Senior lawyers ease age requirement; Division welcomes 55-year-olds, urges early planning for retirement

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The eligibility age for membership in the ABA Senior Lawyers Division (SLD) has been lowered from 60 to 55. The SLD pushes retirement planning as early as possible, saying that by age 55 lawyers should be integrating their pension plans and social security as well as doing other planning. The SLD has 11,500 members and the new eligibility requirements could add another 16,218. Arranging of counsel relationships is another top priority for the SLD.

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Integrating your heart and mind

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The article gives an excerpt of Steven Keeva's book "Transforming Practices," which gives ways for lawyers to enhance their psychological well-being through mindfulness. The excerpt describes how mindfulness helps both a lawyer's professional and personal life, and gives suggestions for increasing mindfulness at all times of the day..

United States, Excerpt, Transforming Practices (Book)

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The bounce-back factor: even pessimistic lawyers can learn to be more resilient

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The are a number of factors in the practice of law that contribute to making attorneys pessimistic and inhibit resilience. There are ways for attorneys to deal with these factors and adopt a more positive outlook, which leads to greater resilience in the face of adversity.

Resilience (Personality trait)

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