Amber Turner, The Holistic Lawyer, is honoured to be invited by Anna Kawalek and Nicola Glover-Thomas as a Guest Speaker at the 2nd UK Therapeutic Jurisprudence and Health Law Conference at Manchester University. Here, Amber will be sharing some of the core features of her 7-Step Model to Holistic Law Practice- part of 'building the new'- away from adversarial, combative, painful spaces towards collaborative, restorative, healing ones.https://www.amberlaw.com/blog/guest-speaker-at-the-2nd-uk-therapeutic-jurisprudence-and-health-law-conference-at-manchester-university ...

Some of us are called to become lawyers or judges when we suffer an experience of injustice as children. Bullying in the playground, the premature death of a loved one, warring or divorcing parents- the list goes on. As law students, the world of duality comes into sharper focus as we are trained to practice in traditional adversarial (oppositional) law systems. There are no shades of grey- just the ...

This conference is available via livestream anywhere in the world. When you register, you have access to the video recordings of the conference sessions for 3 months with an upgrade for up to 3 years. You will want to refer to the conference sessions, all reporting on ground-breaking programs, time and again.

Join Us! Next Thursday May 11th! Presenters and guides: Molly Rowan Leach & Holistic Lawyer Amber Turner

In January 2022 I attended the Institute of Well-being in Law (USA) First Annual weekend conference (online due to Covid19) where I first met Judge Steve Hornsby, JD, CLC and Family Lawyer Cindy Pensoneau, JD, YTT. I was struck by their powerful joint presentation on a subject close to my heart: vicarious trauma/ secondary trauma and other detrimental impacts on the mental health...

Omar Madhloom LLB (Hons), BSc (Microbiology), LPC, PGCE, MPhil is one of the trailblazers of our time. Omar is responsible for creating the space for law students to access more expansive conversations about innovative ways in which we can integrate well-being tools in the study and practice of law. I only wish my fellow students and I had enjoyed such visionaries in my time at law school!