It was a bunch of lawyers in a room and no one was talking. I have to say it was quite refreshing.
— Cari Rincker, a New York general practitioner, commenting on what it was like to participate in a mindfulness retreat held at the Garrison Institute that was organized by Berkeley Law’s Initiative for Mindfulness in Law, Columbia Law, and CUNY Law’s Community Legal Resource Network. More than 80 lawyers attended the event, and many of them fell asleep and began to snore as they attempted to meditate.