October 2024 Purisima Creek Open Space Preserve Wellness Hike and Discussion

When:  Oct 13, 2024 from 08:00 AM to 12:00 PM (PT)
Sunday,  October 13, 2024
8:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Earn up to 1.0 Hour Wellness  Competence

Location: Please meet in the Purisima Creek Open Space Preserve North Parking Lot; 13184 Skyline Blvd. Redwood City, CA 94062

Registration Fee

$0.00 for CLA Members and Non-Members. 

Law practice can be grueling. The work can be intense, and the hours, long. Stress is inevitable, but with a systematic and comprehensive wellness program, with regular hiking as the foundation, manageable.

 This will be a somewhat demanding 9.3-mile hike. It is loop (down, then back up), with about 2,100 feet of elevation gain.

 We will discuss practical strategies for managing mental health, stress, and overall well-being that are tailored to the legal profession, focusing on physical and professional health. Hiking and other structured social exercise activities, engaged in regularly and with intention, can form the foundation for a positive work-life balance, increase self-awareness and self-regulation, protect against attorney stress, and stimulate creativity and initiative both inside and outside a law practice. Program materials will be distributed to participants.

John Pavolotsky has hiked San Francisco Bay Area trails for the past 30 years and is passionate about attorney wellness. He is also the chair of the IP Section of the California Lawyers Association. In June 2021 John founded the Peninsula Hiking Club (https://calawyers.org/intellectual-property-law/covid-born-cla-hiking-group-marches-on-for-wellness/) and has been leading groups on monthly hikes, including Pulgas Ridge Open Space Preserve, since then.


Essential Information

Please bring water (at least 40 fluid ounces), snacks, hiking or trail shoes, hat, and sunblock. Hiking can be a rigorous activity, with injury possible. By signing up, you understand and acknowledge the foregoing.


Questions

For program and registration information, please email ProgramRegistrations@calawyers.org or call 916-516-1757.

If there are questions about this program, including carpooling, please contact John Pavolotsky at john.pavolotsky@stoel.com. 

Location

13184 Skyline Blvd
Redwood City, CA 94062-4542

To register for this event and other CLA events, visit the calendar on our main site at https://calawyers.org/events/list/

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