Recommended Resources
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Contemplative Law Retreat Recordings
Effective Lawyering: A Meditation Retreat for Law Professionals and Students
September 11-14, 2008
Menla Mountain Retreat Center, Phoenicia, NY
These mp3 files are available for free to listen online and download (instructions).
If you would like to order CD-Rs of these recordings, please email info@contemplativemind.org.
1. Norman Fischer on emotions and law, Sept. 12, 2008 (1:17, 109MB)
2. Susan B. Jordan, Sept. 12, 2008 (0:49, 70MB)
3. Norman Fischer on trust, Sept. 13, 2008 (1:16, 108MB)
4. Charlie Halpern on trust, Sept. 13, 2008 (0:59, 83MB)
5. Evening panel discussion, Sept. 13, 2008 (0:22, 31MB)
6. Norman Fischer's closing remarks, Sept. 14, 2008 (1:07, 95MB)
Books
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Marjorie Silver |
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Steven Keeva |
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Lloyd Burton |
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George W. Kaufman |
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Benjamin Sells |
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Matthew Fox |
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Joseph Goldstein |
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Jon Kabat-Zinn |
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Jon Kabat-Zinn |
Papers and Articles
Reflections on a new course: Effective and Sustainable Lawyering: The Meditative Perspective
By Charles Halpern, April 2009
Move from Being a Mindless Lawyer to a Mindful Lawyer
Stephanie West Allen, The Complete Lawyer, Jan. 14, 2009
A Mindful Practice is a Sustainable Practice
Stella Rabaut, The Complete Lawyer, Dec.12, 2008
The Mindful Lawyer and the Challenges of Diversity:
The Benefits of Mindfulness in Differently Diverse Practice Settings
By Rhonda V. Magee
Adapted from “The Mindful Law Professor and the Challenges of Diversity,” 2008.
Meditation for Lawyers (Really)
by Rasa Fournier, Midweek, December 5, 2007
Zen and the Art of Lawyering: Legal eagles find meditation a stress solution
by Heidi Benson, San Francisco Chronicle, July 30, 2007
The Mindful Lawyer
by Robert Zeglovitch
GPSolo Magazine, October/November 2006
Meditation goes to work: When conflict and stress hit you at work, try looking East to calm yourself and find better ways to cope
by H.J. Cummins
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune, January 20, 2006
Maintaining Integrity and Cultivating Compassion
by Steven Schwartz
Executive Director, Center for Public Representation
Originally published in Management Information Exchange, January 2005 issue.
The Contemplative Lawyer: On the Potential Contributions of Mindfulness Meditation to Law Students and Lawyers and their Clients
by Leonard L. Riskin
7 Harvard Negotiation Law Review 1-66 (June 2002)
No Justice, No Peace. In court: Lawyers and Judges who practice dharma
by Mary Talbot
Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, Fall 2000, pp. 44.
Video
Doug Chermak, our Law Program Director, was interviewed by Cutting Edge Law in November 2008.
In Part 1, he talks about his path to doing work in environmental law, the history and mission of the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society, and the retreats at Spirit Rock Meditation Center.
In Part 2, he talks about the Bay Area Law Working Group, contemplative practices, and the meditative perspective.
In Part 3, Doug talks about the experience of attending retreats and ways of maintaining the practice after retreats. He stresses that meditation is about being more engaged with our lives and how it balances our work in the external world.
And in Part 4, Doug talks about developing Continuing Legal Education credits for retreats. He mentions some of the judges who practice meditation and talks about his larger vision for societal change.
Charles Halpern on Empathy, Meditation, and the Practice of Law
A talk presented at the University at Buffalo Law School, Friday, September 25, 2009 by Charles Halpern, founding Board Member of the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society.