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Education

Jun. 18, 2014

Mind Over Matter: Law schools add meditation techniques to curricula

Across the country, a small but growing corps of law faculty are using the technique or creating courses that include instruction in what has become known as "mindfulness."


By Don J. DeBenedictis


Daily Journal Staff Writer


When Rhonda Magee begins one of her classes in torts or race policy at the University of San Francisco School of Law, she doesn't immediately plunge into a lecture or toss out a difficult question. She starts with a couple of minutes of silence. She gives her students a little time to "consciously arrive" and to center or ground themselves, she said. "It's just creating a little bi...

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