Nov. 14, 2025
Champion of Lawyer Wellness and MERP Visits - Jeralyn Lawrence
Mighty MERP is joined by fellow change-agent, attorney, and past President of the NJSBA Jeralyn Lawrence.
The conversation focuses on the need to redefine best practices within legal proceedings, emphasizing a shift from traditional hierarchical mindsets to a more collaborative approach between judges and lawyers.
The speakers discuss the importance of mutual respect and the necessity for judges and lawyers to work together rather than maintaining a parent-child dynamic.takeaways
- we need to redefine what best practices is.
- remove the that's the way it's always been done mentality.
- we have to ask the judge for permission on everything.
- I'm not your mom, I'm not your dad.
- this is a collaborative approach.
- that mindset has to be more of, we're in this together.
- this immediate knee-jerk reaction to adjournment requests.
- you must defer to me.
- they've earned and deserve that respect.
- that has to change.
