What is Strategic Slowness? As I write this, I have 18 tabs open across the top of my screen. I dart from article to article searching for relevant information while simultaneously chuckling at what I’m researching: the idea of “slowing down to speed up.” One article contains a grim prediction about our hyper-speed work life, “Fast is deadly” while another promises that “Rest is … [Read more...]
Proposed Diversion Rule for Minnesota Lawyers
by Jon Tynjala, Esq. In 2022, at the request and invitation of the Minnesota Supreme Court, a team from the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Professional Regulation conducted a thorough review of the Minnesota Rules on Professional Responsibility (“Rules”) and issued its report to the Minnesota Supreme Court in September of that same year (“ABA Report”). The Report made several … [Read more...]
Advancing Access and Equity: October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM)*
When she was ABA President, Paulette Brown spearheaded an implicit bias initiative and said, Implicit bias can be and is manifested toward those who suffer from mental health issues, depression, anxiety, and substance problems in our profession. Let’s review the data from the often-cited 2016 ABA/Hazelden study on mental health concerns: a fifth of lawyers drink in unhealthy ways, and 28% percent … [Read more...]