Zen Meditation for Lawyers: A Path to Clarity, Focus, and Well-Being
Where: Online via Zoom
When: Thursdays at noon-12:30 p.m.
Cost: Free!
Rev. Soko Mackay will guide our Zen meditation workshop specifically designed for busy legal professionals. Discover how Zen practices can help you reduce stress, enhance focus, and improve productivity in your high-pressure environment.
Pathways to Productivity
Presented in collaboration with WSBA's Practice Management Assistance Program.
Where: Online via Zoom
When: Quarterly beginning January 2027
Cost: Free!
Feeling challenged to maintain motivation and stay on top of your daily tasks? Overwhelmed by tasks and deadlines? If you're a legal professional navigating productivity challenges in the workplace, this group is tailored
for you. Our goal is to create a supportive community where legal professionals can connect, sharing a common understanding of these challenges. Within this group, you'll discover valuable tools and techniques to enhance your workplace performance.
Join us as we collectively address and overcome productivity hurdles in a collaborative and supportive environment
Note: Unfortunately, we are not offering this group to paralegals or assistants at this time.
Career Guidance Group
Services agreement
Where: Online via Zoom
When: Monthly on the first Thursday of each month from 3–4 p.m.
Cost: Free!
This drop-in group is for legal professionals seeking support in their job search or in other career dilemmas. This group will be led by Dan Crystal, PsyD or Adely Ruiz, LICSW. Getting There: Your Guide to Career Success offers a comprehensive guide to the job search and we can also provide templates for resumes and cover letters. Members will be asked to introduce themselves and support the other participants. We can assist with:
- Resume review
- Best practices for applying online
- Informational interviewing
- Identifying your ideal career
- Transitioning between practice areas
- Workplace challenges
Healing Minds: Well-Being Trainings and Support for Legal Professionals
Where: Online. Link provided by email closer to the date
When: Approximately quarterly
Cost: Free!
This group provides quarterly presentations and support for attorneys who have struggled to manage the daunting pressures that are part of being a legal professional.
It is hosted by Adely Ruiz, LICSW and features guest presentations as well as opportunities to contribute and build community. Confronting stigma is a recurrent theme in Healing Minds. In addition, respecting the confidences of other attendees is of primary importance.
Topics often include:
- What tools are necessary for your daily stability?
- How do you know when you are losing your equanimity? Are there behaviors you engage in that are warning signs?
- Tell us about a time when your wellbeing was at a low point and you had to step away from your work. What helped your recover?
- Are you able to show self-compassion for the challenges you face?
- Do you experience shame for your challenges, and do you see this experience as normal among attorneys?
While we want to leave you with ideas about how to take on challenges, we want the focus of this group to be on hearing your voices.
Please review our Group Services Agreement if you have any questions or concerns please email us at wellness@wsba.org
