The Mindful Law Student Podcast

This podcast features a conversation with Jason Meek, who serves as adjunct professor at Berkeley Law and UC Hastings Law. Formerly a corporate deal lawyer, Jason founded and manages The iDeal World, a collaborative learning and problem solving firm focused on complex negotiations, cross sector projects and change initiatives. Jason shares his insights on integrating mindfulness into the law school classroom.

This three-minute mindfulness practice may be helpful while studying for exams or preparing for or in the middle of taking law schools exams.

This two minute mindfulness practice may be helpful while studying for exams or preparing for or in the middle of taking law schools exams.

This one minute mindfulness practice may be helpful while studying for exams or preparing for or in the middle of taking law schools exams.

In this month's podcast of the Mindfulness Memo we consider a daily sitting practice articulated by Justice Stephen Breyer and explore the challenging aspects of such a practice and its sweet rewards. 

This exercise is the third breathing exercise introduced at the first session of the Summer 2011 "Finding Real Happiness in Law School and Life Workshop" at Miami Law.  It includes an instruction on noting when awareness is on the breath and when is is not (no breath).  This podcast is intended for use by the students, faculty and staff attending the workshop, though others may find it instructive.

This exercise is the second breathing exercise introduced at the Summer 2011 "Finding Real Happiness in Law School and Life Workshop" at Miami Law.  It introduces a counting instruction to a breath awareness practice.  This podcast is intended for use by the students, faculty and staff attending the workshop, though others may find it instructive.

This exercise is a shortened version of the first breathing exercise introduced at the Summer 2011 "Finding Real Happiness in Law School and Life Workshop" at Miami Law.  It does not include as much discussion on locating a place in the body to attend to the breath.  This podcast is intended for use by the students, faculty and staff attending the workshop, though others may find it instructive.

This exercise is an uncut version of the first breathing exercise introduced at the Summer 2011 "Finding Real Happiness in Law School and Life Workshop" at Miami Law.  It offers a basic breath awareness instruction, attending to posture and locating a place int he body to attend to the breath.  This podcast is intended for use by the students, faculty and staff attending the workshop, though others may find it instructive.

These four exercises were offered by Scott Rogers to law students during a recent workshop focusing on mindfulness, concentration, and relaxation during this challenging time at the conclusion of their semester and, fo rmany, law school education. Students may find one or more exercise helpful for developing concentration, reducing stress and worry, relaxation, and insight. Exercises are between 6 and 10 minutes in length. One of the images developed by the Institute for Mindfulness Studies for teaching mindfulness is discussed briefly in the introduction so that listeners who did not attend the workshop will be able to appreciate the imagery.  

In this Mindfulness Memo, we explore how a deeper connection to the moment as it "just is" can help bring about desirable outcomes and maximize our performance.

Scott Rogers speaks to a group of graduating students beginning their last semester to discuss the upcoming Jurisight for 3L Students class.

In this interview with Scott Rogers, University of San Francisco Law Professor Rhonda Magee discusses her experience working to enhance the lives of both students and faculty by incorporating contemplative practices into the teaching and study of law.

In this Mindfulness Memo, learn tips to bring a greater sense of awareness to your exercise and sleep routines that you can use to usher in a new era of neural integration in your brain that will help you feel refreshed and invigorated as the school year wears on and you find yourself becoming overwhelmed or "bored of education."

In this Mindfulness Memo, the Jurisight term, "Complaint," introduces law students to the mindfulness insight of the "wanting" mind and the practice of sitting and observing what arises in the mind as if one were sitting and reviewing a client's complaint.

In this interview, Scholar-in-Resident at Boalt Hall at U.C. Berkeley, Charlie Halpern, discuss the history of contemplative practices in the law, a popular contemplative practices course he is teaching law students at Berkeley, and shares his thoughts and advise for law professors and administrators interested in bring contemplative practices programs to their law school. The interview will also be of interest to lawyers, law students, judges, and educators.

In this interview, listeners hear a short interview on the "Jurisight for Law Students" class from the perspective of a student who participated in the class in the Fall of 2008.