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In 2017, the ABA proposed a new Model Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) Rule that recommends mandatory mental health programming.   Further, in the ABA’s Well-Being Report, also published in 2017, the task force commissioned to make recommendations, broadly recommended the following:  “ABA Model Rule of Professional Conduct 1.1 (Competence) states that lawyers owe a duty of […]

In 2017, the American Bar Association published a landmark report[i] on wellness in the legal profession.  This report was accomplished by a special task force commissioned as a result of multiple indicators of a decline of wellness in the profession at the time.  Specifically cited are two studies that showed that many lawyers and law […]

We are a driven people – attorneys.  We are taught that excelling in school – high school, undergraduate, and law school — will result in success in our careers.  Most of the time, this correlation holds true.  Sometimes it does not.  Before there can be any success in a legal career, we have to trace […]

This is a topic that comes into your life and career as an attorney sometimes unexpectedly and sometimes with warning, but without the ability to prepare fully. As an attorney, it may be in your nature, like mine, to want to prepare. This is the nature of a lawyer from early on. In law school, […]

In this final installment on fighting cognitive decline, we will look into the term mindfulness.  How can mindfulness be practiced to produce positive effects in the short term that will have long-term benefits of delaying cognitive decline? To recap, to fight cognitive decline we need tools.  I am proposing developing the following three forms of […]

If we all face cognitive decline to some degree, why don’t we fight it?  And what tools are there to help us fight it? My answer is simple.  Fight cognitive decline with The Three E’s: 1.         Exercising 2.         Eating right 3.         Exploring mindfulness In the first article on cognitive decline, we looked at exercising to […]

After being presented with this topic as a part of a writing committee, I set out to find out what cognitive decline is.  Generally speaking, I found that cognitive decline is defined by the Mayo Clinic within the context of a more serious diagnosis. “Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is the stage between the expected cognitive […]

January 17, 2020 Exercise is a hugely important habit to form. I am a big believer in the mental benefits of exercise. The biggest goal of exercise for me is not any physical benefit, but the stress-relieving and productivity-increasing aspects of exercise. I have created my own exercise routines, and I keep trying every day […]