Abstract
Mindfulness can help law students handle the stress of Socratic method and cold calling. But the standard mindfulness panic practice, which is to stop and take three deep breaths, doesn’t work because the professor is waiting for an answer. In my ABA Student Lawyer article, I describe the following alternative: Step 1. Plant your feet firmly on the floor; Step 2. Sit up straight; Step 3. Take one deep breath; Step 4. Now restate the question. These steps could easily be modified to work in court when the judge asks a challenging question.
Repository Citation
Simmons, Heather, "Mindfulness for Lawyers Cannot Begin Too Early" (2023). Articles, Chapters and Online Publications. 103.
https://digitalcommons.law.uga.edu/law_lib_artchop/103
Previously published on the Institute for Well-Being in Law.