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"Finding Interior Peace in the Ordinary Practice of Law: A
Teresian Approach to Contemplation"
     Fordham Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 962807
          Journal of Catholic Legal Studies, Spring 2007

  Contact:  JACQUELINE M. NOLAN-HALEY
              Fordham University School of Law
    Email:  [email protected]
Auth-Page:  http://ssrn.com/author=190534

Abstract:  http://ssrn.com/abstract=962807

ABSTRACT: This article focuses on some of St. Teresa of Avila's
writings, as part of a symposium series that examines how the
lives of extraordinary Catholics can inform the practice of law.
Against the background of Rambo litigation hoopla and the
excesses of adversarial justice, scholars in the Catholic legal
community such as Maryann Glendon and John Noonan have written
powerfully about the need to humanize the practice of law and
demonstrate greater civility in lawyering. Professional reform
projects have developed at a rapid pace and we have witnessed the
growth of new directions in lawyering, all aimed ultimately at
helping lawyers find an interior peace that will have positive
spill-over effects in their professional lives. Some of the more
prominent correctives include humanistic movements such as
holistic lawyering comprehensive law, therapeutic jurisprudence,
preventive law, restorative justice, collaborative lawyering,
transformative and narrative mediation, and mindfulness
meditation.

Given the multiple legal reform projects currently underway, one
might reasonably ask - why focus on a reformer of religious
congregations? What could a 16th century Castilian Catholic
female mystic possibly add to this reform regime? In this article
I suggest that Teresa's writings on self-knowledge and humility
offer a rich reservoir from the Catholic mystical and meditative
tradition that have to potential to provide a deeper, fuller and
more grounded foundation for transformation than the generic
spirituality offered by current efforts to resolve the legal
profession's vocational crisis.