law + spirit: upcoming events for your calendar
I want to give you a heads up about two upcoming programs that fuse the worlds of law and spirit. On Friday, February 10, 2006, from 7-10pm, the New York Open Center will present The New Legal Paradigm: Conscious Lawyering and Holistic Professionalism. According to the promotional copy, this program for lawyers “seeking to bring awareness and presence to their personal and professional lives” will include “meditation, exercises, lectures and group discussions.” With the guidance of Cheryl Conner – a Harvard-trained former federal prosecutor and educator “committed to integrating spiritual perspectives within the legal and business systems” – participants will “gain new tools to better serve their ‘whole’ legal clients, balance and heal conflicts, craft legislation, and relate to organizations from a holistic perspective.” You can register for the program here. A bit further down the road, on June 19-23 and June 25-29, 2006, the Harvard Negotiation Insight Initiative (HNII) is holding its Summer Learning Forum, entitled Spirit in Action, at Harvard Law School in Cambridge, MA. Part of Harvard's renowned Program on Negotiation, HNII aims to "explore what mindfulness and the great wisdom traditions have to teach us in the negotiation and dispute resolution field." You can learn more about HNII here and investigate its upcoming program here.
