MILS is a proud sponsor of the Institute of Well-Being In Law (IWIL), first annual (virtual) conference January 19 – 21, 2022.  The conference theme—Redesigning the Legal Profession for a Better Future—places the focus on innovation to support individual, organizational, and institutional thriving. 

Because different stakeholders have different needs and interests, the 2022 conference will be divided into four tracks over three days:

·       Track 1A-1B: Individual Well-Being: For individuals working in all types of organizations in the legal profession.

·       Track 2: Workplace Well-Being: For law firm well-being coordinators and all others working on building workplace well-being in the legal profession.

·       Track 3: Law School Well-Being: For all who are working on building well-being in law schools.

·       Track 4: Leading Law Firm Well-Being: For law firm partners and other organizational leaders whose everyday behaviors and choices impact firm members’ well-being.

Dr. Martin Seligman is the keynote speaker who will kick off the conference on Wednesday, January 19. He is the founder of positive psychology and was recently ranked the #1 most influential psychologist of the past decade. In addition to his work as the director of the Penn Positive Psychology Center, he has authored more than 30 books. Among his better-known works are The Hope Circuit, Flourish, Authentic Happiness, and Learned Optimism.

Dr. Seligman will be joined by Anne Brafford, IWIL’s vice president and his former student, to discuss how agency might help explain and resolve the current state of “stuckness” that prevents the legal profession as a whole and individual lawyers from flourishing. 

To view the full conference schedule click here.  For conference fee information and to register click here.

(Please note: by registering for any individual track or the full conference pass, you will have access to Dr. Seligman’s keynote with Anne Brafford.)