With a little editing, the reasons why the University of Rochester's Mindful Practice program was created could be applied to the legal profession. From the Web page titled "Why the Mindful Practice program was developed":
There are numerous situations that we all encounter on a daily basis that make it difficult to function at our best. Strong emotions, conflict, medical errors, burnout, difficult decisions, dealing with dying or extremely ill patients and witnessing unimaginable suffering place stress on students, residents and practicing physicians. We all can recall situations in which we were providing the best care we could for patients, even in the face of difficulties. We can also recall situations when we ignored something that should have been obvious, failed to establish a trusting relationship with a patient at a critical time, and made decisions in which we subsequently asked ourselves, “What was I thinking?” or “Was I really paying attention?”. We all know that there are ways in which our own well-being has affected clinical care. The goal of this program is to help clinicians use their knowledge, skills and presence to provide the best for patients and for themselves.
Sound clinical reasoning, strong patient-physician relationships and excellent technical quality of care depend on physicians’ ability to understand themselves, their thoughts, their feelings and their own moment-to-moment level of attention. However, physicians generally have limited understanding of the way that they process information and their own limitations. ...
Sound clinical reasoning, strong patient-physician relationships and excellent technical quality of care depend on physicians’ ability to understand themselves, their thoughts, their feelings and their own moment-to-moment level of attention. However, physicians generally have limited understanding of the way that they process information and their own limitations. ...
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