Hardback
The Mindful Law Student
A Mindfulness in Law Practice Guide
9781839105890 Edward Elgar Publishing
The Mindful Law Student is an innovative guide to learning about mindfulness and integrating mindfulness practices into the law school experience. Through the use of metaphor, insight, mindfulness practices, and relaxation and self-care exercises, students are reminded of the tools they have long carried with them to navigate the exciting and challenging environment of law school and the practice of law. Scott Rogers brings readers on a journey through the law school experience with seven hypothetical students who experience situations not unlike their own that make tangible the challenges, benefits, and promise of mindfulness. He provides real-world examples of applying mindfulness in law school using language of the law to impart mindfulness insights and practices. This novel guide is an approachable and valuable resource for any law student.
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The Mindful Law Student is an innovative guide to learning about mindfulness and integrating mindfulness practices into the law school experience. Through the use of metaphor, insight, mindfulness practices, and relaxation and self-care exercises, students are reminded of the tools they have long carried with them to navigate the exciting and challenging environment of law school and the practice of law.
Scott Rogers brings readers on a journey through the law school experience with seven hypothetical students who experience situations that make tangible the challenges, benefits, and promise of mindfulness. He provides real-world examples of applying mindfulness in law school using language of the law to impart mindfulness insights and practices.
This novel guide is an approachable and valuable resource for any law student.
Scott Rogers brings readers on a journey through the law school experience with seven hypothetical students who experience situations that make tangible the challenges, benefits, and promise of mindfulness. He provides real-world examples of applying mindfulness in law school using language of the law to impart mindfulness insights and practices.
This novel guide is an approachable and valuable resource for any law student.
Critical Acclaim
‘For more than a decade I’ve enjoyed my collaboration with Scott Rogers researching the benefits of mindfulness for high stress professionals. In The Mindful Law Student, Scott beautifully conveys not only key research insights, but the essence of mindfulness, and its application to the serious domains of law and life.’
– Amishi Jha, neuroscience researcher and author of Peak Mind: Find Your Focus, Own Your Attention, Invest 12 minutes a Day
‘This book is a one-of-a-kind resource, a precious gift. Enacting and embodying, even just a bit, what is offered here can have a profoundly positive effect on your own life, and also, inevitably, your impact in the world.’
– Jon Kabat Zinn, University of Massachusetts Medical School, founder of MBSR, US
– Amishi Jha, neuroscience researcher and author of Peak Mind: Find Your Focus, Own Your Attention, Invest 12 minutes a Day
‘This book is a one-of-a-kind resource, a precious gift. Enacting and embodying, even just a bit, what is offered here can have a profoundly positive effect on your own life, and also, inevitably, your impact in the world.’
– Jon Kabat Zinn, University of Massachusetts Medical School, founder of MBSR, US
