This program is eligible for 1 hour of CLE credit in 60-minute states. In 50-minute states, this program is eligible for 1.2 hours of CLE credit. Credit hours are estimated and are subject to each state’s approval and credit rounding rules.
This is a simulcast of a live webcast course, streamed live to a local site with faculty in remote locations. Please note: Walk-in registrations will not be accepted - you must register in advance.
Overview
CLE with a mindful twist: Develop practical tools to navigate anger in high-stakes legal settings.
In a high-stress, high-stakes profession, anger isn’t uncommon—but how we respond to it makes all the difference. Mindfulness instructor and attorney, Claire E. Parsons, returns to PBI’s classroom to offer a unique CLE seminar designed to help legal professionals recognize, manage, and transform anger using evidence-based mindfulness tools.
Anger is a challenging emotion for many working professionals.
For lawyers, it may come up frequently in handling disputes for clients, such as contentious breakups, partnership disputes, personal injury cases, and custody battles. Anger is sparked between the clients locked in the dispute, and between the attorneys advocating for their client.
Though emotion is an undeniable part of law practice, lawyers need skills and tools to manage their emotions so that they can offer steadiness to clients.
In this seminar, you'll learn how mindfulness practices can help you manage anger effectively and ethically. These tools will go beyond mere calming strategies and breathing techniques. Instead, led by a practicing lawyer and mindfulness teacher, you will learn strategies for understanding anger so it doesn't control you.
Four personal "gains" when you attend this program:
- Understand Anger in the Legal Profession: Gain insights into the unique stressors lawyers face and how they can trigger anger and conflict in professional settings.
- Learn Mindfulness Techniques: Learn practical mindfulness strategies that can be seamlessly integrated into your daily routine to help maintain calm and clarity, even in the most contentious circumstances.
- Build Emotional Resilience: Discover tools to enhance your ability to handle high stakes disputes and guide clients through challenging times with patience and stability.
- Improve Professional Relationships: Explore ways to improve communication and reduce conflict with clients, colleagues, and opposing counsel by fostering a more thoughtful and balanced approach to interactions.
Meet Claire E. Parsons: Attorney, Author, and Advocate for Mindful Legal Practice
Claire E. Parsons is a seasoned attorney at Bricker Graydon LLP in Cincinnati, Ohio, with over 15 years of experience in litigation, employment, and municipal law across Kentucky and Ohio. Beyond her legal expertise, Claire is a certified meditation, mindfulness, and compassion teacher. She founded the Brilliant Legal Mind blog to help lawyers integrate mindfulness into their practice, and authored How to Be a Badass Lawyer and Mommy Needs a Minute. Claire is dedicated to fostering a balanced and empowered existence for legal professionals, blending her legal acumen with mindfulness practices to promote mental, emotional, and physical health.
Faculty
Claire E. Parsons, Esq.
Claire E. Parsons is a practicing lawyer, certified meditation, mindfulness, and compassion teacher, mom, and prolific writer. Claire started the blog, brilliantlegalmind.com, to share her experience with mindfulness in a practical (and sometimes humorous) voice to help other lawyers and professionals. Her goal is to make mindfulness and meditation enjoyable, accessible, and practical for bus lawyers and professionals. Claire is an attorney in the Cincinnati area. She has practices in the areas of civil litigation, employment law, school law, and municipal law. Claire is an active leader in her community and in the legal profession. Claire currently serves on the wellness committees for her law firm and state and local bar associations. She is also guides meditation for fellow lawyers for the Mindfulness in Law Society’s Virtual Sits and the founder of the MILS Greater Cincinnati Chapter. Claire is a frequent writer and speaker on a wide range of topics. She has published and spoken about legal topics, as well as mindfulness and wellness for lawyers and professionals. Claire is a frequent CLE presenter and has at least one CLE for credit available to watch on-demand on Lawline. She writes regularly on LinkedIn and co-authored a bestselling book in 2020 with 19 other women lawyers. In 2022, Claire published her first book, How to Be a Badass Lawyer: The Unexpected and Simple Guide to Less Stress and Greater Personal Development Through Mindfulness and Compassion. She is also the author of the children’s book, Mommy Needs a Minute. Claire is currently serving as general editor for a legal treatise to be published in 2024. Meditation helped Claire find success and balance in law practice. Early on, though, she struggled with overthinking, anxiety, and depression. Claire began meditating after recovering from a difficult first pregnancy with her oldest daughter, Sophie. Though she started with 1-minute sessions, mindfulness practice changed her life. Meditation even helped her find courage to network, develop business, and grow her law practice. Over the next several years, she continued to study meditation and attend retreats. Claire has been meditating for a decade and has more than 1000 hours of training in mindfulness, yoga, compassion, and mental health. In 2020, Claire completed the meditation teacher certification program with The Mindfulness Center founded by Deborah Norris, Ph.D., to refine her understanding of the science of mindfulness and its practical applications. She then completed the 500-hour yoga teacher training offered by My Vinyasa Practice. In 2022, Claire completed the Compassion Educator Certificate Program offered by the Compassion Education Alliance. More recently, she obtained a certification in pranayama to facilitate breathwork instruction. Though Claire is not a licensed mental health provider or trauma healer, she is trained in trauma-informed yoga and mindfulness, neurodiversity-informed mindfulness, and somatic healing. Claire is also certified as a Mental Health Ally by SHRM and a Mental Health First Aider from Mental Health First Aid USA.
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