EXPERIENCE
Publications
Law Practice Today, May 2023
by Jonathan Beitner, Kendra Brodin, Shannon Callahan, L.O. Natt Gantt, and James Keshavarz
Law Practice Today, January 2020
by Jonathan Beitner
Ch. 15, Stepping It Up: A Guide For Mid-Level Law Firm Associates
by Jonathan Beitner
Law Practice Today, August 2017
by Jonathan Beitner
Podcasts
@thebar Podcast
October 2019
The Sovereign Professional’s Podcast
July 2022
AwareHealth Podcast
June 2019
Speaking Engagements
"Goodnight Zoom--Routines and Strategies for the Underslept and Overworked"
NALP Annual Education Conference
April 2023
(co-presented with Alex Clark, Alexandra Clark Co.)
"Let's Talk About It--Why Communication Skills are Foundational to Well-Being"
NALP Professional Development Institute
December 2021
(co-presented with Rachael Bosch, Fringe PD)
"Sneaking in the Veggies: Embedding Well-Being into Professional Development"
NALP Annual Education Conference
April 2021
(co-presented with Melissa Berry, Perkins Coie and Heather DiFranco, Benesch Friedlander)
"Understanding and Avoiding Ten Common Thinking Errors"
Well-Being Week, University of Michigan Law School
October 2019
"Attorney Well-Being and the Profession's Pessimism Problem"
ABA Center for Professional Responsibility Leadership Conference
November 2019
"The Benefits of Mindfulness and Guided Meditation"
Loyola University of Chicago School of Law’s 1L Orientation
August 2020
Pioneering Advocacy
Jonathan has been at the forefront of the attorney well-being movement, setting the standard and working to promote mental health and wellness in the profession at the national, state, and local levels. For years, he has volunteered with bar associations and entities like the Institute for Well-Being in the Law to ensure that high-quality well-being resources are available to every lawyer, law student, and legal professional.
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Co-creator of ABA Well-Being Pledge, launched 2018
Steering Committee Member, Well-Being Week in Law, 2020-2021
Peer Reviewer, National Task Force on Lawyer Well-Being Report, 2017
Member, ABA Working Group to Advance Well-Being in the Legal Profession, 2017-2019
Former Chair and Member, ABA Commission on Lawyers Assistance Programs (CoLAP) Well-Being Committee, 2019-present
Member, Programming Committee, Institute for Well-Being in the Law, 2021-present
Advisory Board, Mindfulness in Law Society, 2019-present
Member, CoLAP Law School Committee, 2017-2019
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Founding President, Illinois Lawyers Assistance Program (LAP) Associate Board, 2016-2018
Helped draft Illinois Mental Health and Substance Use CLE Requirement, 2017
Volunteer Mentor, Illinois LAP, 2015-2018
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Featured Well-Being Coach, Chicago Bar Association (CBA), 2021-present
Chair, CBA Well-Being and Mindfulness Committee, 2018-2020
Member, CBA Future of the Profession Committee, 2016-2017
Volunteer Mentor, Legal Prep Charter Academy, 2016-2017