5 Hours - Tools to Help You Through Holiday (or Any) Stress Package! Last Minute ALL IN CLE

Courses Included

• Better Right Now 2021
  Convention 2021
  

  This popular program is back with a strong lineup of topics, speakers and strategies to help you be the best lawyer that you can be and maintain attorney well being. 

  Part 1: Bias and Its Consequences: What Does It Look Like? This session will discuss the psychological and other deleterious effects of stereotyping, discrimination, marginalization, microaggressions and other racial injustices, as well as therapeutic approaches to helping those who have survived this trauma. The panel of experts features Luther Wright, Jr., Ogletree Deakins (moderator) Carmen Foster, University of Tennessee and Jamila Walker, University of Tennessee.

  Part 2: Personal Experiences: Who Does It Hurt? Join an esteemed panel of diverse lawyers discussing experiences and how past actions has affected them. Moderated by Joycelyn Stevenson of the Tennessee Bar Association, the panel will feature A.C. Wharton, The A C Wharton Group; Joe Kwon, Joe Kwon Law; Psonya Hackett, Hackett Law Firm; Ruby Wharton, The Wharton Law Firm; and Willie Santana, Office of the Third Judicial District Public Defender.

  Part 3: Raising the Bar: What Can We Do? This session will feature an interactive discussion among attendees and the panelists, firm and bar association leaders, during which everyone can share their experiences, efforts and initiatives in addressing this important issue. Moderated by Terrence Reed, FedEx Express the panel will feature David Jones, Fisher & Phillips; Mary Beard, HCA Healthcare; and Shayla Purifoy, Shelby County Government. 

  Course Information

  Format:Online VideoDual Credits:3.00General Credits:0.00

  Speakers/Producers

  

  • Julie Sandine, , Nashville
    Julie Sandine served the Vanderbilt Law School for twenty years as a Legal Writing Professor and then Assistant Dean for Student Affairs and Lecturer in?Law. During her thirteen-year tenure as...
  • Mary Beard, HCA, Nashville
    Mary H. Beard holds the position of Senior Technology Counsel at HCA Healthcare, with the goal of enhancing her decades of experience in labor and employment, employee data privacy and contracts law...
  • Carmen Foster, University of Tennessee College of Social Work, Nashville
    Carmen Reese Foster, LMSW, LSSW joined the College of Social Work at the University of Tennessee as an Assistant Professor of Practice and the Online Field Coordinator for Middle and West Tennessee in...
  • Psonya Hackett, The Estate and Family Law Group, Memphis
  • David Jones, Fisher & Phillips LLP, Memphis
  • Joseph Kwon, Joe Kwon Law, Brentwood
    Nashvillian Joseph Kwon graduated from the University of Tennessee with his B.A. degree in Classical Civilizations.  Staying true to his alma mater, Joseph attended the University of Tennessee...
  • Joanna McCracken, McCracken Kuhn Marks PLLC, Nashville
    Joanna L. McCracken is a family law attorney and mediator who strives to guide her clients through their toughest life experiences with education, zeal and compassion. She utilizes her versatile skill...
  • Shayla Purifoy, Shelby County Government , Memphis
    Shayla Nicole Purifoy is a lifelong Memphian that is committed to helping Memphis thrive by being involved in community service, professional organizations, and supporting events and causes that...
  • Terrence Reed, FedEx Express, Memphis
    Terrence Reed is a Senior Counsel at FedEx Express who litigates class action lawsuits throughout the country.  Mr. Reed specializes in employment law and complex commercial litigation.  He...
  • Willie Santana, Federal Defender Services of Eastern Tennessee, Greeneville
    Willie Santana is an assistant federal defender. Prior to this appointment, he was a visting professor at Lincoln Memorial University’s Duncan School of Law where he taught adjudicatory criminal...
  • Joycelyn Stevenson, Littler, Nashville
    A native of Macon, GA, Joycelyn graduated from Howard University in Washington, D.C. and received her law degree from Vanderbilt University Law School in Nashville. Joycelyn most recently  served...
  • Jamila Walker, University of Tennessee, Nashville
  • A.C. Wharton, Jr., A.C. Wharton, Jr., Memphis
    A C Wharton, Jr., is founder of the A C Wharton Group (ACWG), and former Mayor of both Shelby County, Tennessee (2002-2009) and Memphis, Tennessee (2009-2015).  An attorney by profession, A C...
  • Ruby Wharton, The Wharton Law Firm, Memphis
  • Luther Wright, Ogletree Deakins, Nashville
    After graduating from Vanderbilt University School of Law, Luther Wright, Jr. began his career with a general practice firm in the litigation section. He spent the first several years of his legal...
• How Mindfulness Can Help You Avoid Legal Burnout, Continue to Competently Perform Legal Services, and Remain Ethically Compliant
  
  

  As attorneys, constant stress is often a part of the job. If we don’t effectively manage chronic stress, however, it has the potential to cripple our productivity levels and make it physically, mentally, and emotionally impossible to effectively advocate for our clients and ourselves. Further, we run the risk of running afoul of the rules of professional conduct.

  Instituting even one or two minutes of meditation and mindfulness into our daily routines can have immediate and far-reaching benefits in our professional and personal lives. Become your best self now. Join us as we demystify meditation and focus on the basics of mindfulness: what it is and isn’t, how to do it, and how to maximize its benefits. We will delve into specific methods of integrating mindfulness into your day-to-day law practice.

  This 60-min CLE session will empower you to:
  • Protect yourself from burnout
  • Improve focus and boost your overall productivity and efficiency
  • Curb anxiety and stress thru quick, effective “spot treatments”
  • Use mindfulness to enhance ethical decision-making and conflict resolution

  Course Information

  Format:Online VideoDual Credits:1.00General Credits:0.00

  Speakers/Producers

  

  • Rebecca Howlett, The Legal Burnout Solution, Director of Attorney Well-Being
    Becky Howlett is an attorney, legal educator, and certified Contemplative Practices Teacher committed to promoting well-being in the legal field and beyond. Becky’s attorney-wellness advocacy...
  • Cynthia Sharp, The Legal Burnout Solution, Director of Client Relations
    Veteran attorney Cynthia Sharp (CEO of The Sharper Lawyer) works with motivated lawyers seeking to generate additional revenue for their law firms. She practiced law from 1982 - 2009 and then embarked...
• Federal Law 2021: Navigating the New Normal: Challenges and Best Practices in Self-care
  
  

  TLAP's clinical director will offer some observations on how the pandemic has impacted our mental health, share some healthy ways to manage the "new, new normal" and review the role TLAP plays in helping the legal profession self-regulate and prevent mental health issues from affecting our clients. Please come prepared to share your observations of what has worked and what has not worked for you and your peers over the past year and to learn about some ways to re-enter and connect in a healthy and sustainable way.

  Course Information

  Format:Online VideoDual Credits:1.00General Credits:0.00

  Speakers/Producers

  

  • Holly Wade, Tennessee Lawyers Assistance Program, Nashville
    Holly Wade was hired on January 11, 2021 as TLAP’s new Clinical Director. Holly is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with years of experience in supporting diverse clients with a variety...