Well-Being Kit For Your Legal Employers

I’m excited to pass along a free Well-Being Toolkit for Lawyers and Legal Employers that was just launched by an ABA Working Group on Lawyer Well-Being. It gives legal employers practical tools to get started on much-needed lawyer well-being initiatives, including an 8-Step Action Program. Driving force behind this direct and practical compilation is Anne Brafford, JD, a fellow graduate of the Master of Applied Positive Psychology program at Penn. I’m pleased to be included in the toolkit as a resource person.

Curious but too busy right now to peruse all 90+ pages? Take a quick look at the Nutshell version, and bookmark the kit for later.

 

 

Pat’s Study of Successful Women Lawyers

What makes women lawyers succeed? As her capstone project for a Master of Applied Positive Psychology (MAPP) degree at the University of Pennsylvania, Pat administered the Brief Strengths Test to women attorneys named to the Super Lawyers directory. Of those participating, the character strengths of gratitude and kindness were most prevalent, and the women used them regularly in their practices. Among women in the study, the more emotion-driven heart strengths predominated over the more analytical head strengths commonly associated with the practice of law. A full copy of the study, which includes recommendations for law firms, may be accessed below.

Super Women Lawyers: A Study of Character Strengths