Center for Ethical Formation and Legal Education Reform

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We hope you were able to participate in Well-Being in Law Week and have been encouraged. This has been a great time of gaining more tools and knowledge on how to take care of ourselves and steward our well-being.

If you would like to continue engaging with this type of information, check out CEFLER, The Center for Ethical Formation & Legal Education Reform. This is a wonderful resource for law students and lawyers to develop their professional identities. CEFLER offers mentorship programs, events on character formation and professional development, and ways to get involved in community service, among other resources. Learn more about CEFLER and consider becoming involved by visiting cefler.org.

We made it to the last day of Well-Being in Law Week! The focus of today is Emotional Well-Being: developing an ability to identify and manage emotions for health, to achieve goals, and to inform decisions. Visit https://lawyerwellbeing.net/individuals/ for more information on how to take care of your emotional health.

Today is Day 4 of Well-Being in Law Week and we are focusing on Social Well-Being: building connection, belonging, and a reliable support network. Visit https://lawyerwellbeing.net/individuals/ to learn about some things you can do today to start building positive connections.

Lawyer Well-Being is an Ethical Duty Too
This blog post is written by Sydney Coelho, class of 2022.

Lawyer Well-Being is an Ethical Duty Too This blog post is written by Sydney Coelho, class of 2022, with edits by Professor Benjamin Madison. Happy "Well-Being Week in Law" to ...

It’s Day Three of Well-Being in Law Week! We’re focusing on Career & Intellectual Well-Being:
seeking personal satisfaction, continuous learning and growth in our professional and personal lives, financial stability, and engaging in creative or intellectually challenging activities that foster ongoing development and monitor cognitive wellness. Visit https://lawyerwellbeing.net/individuals/ for some resources to stimulate your creativity in your workplace.

Day Two of Well-Being in Law Week is all about your spiritual wellness: cultivating a sense of meaning and purpose in work and life, and aligning our work and lives with our values, goals, and interests. Visit https://lawyerwellbeing.net/individuals/ for more information about how to incorporate healthy spirituality in your practice as a lawyer.

May 3-7, 2021 is Well-Being Week by the Institute for Well-Being in Law! Each of the 5 days in Well-Being Week is focused on one dimension of overall well-being. You can find out more information about Well-Being in Law Week by visiting https://lawyerwellbeing.net/individuals/ and be sure to check back every day this week for information on ways to participate.

A few years ago, Regent Law started a course entitled "Foundations of Practice" in which students embrace the challenge of beginning their formation as professionals. Our deans and faculty have been a great support to the class by serving as coaches to students. The faculty coach remains with a student from the first year through the third year--and often beyond law school. As part of the class, students reflect on their experience before law school. Our Center for Psychology and Counseling partners with the law school to test students and to explain the findings of the tests. Students also show their faculty coach a 360-degree assessment (the student's evaluation of her/his strengths and areas of growth, along with assessments of two other persons who know the student well). Students then provided to their coach the following: (1) a reflection on what they observed in the assessment process, (2) a description of how their talents and life experience will help them in a legal position, (3) a concrete plan for seeking a legal position in which their God-given talents will help others, (4) a plan for courses, extracurricular activities, and outside employment in the summers (during the school year, as an intern at a law office, court, or some other legal entity)--again, designed to help the student discern more clearly where he or she can best serve others in the legal field; and (5) developing a strategy to find employment in the area of law they discern as the one to which God has called the student. My colleagues and I enjoy working with students to help them in this process. Even with the disruption from the coronavirus pandemic, our students have continued to seek God's will and meet with their faculty coaches virtually. That's commitment!

Listen to Natt Gantt's latest interview on AM 1160 - Lawyers for Jesus!

Regent University Professor Discusses the Professional Formation Movement in Legal Education Natt Gantt is Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs as well as the Co-Director of the Center for Ethical Formation and Legal Education Reform at Regent University School of Law. Natt also