  Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center at Touro College
  Central Islip, New York
• April 15, 2007
  Meditation Retreat for Law Professionals
  Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Woodacre, CA
• December 1, 2006
  Introduction to Meditation for Bay Area Legal Aid
  New College School of Law
• November 14, 2006
  Boalt Hall Meditation Group Meeting for Lawyers
  Berkeley School of Law
• May 10-12, 2006
  Meditation Workshop at the Joint Judicial and Management Conference
  Cumberland, MD
• April 20-23, 2006
  A Meditation Retreat for Law Professionals and Students
  Spirit Rock Meditation Center
• November 1, 2005
  An Introduction to Meditation for Legal Professionals
  Green Gulch Farm Zen Center
• April 14-17, 2005
  Lawyers' Retreat
  Spirit Rock Meditation Center
• March 8, 2005
  Jon Kabat-Zinn visits the Boalt Hall Meditation Group
• November 18-21, 2004
  Lawyers' Retreat
  Spirit Rock Meditation Center
  Read the report from this retreat (.pdf file)
• April 3-6, 2003
  Lawyers' Retreat
  Spirit Rock Meditation Center
• Fall 2002 - present
  Boalt Hall Meditation Group

  Since the fall of 2002, Charlie Halpern, Chair of the Board of Contemplative Mind, has led regular weekly meetings of the Boalt Hall Meditation Group. The group brings together students, faculty, and staff each week at the Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California at Berkeley. Members practice sitting meditation and qi gong, a form of movement meditation. Each week also includes a conversation about bringing the practice to the study and practice of law.

  Now in its fourth year, the group is officially recognized as a student group at the law school. Charlie leads the group alongside Doug Chermak, a Boalt grad and the Law Program Coordinator. The group has also featured various guest leaders, including the well known mindfulness meditation teacher Jon Kabat-Zinn.

• November 16, 2002
  Spirit in Action: The Heart and Soul of the Advocate
  A program at the National Legal Aid and Defender Association (NLADA) Conference.
• May 10-12, 2002
  Exploratory Law Gathering
  Fetzer Institute, Kalamazoo, MI
  Read the report from this retreat.
• March 22-24, 2002
  Lawyer's Retreat
  Trinity Conference Center, West Cornwall, CT
  Read the report from this retreat.
• October 18-22, 2001
  Lawyer's Retreat
  Race Brook Lodge
  Read the report from this retreat.
• October 20-24, 2000
  Lawyer's Retreat
  Trinity Conference Center, West Cornwall, CT
• March 11-15, 2000
  Lawyers' Retreat
  Whispering Pines Conference Center
• October 22-26, 1999
  Retreat for Yale Law School students and faculty, and attorneys from Hale & Dorr
  Pocantico Conference Center
• October 23-27, 1998
  Retreat for Yale Law School students and faculty
  led by Joseph Goldstein
  Trinity Conference Center, West Cornwall, CT
  Read the report on this retreat.