Scott Rogers speaks at UM Law HOPE Gathering

Scott Rogers spoke at UM Law School’s HOPE meeting today to share information on exercise and the brain with law students who will be representing UM and the HOPE program in Miami’s 2011 marathon.  This HOPE project is being coordinate by UM Law Student Ashley Cooper.

The HOPE Public Interest Resource Center  has more than 25 programs for law students to participate in to work with various underserved and at-risk populations locally, nationally and internationally. HOPE also offers competitive programs that provide funding for public interest summer opportunities through the Miami Scholars and the HOPE Fellows programs.

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National Mindful Lawyer Conference to be Tweeted and Blogged

Stephanie West Allen, who publishes the nationally recognized blogs Idealawg and Brains on Purpose will be live tweeting from The Mindful Lawyer conference.  The hash tag is #mlc10.  To learn more, click here.

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Neuroscience Plenaries Kick off Mindful Lawyer Conference

The robust and exciting integration of mindfulness and neuroscience can be seen in the starting line up for the Mindful Lawyer conference plenaries.  Saturday morning plenaries will include Philippe Goldin and  Shauna Shapiro.  Goldin will speak on “Meditation and the Brain” while Shapiro will speak on “The Art and Science of Mindfulness: A Psychological Perspective.”  You can read more about their talks by clicking here.

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