Health & Wellness

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. Read more

Join us for an engaging and interactive first-ever Town Hall meeting hosted by the CLA Health & Wellness Committee. At this event, we aim to foster a supportive environment where the members of our legal community can come together to collaborate on initiatives that promote physical, mental, and emotional well-being, and have an opportunity to discuss issues affecting lawyer well-being. Read more

Free event! No MCLE. Organized by the Health and Wellness Committees of the California Judges Association and the California Lawyers Association as a part of Health & Wellness week Read more

Free event! No MCLE Register Here Perfect For Everybody and Every Body! Each Zumba® class is designed to bring people together to sweat it on. How It Works: We take the "work" out of workout by mixing low-intensity and high-intensity moves for an interval-style, calorie-burning dance fitness party. Once the Latin and World rhythms take over, you'll see why Zumba® Fitness classes are often called exercise in disguise. Benefits: A total workout, combining all elements of fitness – cardio, muscle… Read more

Being an effective lawyer is more than your substantive work. Accepting who you are can lead to increased connections, resilience, and efficacy in practicing law. The best lawyers know how to lead from their whole selves to connect with clients, co-counsel, the court, and juries. In 2024, ours is a world of disconnection and it will never be enough to simply be an excellent technical lawyer. Read more

A sound mind is one of the most important tools an attorney has, which is required to properly advocate for clients, manage large workloads, and handle multiple deadlines.  Read more

To Provide practical yoga techniques to effectively manage and reduce stress and introduce the benefits of yoga for stress management and promote holistic well- being among legal professions. Read more

Confessions of a gut worshipper; Describing the journey from near death to health and the foods that cause the disease and the foods leading to health. Read more

I started hiking in earnest in May 2020, two months after the world, or at least the San Francisco area, came to an abrupt halt due to COVID-19. At that time, hiking was one of the few pandemic-friendly social activities besides sitting in a friend’s backyard six feet away from each other. As some may recall, in May 2020, San Francisco’s mandate extended to outdoor activities. We complied, somewhat begrudgingly, during our hike from Ocean Beach, at the end of Sloat Boulevard, to Mount Davidson, shrouded in fog, of course, and back, via a pitstop at El Toreador, on West Portal, for a steaming hot burrito on a characteristically cold San Francisco night.  Read more

Techniques to engage clients while recognizing their individual traumas without retraumatizing them more; discussion of the concept of secondary trauma, how it manifests in lawyers, and ways to protect from its effects. Read more