Your Crisis Is Not My Emergency: Mindfulness Techniques to Manage Stress

Webinar presented for the American Association of Law Libraries on October 28, 2021, from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm Central.

Abstract

Many legal information professionals are busy with new students, attorneys, judges, and clerks. This is in addition to the regular stresses we encounter in our jobs, both internal and external. This webinar will provide you with a variety of mindfulness strategies and techniques to manage your stress, including some optional chair yoga. The webinar will also discuss the amendments to ABA Standard 508 regarding law student well-being resources.

TAKEAWAYS:

  1. Participants will learn the benefits of mindfulness and the science behind it
  2. Participants will acquire three new ways to practice mindfulness in their daily lives
  3. Participants will examine the amendments to ABA Standard 508 and identify ways to support law students and other library users

SPEAKERS:

  • Kizmet Adams, University of Georgia
  • Heather Simmons, University of Georgia

MODERATOR:

  • TJ Striepe, Director of the University of Georgia Law Library

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