Heather D. Horton, Esq., ACC, GRMS, CPDC
Here’s some highlights in addition to serving as a Well-Being Mentor at Quinnipiac Law School for the Fall and Spring semesters:
ABA Law Practice Division Attorney Well-Being Committee Appointee
ABA Commission on Lawyer Assistance Programs Advisory Committee Presidential Appointee
DC Bar Lawyer Assistance Committee Appointee
Article Published in January/February 2023 issue of the DC Bar’s Washington Lawyer magazine - Toward Well-Being Column - Grieve And Heal At Your Own Pace
Writing Article for ABA Law Practice Today’s Well-Being Issue in May 2023 on Grief & Loss in Organizational Change in the Legal Profession
Selected to present with Christina Loftus and Kara Perry at the National Association of Law School Student Affairs Professionals conference in Denver, June 13-15, 2023, Mentoring and Coaching Programming: Missions to go where no law student has gone before.
Presented a webinar for the Good Grief organization on January 12, 2023 titled How Grief Impacts Our Identity to the general public
Presented a webinar for the International Coach Federation’s Metro DC Chapter on Supporting Others in Grief While Navigating or Avoiding Your Own on February8, 2023
Starting 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training at end of March 2023
Executive Coaching for the Obama Foundation Scholars Program - International Coach Federation Foundation Initiative
Pro Bono Peer Coach with International Coach Federation Ukraine Initiative
International Coach Federation Metro DC Chapter Board Member/Treasurer
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Michael Kasdan
What We Do:
We focus on mental health and wellness in the law - law firms and law schools. We know this world from all angles, as a law firm associate, partner, law professor, as well as from the perspective of a mental health advocate and someone who has experienced depression, anxiety, and burnout. We offer keen insight, passionate advocacy, and practical tools, with an eye on the big picture cultural and workplace issues from all involved stakeholders.
Services:
(1) Outsourced Director of Well-Being, specifically tailored for medium and small sized law firms who do not have the resources to hire a full-time Director of Well-Being like certain BigLaw firms do. In this consulting role, we can assist with setting up a Firm’s Wellness Program, practices, policies, and procedures, and assist in on-going programming, education, training, and culture change.
(2) Attorney and Law Student Education and Training, focused not only on the mental illness side of mental health, but also on the positive aspects of mental health that are critical to performance and satisfaction.
(3) Consulting with Law Firms on developing and improving policies, procedures, and structural changes focused on staff well-being, wellness and mental health.
(4) 1 on 1 Executive Coaching and Leadership Training for Executives and Law Firm Partners and Leaders.
(5) Curated and Recommended Providers and Partners for Add on Services, including therapy, fitness, sleep hygiene, mindfulness/meditation, etc.,
(6) Creative Thought Leadership and Mental Health and Wellness Advocacy
Alongside mental health, we also focus on diversity and inclusion, authentic leadership, bringing your whole self to work, and positive relational health and relationships and connections. These things are all tightly connected.
This venture grew organically out of my own experience with depression as a law firm associate and partner, as well as a presentation I gave years ago called “Lawyering While Human,” on bringing your whole and authentic self to work.
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Nicolle Kopping-Pavars
I have a Mindfulness hand book available on Amazon 😊
I have the accompanying Mindfulness deck of cards available on my website:
https://lotus-law.com/product/lotus-law-mindfulness-deck-of-cards/
My online Mindfulness Course: Calm Wisdom will be available for launch and purchase in the Spring of 2023.
Looking forward to the “A Cup Of Zen With Your Chaos” my one day wellness retreat for the legal profession on March 31, 2023.
In October I am hosting the Sawabona Ubuntu Soul Retreat in Safari in South Africa:
https://www.ignitesq.com/sawubona-ubuntu-retreat-oct-2023.html
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Christina Loftus
Christina Loftus, JD, LMSW, will join the Institute for Well-Being in Law’s (IWIL) inaugural national law school well-being programming event committee. The 13-member committee will begin meeting in March 2023 to plan law student well-being event(s). The committee will consider the model utilized for IWIL’s Well-Being Week in Law (the legal profession’s annual wellness event scheduled the first week of May) as a starting point. The committee will consider law students’ schedules, needs, and issues and advise IWIL on well-being programming in the frequency and formats best suited for law schools.
Seventh Annual National Association of Law Student Affairs Professional Conference in Denver, Colorado at the University of Denver, Sturm College of Law, Denver, CO (June 12-15) presenting, Mentoring and Coaching Programming: Missions to go “where no law student has gone before”, (with Kara and Heather)
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Kara McCarthy Perry
Conference Presentations
1. National Association of Women Lawyers’ Mid-Year Meeting (virtual) (March 16-17th) – Host Committee and Marketing & Engagement Subcommittee.
2. Leading a Mindfulness Activity for the National Association of Women Lawyers’ Mid-Year Meeting (virtual) well-being break on March 17th.
3. Selected Symposium Presenter, New England Clinical Conference at Vermont Law School in South Royalton, VT (March 31st,) presenting, Your Mission, Should You Choose to Accept, Is to Go Where No Clinic Has Gone Before!, (with Carrie Kaas and Brendan Holt).
4. Selected Symposium Presenter, ABA 25th Annual Dispute Resolution Spring Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada (May 10-13) presenting, Integrative Law and ADR: Interconnected Allies Springing from the Same Soil, (with J. Kim Wright, Carrie Kaas, and Pearlette Ramos).
5. Selected Symposium Presenter, Seventh Annual National Association of Law Student Affairs Professional Conference in Denver, Colorado at the University of Denver, Sturm College of Law, Denver, CO (June 12-15) presenting, Mentoring and Coaching Programming: Missions to go “where no law student has gone before”, (with Heather Horton and Christina Loftus)
6. Selected Symposium Presenter, 8th Annual IPPA World Congress on Positive Psychology in Vancouver, Canada (July 20-23), presenting, Courageous Leadership and Storytelling as a Gateway to Mental Health and Well-Being: Empowering Law Students as Healthy Future Leader, (with Pearlette Ramos and Michael Kasdan)
LinkedIn Summary
Kara McCarthy Perry, J.D., RYT® 200 is a Conscious Contracts® Consultant, Certified Yoga and Meditation Teacher, Laughter Yoga Leader, and Certified Lifebook® Leader. For twenty-two years, she was a transactional lawyer focused on health care law at large NJ law firms and an international pharmaceutical company. When the pandemic hit, Kara found time to reflect and released her in-house counsel position with much gratitude for the professional opportunities she had and the talented people with whom she worked. In this new chapter of her life, she is focused on the intersection of wellness and the law. As a Conscious Contracts® Consultant, she facilitates clients through a conscious communication process to discover alignment, create a foundation for their relationship and navigate conflicts collaboratively and creatively. As an Affiliated Law Faculty at Quinnipiac University School of Law School, she teaches the process to law school students in the Negotiation Clinic. She was also a Well-Being Mentor to law students taking the prerequisite course to the clinic, Integrative Law Approach to Negotiation. In her role as a Lifebook Leader, Kara guides clients through a transformational personal design system that empowers them to envision, plan and achieve a 12-category strong life to positively impact the world. She has conducted well-being sessions for the National Association of Women Lawyers, Institute for Well-Being In Law, Integrative Law Community, Awakening Lawyers Mentor Program, Lifebook Community Health & Fitness Month, Mindvalley Community Health, Wellness & Fitness Group, IMSApported (Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy), Life Time Inc., Adamsville Elementary School and Seton Hall University School of Law. Kara is a Yoga Instructor at Life Time Inc. and the Founder of Just Brilliant LLC. Having experienced the benefits of contemplative practices in her own life, she looks forward to sharing these tools with other lawyers to help them live their lives more consciously and counsel more compassionately.
Associations
Mindfulness In Law Society - Member
National Association of Women Lawyers – Member and Host Committee for Mid-Year Conference
American Bar Association - Member
Project for Integration of Spirituality, Law & Politics – Member
Websites
https://consciouscontracts.com/user/karaperryme-com/
https://www.mylifebook.com/leaders/kara-perry
https://www.laughteryoga.org/profile/23758
