Transforming Practices: Finding Joy and Satisfaction in the Legal Life

by Steven Keeva

Overview

This book examines how lawyers can find deeper meaning in their work, practice more compassionately, and discover enjoyment in what they do, all by developing a greater awareness for their inner lives. Filled with inspiring profiles of lawyers who have successfully changed their work habits and who have healed themselves as individuals and within their communities, this book makes it clear that the opportunity for change exists for every lawyer, in every kind of practice.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781614388777
Publisher:	American Bar Association
Publication date:	07/23/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	255
File size:	405 KB

About the Author

Steven Keeva is a former assistant managing editor of the ABA Journal. The winner of numerous awards for his feature writing, he has a graduate degree from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, at which he has also taught legal affairs reporting. Steven has written on a range of topicsincluding the law, parenting and family issuesfor magazines in the United States, Australia, Great Britain, and Japan. His articles for the ABA Journal have been used as instructional materials by bar associations nationwide and by numerous educational institutions, including Harvard University, New York University School of Law, Northwestern University School of Law, U.C. Berkeley, and the Catholic University School of Law. He speaks nationally about finding deeper meaning and greater satisfaction in professional life. Steven encourages readers to send comments, questions, and especially stories to [e-mail].

Table of Contents

	Foreword	xi
	Preface	xv
	Acknowledgments	xvii
	Introduction	xix
Part I	A Map of the World
1	Terra Cognita	3
2	Integrating Your Heart and Mind	21
Part II	Voyage of Discovery
3	The Balanced Practice	37
4	The Contemplative Practice	49
5	The Mindful Practice	67
6	The Time-Out Practice	87
7	The Healing Practice	97
8	The Listening Practice	111
9	The Service Practice	125
Part III	Redrawing the Map
10	Practicing Integrative Law	139
11	The New Client	161
12	Legal Education at the Threshold	177
13	The Choice Is Yours	193
14	Transition and Opportunity	211
	Bibliography and Recommended Readings	219
	Index	225
	About the Author	233
	About the ABA Journal	234

Editorial Reviews

This inspirational book will give everyone in the legal profession a whole new perspective. A call to integrate the practice of law with the practice of spirituality, this book provides the means to creating a meaningful and personally fulfilling law practice. With stories from lawyers who have made the leap, author Steven Keeva shows that lawyers can demonstrate their caring and compassion.

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"In these anxious times, the legal profession has needed a focused discussion on how lawyers can and should balance their professional and personal lives. The lessons in Transforming Practices will inspire and inform that discussion. I commend the ABA Journal for giving the profession this tool to help us be better and happier in our practices." --PHILIP S. ANDERSON, President, The American Bar Association

"Steven Keeva's book is a godsend. It should not only be read, but cherished. The transformative power of his ideas comes like a long-overdue rain to the parched and thirsty desert of our profession's soul." --JAN RICHARD SCHLICHTMANN, Plaintiff's Attorney depicted in Jonathan Harr's A Civil Action

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