The Attorney Well-Being Issue | January 2019
In this issue of ABA Law Practice Today:
Train your brain to build your mental muscles in four key areas. Don’t go it alone in battling stress and depression. Here are tips to help. We each need to model the better culture that we aspire to build. Expecting too much of yourself sets you up for a fall. Life is short. Make the best use of your time by using freelancers. Too often, your harshest critic is in the mirror. Turn a negative process into a win-win for your firm and your people. How a medical protocol can be adapted to better serve clients—and their lawyers. Professional engagement at law firms starts with a conversation. Ask yourself the hard questions about your own well-being. Social psychologist Christopher Peterson coined the term “other people matter” to describe the foundational finding of positive psychology. Learn how law firms can charge fixed fees without the worry of losing money in the process. If your firm either hasn’t started a diversity initiative or is disappointed in its efforts, take these steps now. How lawyers and clinicians can get on the same page to help clients/patients. An interview with Rafey Balabanian of Edelson PC. The latest on a managing partner’s quest for the best tech solutions.Crush Your New Year Goals with Psychological Capital
Managing the Weight of Depression
Creating a Culture of Civility in the Practice of Law
Reining in Perfectionism
Five Tips to Enhance Your Freelance Lawyer Experience
Self-Compassion: A Woman Lawyer’s BFF?
Making the Performance Review Process Better
Delivering Bad News Well
Engaging in Engagement
Well-Being for Attorneys
Positive Psychology Can Improve Your Relational Well-Being
Sponsored How to Create Profitable Fixed Fees
Three Diversity and Inclusion Musts for 2019
Bridging the Advance Care Planning Gap
Meet the Managing Partner: Rafey Balabanian
The Technology Implementation Journey, Part III