(Papers will be published in the UALR Law Review)
One or more presenters to be selected from Call for Papers.
Speakers will investigate the extent to which well-being and the ethical, civil practice of law are mutually supportive, and perhaps necessary for one another. This topic naturally calls upon presenters to think about the intersection between the growing research in the field of law student and lawyer well-being and traditional law school subjects such as professional responsibility, as well as practice-oriented classes such as clinical courses, legal writing, and trial practice. This extended program includes two segments. The first segment is a foundational set of more theoretical presentations explaining the psychological and sociological literature on the interactions between student/lawyer well-being, traditional law school pedagogy, and impacts on professional development and the responsible practice of law. The second segment is devoted to actual teaching techniques (in a variety of classroom settings) that show how presenters teach students while improving their well-being and contributing to the development of a personally satisfying career and an ethically responsible professional identity.