From Skeptic to Champion: LAAC’s Journey to Adopting a 32-Hour Workweek
LAAC experimented with a 32-hour workweek in 2024, and the LAAC Board formally adopted the model in early 2025. In this presentation, we will talk about our process, board concerns, our survey tools, and how teams prioritized communication – and how staff continued to take vacations and sabbaticals during this time. Though this is designed […]
Lawyering and Mental Health
Strategies for caring for ourselves as lawyers. This session will be an opportunity to engage in some breath work exercises and learn a bit more about how our work affects us and how to navigate those nuances while still caring for ourselves.
Active Rest and Mindfulness
We’ve been learning about the dangers of long-term stress, burnout, vicarious trauma and compassion fatigue. We’ve probably also learned that we need to take care of ourselves and focus on recovery. But what does that mean and how do we do it? This interactive training will explore some of the science around recovery and offer […]
Yoga and Mindfulness
Black to Yoga is an in-person and online yoga movement and wellness collective. Black to Yoga exists to bring the transformational power of yoga to Black people of the Afrikan Diaspora. We seek to develop a deeper representation of Black yogis within the larger yoga community, both as teachers as well as students. We envision […]
You’re Only Old Once: An Overview of Estate Planning for Legal Aid Workers
This webinar will cover steps legal aid workers will need to take to protect their assets and their families and make end of life plans. The presentation will cover wills, advanced health care directives, powers of attorney, trusts and when you might need them, what happens without trusts, and where you can find more resources. […]
Working Effectively with Clients with Challenging Behaviors
This training is designed for public interest attorneys who work with low-income clients, including clients with mental health disabilities, who may present with challenging behaviors. To provide effective representation, an advocate needs to respond to these challenges by building trust with their client, providing reasonable accommodations when necessary, and setting professional boundaries. The training will […]
Protected: LAAC Members Only– Mindfulness for Changemakers: Part 2
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Difficult Conversations in Legal Aid: Caring for Clients and Caring for Self
This training will provide examples of how to engage with clients in a legal aid setting that is both trauma-informed and sustainable. Within this framework, the following objectives will be highlighted: (a) how to prepare to work with clients seeking legal aid, (b) tools for having difficult conversations, (c) personal and professional sustainability practices in […]
Protected: LAAC Members Only — Mindfulness for Changemakers: Part 1
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Trauma-Informed Legal Aid: A Shift in Professional Culture and Education
This training was developed for public interest attorneys who are looking for practical ways to influence and enact a plan that shifts traditional legal aid models to ones centered on trauma-informed practices. Objectives reviewed within this framework will include: (a) how professional culture influences practice and trends in legal aid, (b) strategies for adapting practices […]