Lawyering from the Inside Out : Learning Professional Development through Mindfulness and Emotional Intelligence (Paperback)

Introduction; Part I. Nurturing Your Best Self: 1. Gaining self-awareness; 2. Introduction to mindfulness; 3. Managing energy, time, and physical space for happy and healthy efficiency; 4. The lawyer in society: popular culture images of lawyers and your self image; 5. Lawyer skill sets: what we have, what we need; 6. Building your professional identity; 7. Lawyer resilience; 8. Mindfulness theory and practice; Part II. You and Others Around You: 9. Emotional intelligence basics: theory and practice; 10. Advanced emotional intelligence; 11. Emotional intelligence on the page: the writer's life; 12. Giving and receiving feedback; 13. Empathy; 14. Cross-cultural lawyering; 15. Making mindful, client-centered decisions; Part III. You and Society: Finding Greater Purpose: 16. Purpose, creativity, happiness, and the practice of law; 17. Responsibility to society, professional identity, and access to justice; 18. Gratitude.