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Inside View: Well, Well, Well… ness.
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Azure Schermerhorn-Snyder
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Sep 01, 2021
THL Issue Editor Azure Schermerhorn-Snyder introduces this month's issue: well-being and the law.
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Well-Being
Inside View
Introducing Brandon Vaughn: 2021-2022 HCBA President
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Aug 27, 2021
On July 1st, Brandon Vaughn became the 103rd president of the Hennepin County Bar Association. Vaughn is a partner at Robins Kaplan, where he represents victims of medical malpractice, and individuals injured by others due to no fault of their own. In this interview, Vaughn shares what brought him to the HCBA, reflections on the last year and a half, and his vision for this bar year.
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HCBA President
Meet M (Michael) Boulette: 2021-2022 HCBA Secretary
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Aug 27, 2021
The HCBA welcomes M (Michael) Boulette to membership on its executive committee for the 2021-22 bar year. On July 1st, Boulette was introduced to the association’s officer ranks as secretary, beginning a five-year leadership track to serve as president for the 2024-25 bar year. Boulette is a graduate of the University of St. Thomas School of Law and a partner at Taft Stettinius & Hollister, practicing family law.
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HCBA Secretary
Behind The Mask: The First Year Of Practice
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Joshua D. Franklin
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Aug 27, 2021
Getting over graduation cancellations due to the pandemic and then studying for the bar exam were already a feat, but the class of 2020 and other new lawyers deserve an honorable mention for taking their lawyer’s oath behind a computer and then practicing entirely in a remote setting for almost a year.
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New Lawyers
Well-Being
Moving Back to the Courtroom
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Judge JaPaul J. Harris
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Aug 27, 2021
What to Expect and How to Be Prepared: Prior to March 2020, we packed courtrooms with little care or awareness about space and public health. In March 2020 that changed as we were told to stay away from these courtrooms and as we became keenly aware of social distancing, masking, hand sanitizer, and plexiglass shields. Now we are going back into the places we were told to stay away from for our safety. In this article, I will discuss the challenges we face as we return to the courtroom and the steps attorneys can take as we move to in-person court appearances.
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Courts
Well-Being
The Best Life Hack for Being a Good Lawyer: Exercise
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Joani Moberg
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Aug 27, 2021
As lawyers and busy professionals, especially during a pandemic, life feels like an endless list of things we should or must do. Too often, self-care becomes another tedious and overwhelming item on that list. From there, we fall into a cycle of feeling too busy to care for ourselves, which in turn makes life feel more stressful and we are less likely to care for ourselves even when that is what we need most. It’s an endless and toxic cycle.
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Well-Being
Spirituality and Well-Being
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Lisa Buck
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Aug 27, 2021
When we think of health, we often envision exercise and eating well (physical health) or stress reduction and therapy (mental health). But a third facet of health— spiritual— is often overlooked. Emerging research indicates that spirituality is as important to our well-being. This article explores what spirituality is and the role it plays in our lives.
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Well-Being
Post-traumatic Growth and Your Career
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Joan Bibelhausen
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Aug 27, 2021
As we ponder our work lives in the near and distant future, this article will focus on occupational well-being while recognizing that all six areas are equally important. How can you do your best thinking and best work if other aspects of your well-being are at risk?
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Well-Being
Stress, Drink, Leave
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Patrick R. Krill
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Aug 27, 2021
Warnings and Opportunities Around Lawyer Mental Health in a Post-COVID Era. With summer now behind us and many legal professionals in the process of returning to an office either full- or part-time, this is a pivotal moment that warrants pausing and thoughtfully checking in with our mental health and personal well-being
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Well-Being
Therapy: Being a Zealous Advocate for Yourself
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Chase Andersen
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Aug 27, 2021
Things aren’t that bad… I’m sure it’ll eventually get better… I’m too busy to ask for help… I don’t want to appear weak… I just need to power through it…
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Well-Being
“Overwhelm” Five Productive Principles to Overcome It
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Dyan Williams
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Aug 27, 2021
Whether you’re a solo lawyer or a partner at a big firm, you’re bound to experience “overwhelm.” It’s the feeling of not being able to manage the depth, breadth, and complexity of your situation. You feel buried with work, overloaded with responsibilities, and saddled with deadlines.
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Well-Being
Managing Our Relationship with Time
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Shaun G. Jamison
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Aug 27, 2021
Do you feel like you do not have enough time for your personal and professional growth? Are you frustrated with time? Angry about waiting? Feel like everyone’s wasting your time? Is your response to anything new, “Who has time for that?” You are not alone. In this busy, stressed out, and overloaded world, even your stress has stress and it is especially true for lawyers.
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Practice Pointers
What’s On Your Wall?
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Jul 13, 2021
The art we choose for our walls can say a lot about us. During quarantine, many of us turned areas of our living spaces into makeshift workplaces. Here, several attorneys share the artwork they’ve chosen to personalize where they work—be that in an office or at home—and why that art has significance to them.
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Ask-a-Lawyer
Art and Entertainment
10 Questions: Traci Bransford
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Jun 29, 2021
Stinson partner Traci Bransford answers 10 questions about her practice and life.
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10 Questions
Art Gallery
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Jun 25, 2021
For the Art, Literature, and the Law issue, we wanted to highlight the creative side of our HCBA members.
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Art
REQUIEM: 9 MINUTES 29 SECONDS
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Leslie Kimes
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Jun 25, 2021
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Literature
Mothers
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Areti Georgopoulos
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Jun 25, 2021
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Literature
The First Day of Law School
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Carolyn Wolski
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Jun 25, 2021
The first day of the first year of law school. I didn’t expect it to be so confidence-shaking.
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Literature
A Breeze Along the River
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Ian Taylor, Jr.
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Jun 25, 2021
Diamond was determined to speak to her brother, Prince, alone. He was guarded when their family asked why he decided to enroll in community college two years after dropping out of University and she wanted to learn more. An early morning walk was the only way they could talk without interruption. Prince agreed.
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Literature
Clinical Trial: An ALS Memoir of Science, Hope and Love
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Robert K. Ranum
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Jun 25, 2021
After I was diagnosed with ALS in 2016, I began writing a memoir to tell my story. I may be the luckiest ALS patient alive, if you can call someone lucky with a disease that generally causes death three to five years after diagnosis.
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Literature
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