Psychology for Lawyers
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Benjamin Sells, The Soul of the Law (Rockport, Massachusetts: Element, 1994)
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Class Viewing 1: Oneness & Law [8:57 mins.] [Ward Powers][the legal mind-set as a tool, but a limited one] Pt2 [9:03 mins.]
Class Viewing 2: Jim Ferrell
[9:48 mins.] [Jim Ferrell is CEO of Arbinger Institute; commenting on the way law is sometimes treated like a law; looking for the language to talk about what is missing in law; finding a way to share philosophical ideas; recovering our humanity]
Returning to the First Assignment in The Soul of the Law | Law School
The Next Revolution in Legal Education [15:22 mins.] [Roberto Mangaberia Unger]
What Happens When You Become a Lawyer [9:48 mins.] Pt2 [9:19 mins.] Pt3 [9:56 mins.] [Pt3 will not be shown in class]
Do Lawyers Think, and If So, How?
[19:58 mins.] [Frederick Schaur] [For class viewing the Schaur presentation can end at 8:30 mins.]
Reference (On the Litigious Mind|Sells at pp. 80-83)
Len Riskin: Changing Lawyers' Understanding of Resolving Disputes
[2:22 mins.] [reference to the lawyer's "standard philosophical map"]
Litigious Lawyers Behaving Badly: "Aggressive Incivility" (Sells|p.176)
The Litigious Mind: Scene One [4:10 mins.] Scene One: Pt2 [3:18 mins.] Scene Two [8:00 mins.] Scene Three [3:21 mins.] Scene Four [2:57 mins.]
Reference (On Mediation|Sells at pp. 84-86)
Leonard Riskin on Mediation
[9:19 mins.] Pt2 [9:42 mins.] [talking about mindfulness meditation]
The Adversarial System
[1:17 mins.]
Why the Adversarial Legal System is Wrong for Family Law
[2:36 mins.]
Ordinary Injustice
[2:22 mins.] [Amy Bach, author of Ordinary Injustice: How America Holds Court] Amy Bach talking about her book, Ordinary Injustice [10:03 mins.]
Resolving the Heart of Conflict
[19:04 mins.] [Jim Ferrell; TED Talk]
Jim Ferrell|Continuation of the In Class Video
[9:53 mins.] Pt3 [7:07 mins.]
Ferrell on Putting Ideas about Conflict into Place
[3:48 mins.]
Steven Keeva|Transforming Practice
Recommended Reading: Steven Keeva, Transforming Practices: Finding Joy and Satisfaction in the Legal Life (Chicago: Contemporary Books, 1999)
A Tribute to Steve Keeva [9:14 mins.] Pt2 [9:21 mins.] Pt3 [6:33 mins.]
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