One of the most powerful things we can do to manage stress, anxiety, depression, and even exhaustion is to step outside into the fresh air and put one foot in front of the other.

Any time.

Any pace.

Any direction.

Any distance.

Just move.

Family representation can take a tremendous toll on the professionals that serve families in crisis. As the findings of the 2017 National Taskforce on Lawyer Wellbeing remind us, self-care is critical to competent and sustainable practice.

For the next month, all the posts on the Ethical Issues in Family Representation Blog will be devoted to tools for self-care. Your comments and suggestions welcome! Let’s build a healthier profession together.

Welcome to Ethical Issues in Family Representation, a blog for lawyers and legal academics.  This blog is not meant to provide legal advice but is simply a forum for discussion of current developments in and commonly-encountered ethical issues in legal representation of parents, children, and elders.

This blog is a project of Professor Barbara Glesner Fines in association with other faculty members at the University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Law who teach and research at the intersections of family law and professional responsibility.