Health & Wellness

In this presentation, Dr. Peter Rogers will discuss: 1. Epidemiology. Western populations have high rates of cancer and chronic diseases like obesity, hypertension, diabetes, coronary artery disease Read more

What you eat and how you carry physical stress can play a large and important role in your overall health and well being. Being dysregulated as a result of physical stress can negatively effect all aspects of our lives. Read more

Free event! No MCLE credit. Well-being can feel like a hamster wheel—too much of one thing, not enough of another. We're sold quick fixes, but real balance isn’t in hacks; it’s in healing. Your body already holds the answers. Join a 60-min journey to unlearn, uncover, and reconnect through movement. Speaker: Emily Meisner Register Emily Meisner is a Canadian Kinesiologist, former long-distance runner, and dedicated advocate for well-being. After experiencing a career-altering injury, she turned her focus to healing—first herself, then… Read more

This session designed especially for those who are seeking relaxation and rejuvenation. This session will provide practical techniques to enhance mind-body coordination and promote effective breathing. Participants will learn simple yet effective stretches, and poses that can be performed at their desk, minimizing tension and improving focus. By integrating mindfulness and movement, attendees will discover how to relieve stress, enhance concentration, and promote overall well-being. Our objectives is to empower lawyers with tools to maintain balance in their demanding profession, ultimately improving productivity and mental clarity. Read more

This program focuses on addressing the professional, personal, and health implications of alcohol use, while fulfilling 1.0 hour of Wellness competence MCLE subfield credit. The session will include a review of critical findings from the January 2025 Alcohol and Cancer Risk, The U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory on alcohol consumption and its link to increased cancer risks and put those findings in the broader context of the health effects of alcohol use. Read more

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. Read more

Join Jennifer for this exciting heart health lecture for lawyers that will focus on the unique stressors and lifestyle factors that contribute to cardiovascular risk. Emphasizing the importance of managing work-related stress, maintaining a balanced diet, exercising regularly, and monitoring key health indicators like blood pressure and cholesterol, the lecture would provide practical strategies to promote long-term heart health. By addressing the specific demands of legal work—such as long hours, sedentary behavior, and high-stakes decision-making—the session would aim to equip lawyers with the knowledge to prioritize their cardiovascular well-being while managing their professional responsibilities. Read more

This program will discuss PTSD and vicarious trauma and its impact on an attorney’s competence; Explore the areas of practice attorneys most prone to these issues; Explain what trauma-informed lawyering is; Review a self-assessment; and Promote resources and strategies.  Read more

Many lawyers find the practice of law intolerable. It’s simply stinks. “So why don’t you leave it,” they say. “Why not find another job?” Well, they don’t know what they’re talking about. For most lawyers, switching careers simply isn’t an option. We have bills to pay and mouths to feed. The only answer is to find some way to make it tolerable. Stuart Teicher wrote a book that’s designed to do just that Read more

This program will: Discuss the prevalence of substance use disorders and mental health issues among attorneys and legal professionals. Read more