Lawyer Wellness Is Not an Oxymoron
Lawyer Wellness Is Not an Oxymoron

Author: Professor of Philosophy and Director of Philosophy Neuroscience Psychology Project Andy Clark

Publisher: Wellness Lawyer Incorporated

Published: 2013-11-19

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 9780992157401

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Tomorrow's top lawyers know that lawyer wellness is NOT an oxymoron. Now more than ever, lawyers who fail to invest consistently in their personal wellness are at a competitive disadvantage in their legal career - and in their lives as a whole. Lawyers who do not adopt a wellness lifestyle today will fall further behind in the coming years as the legal services business rapidly evolves. This book shows you why this is so - and gives you the essential wellness information and resources you need to thrive in tomorrow's legal services landscape. In this book you will discover: *why so many lawyers are unhealthy, unhappy, and unfulfilled *how a wellness lifestyle creates sustained health, happiness, and fulfillment - and makes you a more effective lawyer *what wellness really is, what a wellness lifestyle consists of, and what you need to do to create one *why lawyers are perfectly positioned to adopt a wellness lifestyle, to change the legal profession for the better, and to be wellness leaders for the world

The Happy Lawyer
The Happy Lawyer

Author: Nancy Levit

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2010-07-30

Total Pages: 302

ISBN-13: 0199750831

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You get good grades in college, pay a small fortune to put yourself through law school, study hard to pass the bar exam, and finally land a high-paying job in a prestigious firm. You're happy, right? Not really. Oh, it beats laying asphalt, but after all your hard work, you expected more from your job. What gives? The Happy Lawyer examines the causes of dissatisfaction among lawyers, and then charts possible paths to happier and more fulfilling careers in law. Eschewing a one-size-fits-all approach, it shows how maximizing our chances for achieving happiness depends on understanding our own personality types, values, strengths, and interests. Covering everything from brain chemistry and the science of happiness to the workings of the modern law firm, Nancy Levit and Doug Linder provide invaluable insights for both aspiring and working lawyers. For law students, they offer surprising suggestions for selecting a law school that maximizes your long-term happiness prospects. For those about to embark on a legal career, they tell you what happiness research says about which potential jobs hold the most promise. For working lawyers, they offer a handy toolbox--a set of easily understandable steps--that can boost career happiness. Finally, for firm managers, they offer a range of approaches for remaking a firm into a more satisfying workplace. Read this book and you will know whether you are more likely to be a happy lawyer at age 30 or age 60, why you can tell a lot about a firm from looking at its walls and windows, whether a 10 percent raise or a new office with a view does more for your happiness, and whether the happiness prospects are better in large or small firms. No book can guarantee a happier career, but for lawyers of all ages and stripes, The Happy Lawyer may give you your best shot.

The Yoga Law Book
The Yoga Law Book

Author: Cory Scott Dankner Sterling

Publisher:

Published: 2019-04-13

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 9781999039608

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Yoga professionals and their heart leading businesses are at RISK. Find out how to fix this problem in this fun and easy to read book about business law basics for yoga professionals and yoga business owners. Yoga and the Law - seems like an oxymoron, right? That was probably the case until a yoga teacher and lawyer started a Yoga Law practice and witnessed first hand how badly yoga professionals were in need of working with a compassionate and heart-leading lawyer. Everyone was making the same mistakes and no one understood why! By sharing first-hand stories of his client's wins and lessons, readers will learn the essential information of how their business interacts with the law and what easy steps are required to protect and grow their business professionally and properly.

Law of the Jungle
Law of the Jungle

Author: Paul M. Barrett

Publisher: Crown

Published: 2015-09-22

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 0770436366

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The gripping story of one American lawyer’s obsessive crusade—waged at any cost—against Big Oil on behalf of the poor farmers and indigenous tribes of the Amazon rainforest. Steven Donziger, a self-styled social activist and Harvard educated lawyer, signed on to a budding class action lawsuit against multinational Texaco (which later merged with Chevron to become the third-largest corporation in America). The suit sought reparations for the Ecuadorian peasants and tribes people whose lives were affected by decades of oil production near their villages and fields. During twenty years of legal hostilities in federal courts in Manhattan and remote provincial tribunals in the Ecuadorian jungle, Donziger and Chevron’s lawyers followed fierce no-holds-barred rules. Donziger, a larger-than-life, loud-mouthed showman, proved himself a master orchestrator of the media, Hollywood, and public opinion. He cajoled and coerced Ecuadorian judges on the theory that his noble ends justified any means of persuasion. And in the end, he won an unlikely victory, a $19 billion judgment against Chevon--the biggest environmental damages award in history. But the company refused to surrender or compromise. Instead, Chevron targeted Donziger personally, and its counter-attack revealed damning evidence of his politicking and manipulation of evidence. Suddenly the verdict, and decades of Donziger’s single-minded pursuit of the case, began to unravel. Written with the texture and flair of the best narrative nonfiction, Law of the Jungle is an unputdownable story in which there are countless victims, a vast region of ruined rivers and polluted rainforest, but very few heroes.

The (un)happy Lawyer
The (un)happy Lawyer

Author: Monica R. Parker

Publisher: Sphinx Publishing

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13:

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For lawyers who want to leave the law but don't know how to find a career that is a good fit for them, The Unhappy Lawyer helps them uncover exciting alternative careers with a unique step-by-step program.

Overbooked
Overbooked

Author: Elizabeth Becker

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2016-02-23

Total Pages: 464

ISBN-13: 1439161003

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"Travel is no longer a past-time but a colossal industry, arguably one of the biggest in the world and second only to oil in importance for many poor countries. One out of 12 people in the world are employed by the tourism industry which contributes $6.5 trillion to the world's economy. To investigate the size and effect of this new industry, Elizabeth Becker traveled the globe. She speaks to the Minister of Tourism of Zambia who thinks licensing foreigners to kill wild animals is a good way to make money and then to a Zambian travel guide who takes her to see the rare endangered sable antelope. She travels to Venice where community groups are fighting to stop the tourism industry from pushing them out of their homes, to France where officials have made tourism their number one industry to save their cultural heritage; and on cruises speaking to waiters who earn $60 a month--then on to Miami to interview their CEO. Becker's sharp depiction reveals travel as a product; nations as stewards. Seeing the tourism industry from the inside out, the world offers a dizzying range of travel options but very few quiet getaways"--

Life After Law
Life After Law

Author: Liz Brown

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-10-14

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 1351861476

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Written by Harvard-trained ex-law firm partner Liz Brown, Life After Law: Finding Work You Love with the J.D. You Have provides specific, realistic, and honest advice on alternative careers for lawyers. Unlike generic career guides, Life After Law shows lawyers how to reframe their legal experience to their competitive advantage, no matter how long they have been in or out of practice, to find work they truly love. Brown herself moved from a high-powered partnership into an alternative career and draws from this experience, as well as that of dozens of former practicing attorneys, in the book. She acknowledges that changing careers is hard much harder than it was for most lawyers to get their first legal job after law school but it can ultimately be more fulfilling for many than a life in law. Life After Law offers an alternative framework and valuable analytic tools for potential careers to help launch lawyers into new fields and make them attractive hires for non-legal employers.

Economic Security: Neglected Dimension of National Security ?
Economic Security: Neglected Dimension of National Security ?

Author: National Defense University (U S )

Publisher: Government Printing Office

Published: 2011-12-27

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13:

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On August 24-25, 2010, the National Defense University held a conference titled “Economic Security: Neglected Dimension of National Security?” to explore the economic element of national power. This special collection of selected papers from the conference represents the view of several keynote speakers and participants in six panel discussions. It explores the complexity surrounding this subject and examines the major elements that, interacting as a system, define the economic component of national security.

The Reflective Counselor
The Reflective Counselor

Author: F. Gregory Coffey

Publisher: American Bar Association

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13: 9781590319567

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This 370 page meditation-a-day book is designed to help lawyers recover their spiritual strength in their hectic world. Each daily entry appears on a single page and includes an introductory quotation, followed by a refection inspired by that quotation. Themes found in the book include overcoming fear, personal beliefs and values, maintaining integrity, personally defining success, dealing with difficult people, and common workplace challenges.