Wellness

The legal profession is demanding of our time, attention and energy, but it should not exact its toll on our physical and mental health. TLAP's staff can help you learn about new ways to merge healthier living with your legal practice. By implementing simple, daily wellness strategies, you can better manage the inevitable stress that accompanies the practice of law.

Wellness Resources [PDFs]

• Compassion Fatigue Self Evaluation
  
• Practicing from the Inside Out
  
• Practicing Law and Wellness
  
• Stress Management: An Ethical Issue in the 21st Century
  
• The Contemplative Lawyer: Practicing Mindfulness. Posted with permission from Leonard L. Riskin.
  
  

Links [Websites]

• ABA Work and Life Balance Resources
  
• Audio Recordings of Guided Meditations
  
• Compassion Fatigue (regarding burnout)
• Everyday Health and Wellness
  
• Healthy Eating
  
• How Stress Affects the Body
  
• Managing Stress. American Bar Association.
  
• Smoking Cessation
  
• The Mindful Lawyer Meditation and the Practice of Law. Posted with permission from Joel Orenstein and the Law Institute of Victoria.
  
• The Toll of Trauma (regarding secondary trauma experienced by lawyers). Posted with permission by the Wisconsin State Bar.