Scott Rogers

Scott Rogers has practiced law along with mindfulness-based contemplative techniques for 18 years. He graduated summa cum laude from the University of Florida Levin College of Law (1991) and prior to that received his Master’s Degree in Social Psychology, also from the University of Florida (1988).

Scott is the founder and director of the Institute for Mindfulness Studies. Scott’s legal career includes judicial clerkships with The Honorable Maurice Paul (Federal District Court: 1992-1993) and The Honorable Rosemary Barkett (Florida Supreme Court and Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals: 1993-1996). Scott practiced commercial litigation with White & Case LLP., during which he served on the Dade County Bar Association’s Professionalism Committee and as chair of its Education Subcommittee. In this capacity, Scott, along with fellow members of the subcommittee, developed the “Professionalism” program presented as part of the Bridge the Gap program. While at White & Case Scott spoke on “The Mindful Practice of Law” to attorneys as part of the Lorman Lecture Series. In 1999, Scott became general counsel to an Internet company.

Throughout his legal career, Scott has sought to bring mindfulness practices into the daily practice of law, whether as a law student, law clerk, attorney with a law firm, or as general counsel. In 2004 he formed the Institute for Mindfulness Studies and began working with lawyers and law students, teaching mindfulness practices. This work led to creation of Jurisight, the mindfulness-based program specifically tailored for law student's and lawyer's busy and challenging lives. He developed the nation's first contemplative practices program for law students which is conducted at the University of Miami School of Law.

Since 2003 Scott has taught mindfulness to hundreds of legal professionals, including law students, practicing attorneys, mediators, and judicial law clerks. For many years he led a mindfulness-based group on Miami Beach. In 2006, Scott published “Mindful Parenting: Meditations, Verses & Visualizations for a More Joyful Life,” and in 2009 he published "Mindfulness for Law Students: Using the Power of Mindful Awareness to Achieve Balance and Success in Law School," and "The Six-Minute Solution: A Mindfulness Primer for Lawyers." He has appeared on television and National Public Radio and has spoken on mindfulness to audiences including lawyers, law students, negotiators, mediators, educators, therapists, and parents.

Scott offers consulting services and in-house programs to law schools, law firms, and legal organizations and conducts workshops throughout the United States.