Contemplative Practice: An Exploration of Mindfulness and Social Justice Lawyering
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Overview
Subject area
LAW
Catalog Number
732
Course Title
Contemplative Practice: An Exploration of Mindfulness and Social Justice Lawyering
Department(s)
Description
This course is designed to introduce students to the growing movement of contemplative practice and to explore its application to those who use the law for social justice. "Contemplative practice" encompasses a variety of traditions and practices that quiet the mind and draw one's consciousness inward in order to gain insight and the ability to deal with the unique obstacles that one faces in a social justice practice. This course will focus on meditation as a form of contemplative practice and as an essential lawyering skill, directly linked to some of the more traditional skills -- such as interviewing, counseling, and negotiation. The course will draw on a variety of readings that specifically link contemplative techniques to the study and practice of law and will require students to engage actively with the integration of contemplative practice with the lawyer's work.
Typically Offered
Fall, Spring
Academic Career
Law
Liberal Arts
No
Credits
Minimum Units
2
Maximum Units
2
Academic Progress Units
2
Repeat For Credit
No
Components
Name
Lecture
Hours
1