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Bree Buchanan & Chris Newbold: Aug 26, 2020
Bree and Chris welcome lawyer well-being pioneer Anne Brafford to the podcast, best known for her roles as author of Positive Professionals, co-chair of the ABA Law Practice Division’s Attorney Well-Being Committee, editor-in-chief and co-author...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Aug 20, 2020
Over the 3 years following this global recession spurred by COVID-19, we’ll see a spike in bankruptcies, business dealings gone south, divorces, and...
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Bree Buchanan & Chris Newbold: Aug 12, 2020
Podcast co-hosts Bree Buchanan and Chris Newbold, who also serve as co-chairs of the National Task Force on Lawyer Well-Being, introduce...
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Karen Thalacker: Jul 30, 2020
There may be people in both your professional and personal lives who are at the opposite ends of the spectrum when it comes to the level of...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Jul 23, 2020
Lawyers become lawyers to help people. To right wrongs, to champion for justice. While law school prepares you substantively for the legal issues...
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Janel Chin: Jul 8, 2020
Janel Chin, owner of Peaks and Valleys Legal Services, reflects on the undue pressures placed on her clients, particularly women, who end up with...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Jul 1, 2020
The best risk management advice I will ever have to offer is simply this: Never minimize the importance of taking care of yourself. I know it sounds...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: May 6, 2020
On this episode of ALPS In Brief, at the beginning of Lawyer Wellbeing Week and Mental Health Awareness month, Mark sits down with Liesel Brink,...
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Karen Thalacker: Apr 21, 2020
WFH – Work From Home. Are you doing it? Do you love it or hate it? I’m doing it right now. Here are 3 suggestions for staying on track during...
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Jeffrey H. Bunn: Apr 8, 2020
I know, only a dweeb like me would own — and actually refer to — an Oxford English Dictionary (OED). Blame it on the bossa nova. Or the coronavirus....
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Stacey Smith Claims Manager: Mar 13, 2020
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. We talk a lot about risk management here at ALPS, but what we’re really talking about is prevention...
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Jeffrey H. Bunn: Mar 11, 2020
It’s not nearly as woo woo as it may sound. The Japanese even have a term for it: Shinrin-yoku (loosely translated as, taking in the forest through...
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Mark Bassingthwaighte, Risk Manager: Feb 27, 2020
ALPS Risk Manager Mark Bassingthwaighte shares two real-world stories of attorneys struggling with behaviors that often lead to malpractice claims....
