Free event! 1.0 Hour Wellness Competence

Please meet here:
Fort Funston Main Parking Lot
Fort Funston Rd
San Francisco, CA

Law practice can be grueling. The work can be intense, and the hours, long. Stress is inevitable, but with a systematic and comprehensive wellness program, with regular hiking as the foundation, manageable.

This will be a relatively flat but somewhat long urban hike, starting at Fort Funston, cutting a diagonal across San Francisco, and ending at the Ferry Building, in the Embarcadero. The hike will be about 15 miles. We will stop for lunch along the route. We did the crosstown trail last in June of 2024, from Candlestick Point to Land’s End. This will be another fantastic opportunity to experience San Francisco’s green spaces and unique character.

We will discuss practical strategies for managing mental health, stress, and overall well-being that are tailored to the legal profession, focusing on physical and professional health. Hiking and other structured social exercise activities, engaged in regularly and with intention, can form the foundation for a positive work-life balance, increase self-awareness and self-regulation, protect against attorney stress, and stimulate creativity and initiative both inside and outside a law practice. Program materials will be distributed to participants.

John Pavolotsky has hiked San Francisco Bay Area trails for the past 30 years and is passionate about attorney wellness. He is also the immediate past chair of the IP Section of the California Lawyers Association. In June 2021 John founded the Peninsula Hiking Club and has been leading groups on monthly hikes, including San Francisco, since then.

Essential Information

Please bring water (at least 40 fluid ounces), lunch, snacks, trail shoes, hiking sticks, hat, and sunblock. Hiking can be a rigorous activity, with injury possible. By signing up, you understand and acknowledge the foregoing.

Questions

For program and registration information, please email ProgramRegistrations@calawyers.org or call 916-516-1757.

If there are questions about this program, including carpooling, please contact John Pavolotsky at IP@calawyers.org.