This is a special episode of our Integrative Lawyer's of the World series. We interview the matriarch of the Integrative Law Movement - J. Kim Wright. She talks with us about connected layers and ripples of integrative legal work around the world, the crossroads we are now at in the legal world, the Integrative Lawyers who inspire her, and redesigning systems to be based on generosity, authenticity, integrity, love, and really taking care of each other.
Show Notes:
In this episode with J. Kim Wright, we discuss:
Summary of Snippets:
Snippet 1: Kim explains what integrative law means to her.
Snippet 2: Kim talks about how having a community for integrative lawyers gives courage for lawyers to be in integrity with themselves and explore and find their own expression of integrative law.
Snippet 3: Kim shares her joy in the “the magic” of life; she describe the serendipity she has experienced and the spirituality she developed from living on her path
Snippet 4: Kim shares how she can watch the news and see all the terrible things and be okay. She knows all these integrative lawyers and inspiring people who are working on the world’s problems and she knows we are in safe hands.
Some Quotes
“Not only do I want to be a role model but I wanted to provide lots of role models for lots and lots of people.” J. Kim Wright on why she started Integrative Lawyers of the World podcast and the integrative law community
“Integrative law is about the people and a holistic view of who we are in a system.” – J. Kim Wright
“The circumstances help us see where we are. We can sometimes change the circumstances and sometimes we can change who we are.” - J. Kim Wright
“Finding people who felt they were alone and letting them belong to something --that these people who are in their own communities just considered weird lawyers are actually pioneers of something that is unfolding, that’s different from the way we were trained in law school in the past.” J. Kim Wright on the integrative law movement and community
“There’s so much to learn from every one of them and all their expressions of how to be an integrative lawyer. They open new possibilities and --- it’s one of the ways…I can live in the world. You know if you watch the news and see terrible things happening, I have something that balances that because I have these inspiring people who are working on the world’s problems. And, I know that we are in safe hands.” - J. Kim Wright
“Let’s redesign what we were doing as lawyers so that we have all these wonderful values that are more popular now than ever before. I think the old system was built on security and fear. But, what if we built a system on generosity, integrity, authenticity, and love and really taking care of each other?” J. Kim Wright on how the pandemic has pushed us forward and how we are at a crossroads for building whole new systems.