Why Go to a Holistic Lawyer

emphasize mediation for their clients as opposed to fueling the conflict with opposing parties; some view the rule of law as a means to end strife in the world; while others, offer means of becoming centered and transformed, to their clients. Another indication from popular culture that the time ripe for holistic lawyers, is the advent of the television show Eli Stone. It is about a corporate lawyer who sees visions about what types of cases he should undertake, and due to his epiphany, acts with integrity toward the other parties, while still serving the needs of his clients. What a novel concept. In medicine, the show Private Practice also epitomizes the concept of a holistic team approach to meeting their clients’ medical needs. A holistic lawyer does the same through the use of a multi-disciplinary approach for her clients’ immediate needs, but examines the spiritual, mental, and emotional conditions that caused their legal challenges or dilemmas to arise.

In applying the holistic/metaphysical legal approach to a famous — shall we say infamous — person that we all know, let us examine Britney Spears’ situation (if ever there was an example of someone needing a comprehensive approach to her legal and life challenges it would be Britney Spears). For example, a traditional lawyer in going forward with the case, would focus primarily on Britney’s child custody battle and counsel her client to behave more discretely. Said attorney might then seek to strategize and minimize any negative effects of her clients past “bad” behavior. Indeed, such a traditional lawyer may gather together a team of medical experts and psychiatrists to demonstrate that her client’s behavior was due to post partum depression or some

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