NeuroLiteracy 101 Workshop/Boston Law Collaborative

A flood of neuroscience and positive psychology research studies is yielding discoveries every day that challenge core beliefs about human consciousness and rationality imbedded in our legal institutions. This growing body of evidence carries revolutionary implications for our day to day work with clients, depicting a brain that is driven not by reason, but by emotion - a brain that has changed little in 20,000 years. The impact of these new understandings is already beginning to transform dispute resolution practice.

Attend this cutting-edge introductory course in practical “neuro-literacy” to explore new perspectives on why we and our clients behave as we do during conflict and conflict resolution - and how we might do better. Learn concepts and practical approaches that can make our conflict resolution work more effective and satisfying for ourselves and our clients, and consider some ethical implications of these new understandings about how humans are wired.

This lively, engaging, information-packed course is presented by Pauline Tesler. She has trained thousands of lawyers, mental health and financial professionals across North America, Europe, Australia, South Africa, Brazil, and Israel in sophisticated team approaches to collaborative conflict resolution, and is regarded as one of the pre-eminent trainers and thinkers in the field. As founding director of the Integrative Law Institute at Commonweal, her work now focuses primarily on how lawyers can develop practical “neuro-literacy” and make the shift from legal template dispute resolution to human conflict resolution: how we can become more effective peacemakers.

For more information or to register today, click here. You may also send an email with any questions to BLC Program Administrator Jenna Goodman at JGoodman@bostonlawcollaborative.com.