1. Around 12:15 pm, we will begin a short seated mindfulness practice. To get ready, think about:  Sitting near the front edge of your chair.  Placing both feet flat on the ground.  Resting your hands comfortably palms down on top of your thighs.

2.  “Paying attention in a particular way, on purpose, in the present moment and non- judgmentally.” Jon Kabat-Zinn  “Deliberately paying attention, being fully aware of what is happening both inside yourself—in your body, heart, and mind—and outside yourself in your environment. Mindfulness is awareness without judgment or criticism.” Jan Chozen Bays

4.  Decreases stress.  Helps modulate pain.  Improves concentration.  Decreases reactivity.  Improves resiliency.  Helps mitigate trauma responses.  Increases empathy.  Increases happiness.  Improves some test-taking performance.

5.  Mindfulness programs held for trial court judges.  Large law firms offering MBSR programs to their lawyers.  A wide range of bar associations offering mindfulness programs to their members.  Mindful lawyering groups across the country.  Retreat centers offering lawyer-specific retreats.  Lawyer-focused career coaches who base their work on mindfulness practices.

6.  Offering stand alone opportunities for mindfulness practices.  Starting class with a short period of seated mindfulness.  Incorporating mindful self-reflection into class assignments.  Using mindfulness as one of the normative principles that underlies the class.

7.  Center for Contemplative Mind in Society and its Association for Contemplative Mind in Higher Education  American Mindfulness Research Association  Mindfulness Affinity Group, AALS Section on Balance in Legal Education

8.  Is mindfulness secular enough?  Why mindfulness instead of other activities that lead to similar outcomes?  Must mindfulness be situated within some kind of ethical or normative framework?  Shouldn’t law teachers focus on teaching the law?