Justice Begins with a Breath
This session will address how mindfulness and compassion can strengthen our legal systems. We will focus on the links between personal, interpersonal and systemic awareness practices as supports for justice and wellbeing. We’ll discuss how these practices can enhance the lives of lawyers, clients, the broader communities and the world in which we live. This talk will also cover:
• Personal and interpersonal practices supporting mindful law practice and leadership
• Suggestions for developing systemic awareness practices that help disrupt systemic injustice
• Understanding of the compassion-based, holistic justice underpinnings of the movement to bring mindfulness into law
Rhonda V. Magee, MA, JD
Rhonda V. Magee, JD, MA, is professor of law at University of San Francisco School of Law, faculty member at Jesuit University of San Francisco, and author of The Inner Work of Racial Justice: Healing Ourselves and Transforming Our Communities Through Mindfulness, plus numerous articles on mindfulness in legal education. She’s a trained and practiced facilitator; her classes focus on mindfulness-based stress reduction and effective interventions for understanding race and racism. Rhonda has been named Fellow of the Mind and Life Institute (2015), Dean's Circle Research Scholar, and has served as co-director of the university's Center for Teaching Excellence. She is a nationally recognized thought and practice leader in the emerging fields of contemplative legal education and law practice, and contemplative teaching in higher education.
From the World Peace Library Justice Begins With a Breath
Mindfulness consultant Jeena Cho and Rhonda V. Magee, professor, mindfulness teacher and advisor to the U. Mass Center for Mindfulness, demonstrate how mindfulness and compassion can strengthen our legal systems. They focus on the links between personal, interpersonal and systemic awareness practices — and how they support justice and wellbeing. They also address the ways these practices can enhance the lives of lawyers, clients, the broader communities and the world.
During this importan session, you'll discover:
- Personal and interpersonal practices supporting mindful law practice & leadership
- Suggestions for developing systemic awareness practices that help disrupt systemic injustice
- The compassion-based, holistic justice underpinnings of the movement to bring mindfulness into law
Rhonda V. Magee, MA, JD
Rhonda V. Magee, JD, MA, is professor of law at University of San Francisco School of Law, faculty member at Jesuit University of San Francisco, and author of The Inner Work of Racial Justice: Healing Ourselves and Transforming Our Communities Through Mindfulness, plus numerous articles on mindfulness in legal education. She’s a trained and practiced facilitator; her classes focus on mindfulness-based stress reduction and effective interventions for understanding race and racism. Rhonda has been named Fellow of the Mind and Life Institute (2015), Dean's Circle Research Scholar, and has served as co-director of the university's Center for Teaching Excellence. She is a nationally recognized thought and practice leader in the emerging fields of contemplative legal education and law practice, and contemplative teaching in higher education.
