Wednesday, November 9, 2016
12:15 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.

The practice of law is stressful. Stress can adversely affect your physical, mental and emotional health, and can even affect work performance and competence. This class will explore the adverse psychological and physiological effects of stress and give you the tools to manage stress when it arises in your legal practice.

Class covers:

• What stress is, and how to recognize the signs
• Attorneys and stress: the extent of the problem
• Common stressors for attorneys, and how to manage your body’s stress response
• Helpful resources, tips and strategies for handling stress

Earn 1 hour Competence Issues (formerly Substance Abuse) MCLE credit

Presented by Wean Khing Wong:
Wean Khing Wong is a patent attorney specializing in medical, biological, chemical, and material sciences. She serves as an appellate court mediator in intellectual property and real estate matters and is a designated Master Certified Negotiation Expert. She holds an M.A. in Counseling Psychology and a B.S. in Biology, she is a life coach and has served as a trainer for psychotherapy interns at Airport Marina Counseling Service and Maple Counseling Center. When teaching seminars on stress management, she draws both from her biological and psychological expertise, and from her personal experiences with stress management.

LA Law Library does not provide legal advice: 
LA Law Library provides legal resources and assistance with legal research as an educational service. The Law Library is pleased to offer our patrons the opportunity to obtain assistance from third party legal service providers at this and other events within the Library. However, the Library does not control and is not responsible for the content or scope of any assistance given by those providers.

Registration fee: $35 for the class
Nonrefundable payment reserves seat