Jill Breslau
The Book is Now Available: Acknowledgements and Contributors
Today the book is available on line. The publication of Lawyers as Peacemakers, Practicing Holistic, Problem-Solving Law, inspires me to share that it takes a village to write such a book. Below are the contributors and the acknowledgements from the book. Make sure to click through to "Read More" for the complete list.
Acknowledgements
With deep thanks to my collaborators and contributors:
Michael Matthews, my business partner, dear friend, and wonderful
and wise teacher, who constantly listens to me and holds space better than anyone I’ve ever known.
Editor and friend Sheila Boyce, for her willingness to step on my toes when it was called for, and ABA Editor Erin Nevius, for actually liking what I had to say.
Karen Werve Grant and Michael Grant, great writers and friends, who stepped up to work on the profile vignettes.
Eileen Dunn, Jane Faulkner, and Jill Dahlquist, who helped take care of the parts of me that are not my mind.
Cutting Edge Law Categories:
Broad Overview of Multiple Categories
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New Lawyer Tour and CuttingEdgeLaw.com Announcements
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General Interest Acknowledging Steven Keeva and Transforming Practices
Section:
Comprehensive Law Movement
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Broad Overview of Multiple Categories
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Contemplative Practice, Reflection and Spirituality in Law
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Holistic Law
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Lawyer Well-being and Psychology
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Transforming Law PART 1:
Phil Daunt - there are thousands of lawyers who became lawyers because they believed it was a calling to make a difference in people's lives. Transforming Practices encouraged us to reignite our interests and rediscover our passion.
Jill Breslau - an inspiration for years. Steve Keeva's columns were fresh air in the midst of administrative material, talking about the humanity of lawyers and what lawyers need, opening the conversations about the inner needs of lawyers.
The Illicit Relationship of Lawyers and Emotion
Section:
Feeling and Relating When I mentioned the title of this article in an e-mail to another lawyer, she responded, “Hmmm. I missed that one in law school—and unwittingly took the practicum on ‘Just the Facts, Ma’am.”
Well, yes, me too.
The law is about Reason, not Emotion. If we had wanted to learn about emotion, we would have gone to graduate school to study psychology. Instead the goal was to learn to “think like a lawyer”. During my years in law school, I wondered if I had, and if I had learned it well enough. When I did well in law school, I felt as if I had joined a very elite club, and too bad for all the people out there who failed to understand that logic and reason were the right way to go about decision-making. I took great pleasure in the intellectual dance that is legal analysis. More recently, I could still relate to the judge who told me, with considerable satisfaction, that he thinks in outline form.
Cutting Edge Law Categories:
Lawyer Well-being and Psychology
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Personal Growth and Development
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General Interest Jill Breslau: Valuing Emotions in Law
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Feeling and Relating
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Holistic Law
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Lawyer Well-being and Psychology
Audience:
General Interest Part 1: Lawyers Expanding as Human Beings
Part 2: Congruency with our Higher Values & Valuing Emotion in the Law
Lawyers Getting Famous on YouTube?
My heart was warmed by this email from Jill Breslau:
"I had a funny experience recently and I forgot to tell you. One of my new litigation policies (since unfortunately I am not able to decline to do litigation) is to meet opposing counsel as soon as possible, when he or she is receptive, and build or discover common ground. So I invited an attorney to get together for coffee, tea, whatever, and she responded with an invitation to lunch with her and an associate of her firm. I arrived in the restaurant first and was waiting at the table when she and her associate arrived. The first thing they said was, "How great to meet you! Your hair is lighter than it looked on youtube!"
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