The well-being of our lawyers, law students and members continues to be of great importance and interest. The Well-Being Section is a community for NALP members who have an interest in or responsibility for the well-being of law students and lawyers. The Well-Being Section will convene both NALP members and section well-being champions who will lead in the field of well-being of law students and lawyers. The Well-Being Section will be the public forum for members interested in well-being.
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2025-26 Section Co-Chairs: Shannon Callington, Crowell & Moring LLP and Yoonhwi Cho, K&L Gates LLP
Annual Education Conference / Bulletin+ Article and Webinar Planning
Brainstorm with section members to develop ideas and identify speakers for the 2026 Annual Education Conference and topics for Bulletin+ articles. Assist members through the completion of the RFP processes for both. Consider the production of multiple educational webinars throughout the year.
Wellness Fundamentals / Well-being Circles
Continue with the development of well-being circles. Modeled after mentoring circles, groups will check in with each other to discuss topics of interest and share tools to help navigate member well-being. Meetings with discussion topics will be held at least once per quarter.
Best Practices Guide and Resource List
The work group will continue to collect information for drafting a best practices guide and resource list examining how member organizations develop and structure a wellness program. After conducting member interviews, the information will be compiled and revised prior to submission to the Board.
DEI Liaison
The DEI Liaison will identify and address issues related to DEI that are specific to the section and work with the VP of DEI and the DEI Steering Committee to address these issues.
Well-Being in the Recruitment Process
This group will continue the work of the Well-Being in the Recruitment Process Task Force by encouraging NALP members to review their own recruitment processes through the lens of student and lawyer well-being.
2024-25 Well-Being Section Co-Chairs: Amy Killoran, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law and Alison Plavin, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
February 2025 Board Report (PDF)
March 2025 Board Report (PDF)
2023-24 Well-Being Steering Committee Co-Chairs: Amy Killoran, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law and Alison Plavin, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
2022-23 Well-Being Steering Committee Co-Chairs: Carrie English, Husch Blackwell LLP and Brittaney Schmitt, Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP
2021-22 Section Co-Chairs: Terrene Burke, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, LLP and Marta Ricardo, Columbia University School of Law
April 2022 Board Report (PDF)
February 2021 Board Report (PDF)
November 2021 Board Report (PDF)
July 2021 Board Report (PDF)
Lawyer and Law Student Well-Being Interest Group
2020-21 Chair: Terrene Burke, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, LLP
April 2021 Board Report (PDF)
February 2021 Board Report (PDF)
November 2020 Board Report (PDF)
July 2020 Board Report (PDF)
2019-20 Chair: Andrianna Dunbar, Democracy First
April 2020 Board Report (PDF)
February 2020 Board Report (PDF)
November 2019 Board Report (PDF)
July 2019 Board Report (PDF)
