May 2026 Dipsea Trail Wellness Hike and Discussion

When:  May 16, 2026 from 08:00 AM to 02:00 PM (PT)
Saturday, May 16, 2026

8:00 AM – 2:00 PM

Hike Meet Up and Lunch Location
Parkside Café
43 Arenal Avenue
Stinson Beach, California 94970

MCLE: 1.0 Hour Wellness  Competence

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.

The Dipsea Trail is a moderate 10-mile hike, starting and ending in Stinson Beach. Hike details are found here: https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/california/dipsea-trail--2. 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.

At the end of the hike, we will have lunch at Parkside Café.

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 immediate past chair of the IP Section of the California Lawyers Association and a member of the CLA Health and Wellness Committee. 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 the Dipsea Trail, since then.


Essential Information

Please bring water (at least 40 fluid ounces), snacks, good hiking shoes/boots, hat, sunblock, and long pants. Walking sticks are optional for this hike. 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

43 Arenal Ave
Stinson Beach, CA 94970

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