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The Attorney Well-Being Issue

Law Practice Today | June 2016 | The Law Student Edition

Editor-in-Chief: Andrea Malone
Associate Editors: Traci Ray and Nicholas Gaffney
Issue Editor: Starling Marshall
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Features
Teaching Lawyers About Happiness
By Daniel S. Bowling, III
Happier lawyers tend to be better lawyers.
How to Pull Off the Great
Balancing Act
By Nicholas Gaffney
Our panel weighs in on the challenges and benefits of achieving a balance between work and personal life.
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Features
By Lynn S. Garson
Too many lawyers are struggling with substance abuse or mental health problems–especially younger lawyers. We all have a duty to help them.
By Paula Davis-Laack, Larry Richard,
and David N. Shearon
Resiliency is a skill that can be learned and practiced to change your career--and your life.
Features
Tips for Maintaining a Healthy Weight While Practicing Law
By Lorie Eber
How to eat healthier as a busy attorney.
By Martha Knudson
Changes in just a few key behaviors can reap powerful dividends in attorney-client relationships.
 
Features
Do You Have the Right Kind of Grit
to Succeed?
By Caroline Adams Miller
Fragile whiners won't make it in today's law firm world. Here's how to instill the grit necessary for success in your workforce.
Creating a Coaching Culture
By Angela Wright
A coaching culture can help a firm stay nimble and tough enough to thrive in a time of radical change.
 
Knowledge Strategy
Time to Give Your Work/Life Strategies a Tune-Up
By Ariadne Montare
Practical tips for making your time count the most toward achieving your goals.

Attorney
Well-Being
Starting the Conversation About Attorney Well-Being
By Rodney Dowell
The Attorney Well-Being Committee is committed to improving life for lawyers, and wants your help.
 
 
Management
DOL Overtime Changes--How Will Your Firm Be Impacted?
By James R. Gast, Jr.
The new FLSA overtime changes may not be as big a change as you think.
New Law
Bringing Creativity to Legal Operations
By Nicholas Gaffney
Stephanie Corey says law firms should proactively embrace technology that allows firms and clients to rethink how services are delivered and billed.
 
Women Rainmakers
Making it Rain While Maintaining Work-Life Balance
By Andi Cullins
Four women partners discuss how they’ve succeeded at a law firm and at home.
Young Lawyers
Finding Your
Work/Life Balance
By Andrew M. Schpak
The "Fit 2 Practice" Initiative was developed to help young lawyers find their work/life balance and take better care of themselves.
 
Chair's Message
From the Chair
By Tom Bolt
Well-being affects every attorney in practice, not just those suffering from substance abuse or depression. Here’s how the Law Practice Division is helping.
 
Law Practice Division News
ABA/LP Annual Meeting
Join us in San Francisco for the 2016 ABA/LP Annual Meeting: August 4-6, 2016 at the InterContinental San Francisco.

 
2016-2017 LP Fellows Program
Now accepting applications for the 2016-2017 LP Fellows Program! Applications due July 10, 2016.

 
Continuing Legal Education
Get caught up on CLE this summer. Check out the LP CLE page for the June and July lineup.
 
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