Well-being is defined as being in the process of striving toward thriving in all areas of life – both personally and professionally.
It’s time you asked yourself … “How is your well-being?”
In order to better serve your clients, create healthy relationships and cultivate self-care, it is imperative that you take the time to get the tools you need to help maintain your well-being, resilience and mental health.
Designed for busy legal professionals, by legal professionals and mental health practitioners, this OsgoodePD webinar series is back in 2022 with 3 new sessions that will give you practical strategies and tactics you can immediately use to improve your own well-being.
All registrations include access to the recorded program for 120-days
It’s time to focus on yourself and refine your “toolkit”.
Priced at $49 + tax per session this small investment (both time and money) will be well worth it. Take advantage of special pricing if registering for all 3 sessions. Group rates are also available.
Who Should Attend
All lawyers and paralegals across Canada
Law clerks
Law students
Faculty
Program Chair
Michael Kahn, JD, MEd
practiced law for six years with the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office and later was Assistant Director for Career Services at Tulane University Law School before obtaining his M.Ed. in Counseling. Shortly thereafter, he became a Licensed Professional Counselor and his areas of focus have included depression, anxiety, grief/loss, stress management and work-life integration. In 2012, he relocated to Oregon, where, in addition to continuing his speaking career, he served as an Adjunct Professor at the Lewis & Clark Graduate School of Education & Counselling. He currently resides in Vancouver, BC where he serves part-time on the counselling staff of the Lawyers Assistance Program of BC. He wrote the chapter “Saying Goodbye: Loss and Bereavement” in Cinemeducation, Volume 2: Using Film and Other Visual Media in Graduate and Medical Education. Michael is co-founder, with practicing attorney Chris Osborn, of ReelTime Creative Learning Experiences which provides engaging live and online CLE and professional development programs on ethics, well-being and diversity and inclusion throughout the U.S., Canada and Australia.
Webinar Series
Breaking the Law of Stress
Stress has a bad reputation. No news there, but research suggests that it is the mindset that stress is bad that makes it bad for us. So, viewing stress as helpful, not harmful, is a step toward better health.
While reducing stress overall is of paramount importance, this webinar will provide legal professionals with tools to better handle unavoidable personal and professional stress, and to use it to your advantage. The focus will be on practical strategies that you can immediately use to manage the stress in your life instead of letting it manage you.
Managing Your Energy More Resourcefully
Most of us are aware of the benefit of time management and may have taken a program or two on the topic with positive impact. Nevertheless, lawyers are working longer and longer hours making them more susceptible to burnout, and no matter how well one manages time, it is a finite resource. Energy, on the other hand, can be expanded and replenished on multiple levels.
In 1-hour, you will learn how to manage your energy more effectively, which can lead to improved decision-making, strengthened relationships and an increased capacity to get things done.
Living with Loss: What Will Help Me? How Can I Support Others?
Loss comes in many forms. Non-death related losses triggered by changes in circumstance, either personally or professionally OR the death of a friend, family member or colleague is a sad and inevitable part of life. Grief can often be overwhelming and confusing, particularly if you don’t know what to expect.
As a legal professional, you’re frequently dealing with loss and grief. No matter the situation, loss is often highly impactful on many levels and many legal professionals struggle with knowing how to respond to their own and other’s grief. Whether at the personal or professional level, there is no “right” way to grieve or perfect words to say to another.
This interactive, online webinar will focus on reframing our mindset on what’s “normal”, provide strategies on how to manage our professional relationships with clients, colleagues and others, and practical tools for healing from loss at the personal level.
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Group rates are also available.
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If a downloadable form is required, please contact osgoodepd@osgoode.yorku.ca.
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CPD and Accreditation
OsgoodePD is an accredited provider with the LSO, the Law Society of BC and NY CLE Board. Select your location to view the eligible hours you may claim.
| Module 1: Professionalism | 1h 30m |
|---|---|
| Module 2: Professionalism | 1h |
| Module 3: Professionalism | 1h |
| Bundle (all 3 modules): Professionalism | 3h 30 |
Are you reporting hours from a previous date?
View our CPD & Accreditation page to see previously calculated hours for this course.
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Are you a law graduate or an executive/senior professional with at least 5 years of specialized experience? Consider a full-time or part-time LLM degree.
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Do you have an LLB/JD? Consider taking a single LLM course for deeper learning in a specific area of practice – all credits will apply towards a Professional LLM.
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