This program is eligible for 1 hour of CLE credit in 60-minute states. In 50-minute states, this program is eligible for 1.2 hours of CLE credit. Credit hours are estimated and are subject to each state’s approval and credit rounding rules.
Overview
What is a badass lawyer?
“Badass” may not be the first words that come to mind when you think of mindfulness or compassion. But that’s only true if you assume that mindfulness is just blissing out and compassion is just being nice. In reality, these two innate human capacities can be powerful tools for lawyers who face hard things for clients every day.
A badass lawyer is an attorney who loves, trusts, cares for, and honors themselves as they serve the needs of clients.
In this session, lawyer, mindfulness and compassion teacher, founder of the Brilliant Legal Mind blog, and author of How to Be a Badass Lawyer, Claire E. Parsons, will share four strategies that you can use to cultivate mindfulness and compassion to cultivate calm, confidence, and courage in your law practice and life.
Neither perfection nor a law degree is required to benefit from this class, just some courage, an open mind, and a little bit of consistency with her suggestions.
Dig deeper with Claire’s book, How to be a Badass Lawyer.
This practical guide teaches lawyers how to reduce stress, improve relationships, enjoy better health, and curb overthinking.
What others have said about Claire’s webcasts:
“Every other ethics CLE I’ve ever attended has had me sweating through my clothes, wondering if I’ve screwed something up. Claire’s CLE on compassion left me feeling that there is a path to preserving my humanity in our profession and made me a better lawyer.”
“I invited Claire to speak to my team about stress management to support them as they do their jobs. We are litigators - constantly in exchanges with opposing counseI, during depositions, negotiating in mediations, and informal negotiations. Claire’s presentation taught my team practical skills so that they could care for themselves as they handle their work.”
Recorded in October 2024.
Faculty
Claire E. Parsons, Esq.
Claire E. Parsons is a practicing lawyer, certified meditation, mindfulness, and compassion teacher, mom, and prolific writer. Claire started the blog, brilliantlegalmind.com, to share her experience with mindfulness in a practical (and sometimes humorous) voice to help other lawyers and professionals. Her goal is to make mindfulness and meditation enjoyable, accessible, and practical for bus lawyers and professionals. Claire is an attorney in the Cincinnati area. She has practices in the areas of civil litigation, employment law, school law, and municipal law. Claire is an active leader in her community and in the legal profession. Claire currently serves on the wellness committees for her law firm and state and local bar associations. She is also guides meditation for fellow lawyers for the Mindfulness in Law Society’s Virtual Sits and the founder of the MILS Greater Cincinnati Chapter. Claire is a frequent writer and speaker on a wide range of topics. She has published and spoken about legal topics, as well as mindfulness and wellness for lawyers and professionals. Claire is a frequent CLE presenter and has at least one CLE for credit available to watch on-demand on Lawline. She writes regularly on LinkedIn and co-authored a bestselling book in 2020 with 19 other women lawyers. In 2022, Claire published her first book, How to Be a Badass Lawyer: The Unexpected and Simple Guide to Less Stress and Greater Personal Development Through Mindfulness and Compassion. She is also the author of the children’s book, Mommy Needs a Minute. Claire is currently serving as general editor for a legal treatise to be published in 2024. Meditation helped Claire find success and balance in law practice. Early on, though, she struggled with overthinking, anxiety, and depression. Claire began meditating after recovering from a difficult first pregnancy with her oldest daughter, Sophie. Though she started with 1-minute sessions, mindfulness practice changed her life. Meditation even helped her find courage to network, develop business, and grow her law practice. Over the next several years, she continued to study meditation and attend retreats. Claire has been meditating for a decade and has more than 1000 hours of training in mindfulness, yoga, compassion, and mental health. In 2020, Claire completed the meditation teacher certification program with The Mindfulness Center founded by Deborah Norris, Ph.D., to refine her understanding of the science of mindfulness and its practical applications. She then completed the 500-hour yoga teacher training offered by My Vinyasa Practice. In 2022, Claire completed the Compassion Educator Certificate Program offered by the Compassion Education Alliance. More recently, she obtained a certification in pranayama to facilitate breathwork instruction. Though Claire is not a licensed mental health provider or trauma healer, she is trained in trauma-informed yoga and mindfulness, neurodiversity-informed mindfulness, and somatic healing. Claire is also certified as a Mental Health Ally by SHRM and a Mental Health First Aider from Mental Health First Aid USA.
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