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Spring2020

Peer to Peer: ILTA's Quarterly Magazine

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75 I L T A N E T . O R G It seems teaching runs in the family. Growing up in San Francisco, both of Lee's parents worked in public education. It is through the lens of public education and practicing law that one of Lee's proudest accomplishments to date comes forth--the writing of her business of law course book The Legal Career: Knowing the Business, Thriving in Practice. In her first-of-its-kind academic course book, she took a holistic approach to the business of law. She intentionally wrote her book to provide law students insight into different career pathways in the law beyond the mechanics of running a law firm and included topics such as wellbeing, diversity and inclusion, legal technolo, legal process outsourcing and the role of allied professionals because they are key components of the legal ecosystem and industry workflows today. Lee is currently working on the second edition of her book, due out this summer. In it, she deepens her exploration of lawyer and law student well-being, a passion of hers. Lee's book chapter on well- being in both editions is designed to be reader-interactive. For example, she created a place in the book that listed well- being resources but also left blanks for students to fill in contact information for well-being resources available in that student's local community. In the appendix, she created well-being strate flashcards, as small reminders for easy- to-do-from-anywhere wellbeing tips, such as "Tell someone thank you" and "Make time for stillness." The last word of both editions is "Breathe." Given these women's interesting stories, what can we learn from them to create our own version of going against the grain. Anoint yourself as the self-appointed problem solver. These mavericks did not wait around to be asked to solve a problem. They appointed themselves to do so. Moon, when she co-founded a law firm with two other peers, knew technolo and more efficient processes where going to be essential ways to succeed in their boot-strapped, humble means of operating a law firm. Moon through experimentation discovered what was going to work for her and her co-founders. She dove in to figure it out on her own. Likewise, Carrel sought out opportunities to teach human-centered design to her faculty peers and take their students through a design thinking experience to generate additional advocates of the approach. Finally, Lee saw a gap in the marketplace for a course book dedicated to a holistic perspective on the business of law that accounted for the expanse of new opportunities and career pathways that were opening for law school graduates and helped students connect the dots among topics like, legal technolo, on hand, and access to justice, on the other. In addition, she saw the need to prioritize lawyer and law student wellbeing, and diversity and inclusion, in the business of law discussion. Pursue your solution to the problem passionately and relentlessly. Moon, Reid, Carrel and Lee as rebels in pursuit of the solution seek the answers with everything they have. Moon and Carrel as promoters of human-centered design conduct their efforts in different ways through creative instruction and creating other advocates of the approach, respectively. Reid in her student leadership on campus takes ownership of groups to inspire other students to seek "Anoint yourself as the self- appointed problem solver."

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