Mindful Mondays: City Bar Series on Well-Being and Mindfulness

(Webcast) Positive Lawyering: Realizing Full Potential in Legal Practice

Monday, June 22, 2020 | 11:00 am – 12:30 pm

This program does not provide CLE credit

• Description
• Instructor Bio
• Agenda
• Sponsors

• Conversations around attorney well-being are abuzz, and the voices have increased in volume, finally shifting from a low hum to a loud siren. Join us for a discussion on how the legal industry can use positive psychology to counteract the many structural professional concerns faced by attorneys. It’s time to pave the way for the future of a happy, healthy, purposeful and successful profession through the applications of the science of happiness.

  In this workshop, Elina teaches lawyers the background of positive psychology, providing fundamental skills to thrive in their personal and professional lives. Elina’s workshop is tailored specifically to the unique challenges facing lawyers, specifically focusing on the negativity bias which has been empirically proven to hinder well-being.

  Three Objectives: This program will help:

  1. Understand the science of positive psychology and be inspired to transform your life through its practical applications
  2. Explore possible solutions for the broader legal industry
  3. Cultivate a positive mindset shift and build capacity for cultivating positive relationships, gratitude and empathy

  Program Fee: Free for Members | $50 for Nonmembers

• Elina Teboul, J.D., M.A. is an executive performance coach. She founded The LightUp Lab to inspire and empower professionals and organizations through positive psychology and mindset training. She began her career as an investment management attorney at the law firm Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP and the Global Markets Department of Credit Suisse. Working with large clients on complex financial and corporate issues, with a focus on structuring and compliance of hedge funds and private equity funds. Elina is avidly working to change the culture of the legal profession and is a frequent writer and speaker on lawyer personal and professional development and a guest lecturer at leading academic institutions, including Penn Law, Fordham Law and Columbia Law. Elina is passionate about philanthropy and social entrepreneurship and previously served as global philanthropic project adviser for the Allan & Gill Gray Foundation. Elina has completed the Internal Coaching Intensive through the Columbia Executive Coaching Program and is currently furthering her executive coaching skills with the Advanced Coaching Intensive. She holds an M.A. in Psychology from Columbia University, Teacher’s College, a B.A in Economics from New York University and a J.D. from Columbia Law School.

• 11:00am – 11:05am
  Introduction and Background

  11:05am –11:20am
  Introduction on Current Climate (COVID)

  11:20am – 11:35am
  Explanation of Lawyer Well-Being

  11:35am– 12:00pm
  Introduction of Positive Psychology

  12:00pm – 12:15pm
  Wrap Up and Q&A

• Sponsoring Association Committee:
  Mindfulness and Well-Being, Cecilia B. Loving, Chair

  Co-Sponsoring Association Committees:
  Alternative Dispute Resolution, Charles M. Newman, Chair
  Government Ethics & State Affairs, Jennifer G. Rodgers, Chair
  Mental Health Law, Karen P. Simmons, Chair

  Co-Sponsored By:
  Lawyer Assistance Program, Eileen Travis, Director
  Office of Diversity & Inclusion, Deborah Martin Owens, Executive Director

  Sponsorship Opportunities are Available! Please Contact:
  Angie Avila, Manager, Membership Outreach and Sponsorships | (212) 382-6608 | aavila@nycbar.org

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