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Stress Management for Lawyers, Judges and Paralegals
1 Total CLE credits, all of which may be applied toward Ethics
Price: $59.00 (provides online access for 3 months after purchase).
Course №:OL1547
Duration: 1 hour
Original Program Date: Monday, August 2, 2010
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Item Description Back to top
When you practice law, stress comes with the territory. Such stressors as time pressures, competition, conflict, and a variety of other practice management challenges can rob you of a satisfying career and a fulfilling personal life. To give you the skills to cope with stress, this course focuses on:
  • Stress Management Techniques: Causes of stress in the legal profession, why depression and alcohol & substance abuse are prevalent among lawyers; self-help methods that are particularly appropriate for lawyers in reducing stress; preventing depression and alcohol & substance abuse.
  • Emotional Intelligence & Core Values: Ethics and Professionalism: How to become more intelligent in controlling your own negative emotions and reacting effectively to the negative emotions of others; how to identify and assess your own values and bring them into alignment with your professional, ethical, and personal life.
  • Law Practice Management: How the psychological techniques used to reduce stress can also be highly effective in helping lawyers succeed in the business and practical aspects of their practices, such as time management, strategic planning, marketing, mentoring, office morale and communications, and client relations.
  • Professionalism: How the psychological techniques used to reduce stress can raise lawyers’ professionalism and effectiveness in relating to clients, other lawyers and staff - through improved communications, better planning and more efficient time management. These techniques help elevate the professionalism of the law and help lawyers succeed more effectively in the business and practical aspects of their practices.
Dr. Elwork and Ken Hagreen explore these topics in a lively "talk show" format.
 
Learn how to
  • Reduce stress, anxiety, fear, guilt, and anger
  • Eliminate negative thinking habits
  • Become more calm and confident
  • Deal with or prevent depression and alcoholism
  • Bring you behaviors and goals into harmony with your own values and the ethics of the profession
  • Manage your time more effectively
  • Improve the management of your practice through more effective client services and relations, marketing, mentoring, delegation, and strategic planning
  • Increase your personal and professional satisfaction
  • Balance your personal and professional life
Recorded during a live webcast in August 2010.
Credit Information Back to top
1 Total CLE credits, all of which may be applied toward  Ethics

Faculty Back to top
Amiram Elwork, Ph.D., Law-Psychology (J.D.-Psy.D.) Graduate Training Program, Widener University
Kenneth J. Hagreen, Esq., Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers of Pennsylvania, Inc., Camp Hill

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icon_acrobatNotice about getting CLE credit – changed October 2005  (1 Page, 21 KB)
icon_acrobatWritten Materials (17 Pages, 178 KB)
icon_acrobatCoupon for a free copy of Stress Managment for Lawyers, by Dr. Amiram Elwork. (1 Page, 49 KB)
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icon_acrobatMajor Ethics Rules Changes (Rev. August 2009) (ETHICS COURSES ONLY) (2 Pages, 26 KB)


User Feedback Back to top
"Really wonderful presentation." (Philadelphia, PA)
"Excellent program with useful information. Thank you" (Forty Fort, PA)
"First time using online cle. Great program (Stress Mgt for Lawyers) to introduce online cle." (Pittsburgh, PA)
"Good Information" (Wayne, PA)
"Well done !" (Wilkes-Barre, PA)
"I found this program to be very helpful." (St. Louis, MO)
"The presenters were excellent. I enjoyed the informal presentation style. The information was was very helpful. Another great on-line CLE." (Dunmore, PA)
"Enjoyed" (West Chester, PA)
"The on-line option is great. Thanks" (Philadelphia, PA)
"I genuinely believe that this is actually one of the most useful and insightful CLE classes I have ever taken. Dr. Elwork and Mr. Hagreen really did an exemplary job of discussing stress, understanding stress, and actually suggesting a plan for dealing with stress that goes well beyond the kind of time management techniques I have seen elsewhere. I would commend this conversation between these two experts to any lawyer who is really wants to find a way to break through patterns/habits of stress. And, the written materials are very straightforward and succinct. I strongly recommend that this online seminar remain available to lawyers, even with the passage of time because the insights it offers really are timeless. Thank you!" (Madison, WI)
"very helpful" (DeBary, FL)
"I'd like to see more programs like this from PBI. Got me thinking about other ways to use my law degree apart from practicing law." (Conshohocken, PA)
"This online course was easy to navigate, even though I'm a lawyer who is more comfortable around eight-track tape players. Thanks." (Boca Raton, FL)
"Extremely good program. Very insightful." (Pittsburgh, PA)
"Good program." (Phoenix, AZ)
"I expected a boring discussion but found it to be very fascinating." (Hazle Township, PA)
"Best CLE presentation I've encountered in quite a few years." (Pittsburgh, PA)
"This is the first online CLE course that I have taken, and I thought it was both convenient and worthwhile. " (HAVERFORD, PA)
"The information was presented in a way that made it easy to listen to an hour over the internet and provided some very good insights." (Reading, PA)
"most informative and very well presented." (West Chester, PA)
"I really learned so much to help me. Thank you!!!!" (Lancaster, PA)
"Very helpful" (Pittsburgh, PA)
"Great topic. Something I really needed to hear." (Portage, MI)
"This was one of the best seminars. great insight" (New Castle, PA)
"Great program. Looking forward to getting the book." (Charlotte, NC)
"I remember when Ken came to speak at my law school (Villanova), many years ago, and I never thought at that time that I would ever require the services of LCL. Boy, was I mistaken!!! As a practicing attorney for the past 15 years, I have suffered from very serious clinical depression for probably the past 4 or 5 years. Thankfully, I sought help from a physician who prescribed various anti-depressive/anti-anxiety medication--which is largely successful. However, I still experience times of anxiety...feelings like I am not measuring up...feelings that the pressures of the job are unmanageable. I could really relate to the 'perfectionist' personality type described by Dr. Elwork. I thoroughly enjoyed this lecture, and am extremely thankful that it is available!!! Excellent!!!" (Mount Pocono, PA)
"This was my first on line "experience" and it was far easier and more enjoyable than I had anticipated." (Bethlehem, PA)
"This program was among the most helpful CLE programs I have ever watched in terms of increasing my satisfaction with my chosen profession. Kudos!" (Philadelphia, PA)
"Excellent introduction to stress issues for lawyers and to availability of Pennsylvania program for assistance." (Harrisburg, PA)
"I thank Kenneth Hagreen for his necessary work helping attorneys to find healing. I thank Amiram Elwork for his insightful discussion of emotional intelligence and core value techniques. I look forward to reading his book. I thank LCL for providing the book." (Harrisburg, PA)
"Good program - finally, a stress and substance abuse seminar which actually digs deeper about emotional health issues. Thanks! " (Cleveland, OH)
"This seminar really held my interest. Great information for anyone, not just lawyers. Should be helpful in both professional and personal life. Thanks." (Strafford, PA)
"it was very good" (Haworth, NJ)
"Having struggled with depression, I got on my own to the point that the psychologist recommended regarding self evaluation. I wish I had heard this years ago to have avoided the pain of my own journey, but am glad to know that there is one psychologist who understands how to help stressed-out lawyers. Thank you for an unexpected great end to my yearly CLE." (Thornhurst, PA)
"Really useful seminar - practical tools and excellent delivery of message. I liked the informal style and examples given." (Collegeville, PA)
"Well done! I'll send for the book! thank you" (Rome, Rome)
" Outstanding and very helpful!" (Hollidaysburg, PA)
"Well worth one hour of your time !" (Reading, PA)
"Outstanding!" (Phila, PA)
"Very useful information. Thank you." (Downingtown, PA)
"A truly excellent seminar. I wish I had heard this twenty years ago." (Bradford, PA)
"Good and compassionate overview of the stress attorneys face. Practical advice and good case studies." (Pittsburgh, PA)
"This is one of the best CLEs I have ever taken. I would highly recommend it. I enjoyed the relaxed style of the presenters. It was a wonderful program. Theresa Shade Wix" (Harrisburg, PA)
"What a surprise! It seems to me that this simple framework could be useful to anyone who favors a logical, rationale approach to living life." (West Chester, PA)
"A very important topic, well covered." (Fairview, PA)
"I took this to handle stress but also because I needed 1 hour ethics before April 30th. It was excellent. Highly recommend for any lawyer." (Erie, PA)
"One of the most useful hours of CLE I have taken." (Camp Hill, PA)
"Insightful and well delivered. Thank you." (Oakmont, PA)
"This was the best CLE i have ever participated in." (Pittsburgh, PA)
"This was one of the best CLEs that I have experienced." (Murrysville, PA)
"An excellent presentation and one that every lawyer should view!" (SOMERSET, PA)
"I am not a touchy feely person and always thought psychology is a difficult field to understand. The speaker made it easy for anyone to examine the what, why and how on stress. It is a very enlightening lecture, which is hard to find on the last day of the year in a rush to fulfill the 12 required CLE credit hours." (Bethlehem, PA)
"I was very pleasantly surprised that this CLE was right on point. It kept my attention and didn't feel monotonous." (Wilmington, DE)
"Good ideas to focus my life and values. I look forward to reading over the handout again." (Media, PA)
"Great program. I look forward to taking more courses in this area." (Alexandria, VA)
"Good program with valuable information." (Maple Shade, NJ)
"I had purchased a prior Stress Management Seminar before. It was presented by a speaker at a podium. I enjoyed this "live talk show" format much more. It was more engaging." (Philadelphia, PA)
"I thought the program gave some very practical guidance and insight into some difficult issues." (Reading, PA)
"Interesting." (Philadelphia, PA)
"very useful info" (Villanova, PA)
"Very helpful program. Much appreciation to Dr. Ami." (Allentown, PA)
"I liked the interaction of the panelists." (Twinsburg, OH)
"This seminar was a real eye-opener for me. Thank you for the seminar and self-assessment." (Pittsburgh, PA)
"Dr. Elwork provided valuable and practical advice for addressing stress." (Reading, PA)
"I really enjoyed the session and found it to be very informative and helpful." (Chesterbrook, PA)
"Very good and important training." (Washington, DC)
"I was prepared to be bored but this was very educational and entertaining. Great job." (Lancaster, PA)
"Good program with real take home value." (Blue Bell, PA)
"Thought provoking." (Exton, PA)
"i like the casual "conversational" setting of the program." (Merion, PA)
"Gained some insight as to why lawyers are stressed and how to manage different aspects of situations. Didn't like being in a category of the most depressed professional group." (Marlton, NJ)
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