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Policing and Experience: Why We Should Teach Mindfulness to New Cops

December 28, 2020 / Hadar Aviram
This morning brings an interesting story by Megan Cassidy of the Chronicle. The story compares two recent cases in which San Francisco D.A. Chesa Boudin brought charges against officers in

Noblesse Oblige and the “Dr.” Controversy

December 14, 2020 / Hadar Aviram
On my second day of law school, in 1992, Prof. Mordechai Kremnitzer, one of the most admired and respected civil rights academic heroes in Israel, came to our first-ever criminal

When Ya Gotta Go, Ya Gotta Go: Bodily Functions as a Gateway to Compassion

October 13, 2020 / Hadar Aviram
Nothing is worse than to finish a good shit, then reach over and find the toilet paper container empty. Even the most horrible human being on earth deserves to wipe

Who Threatens Academic Freedom? Adventures in Cancel Culture

October 13, 2020 / Hadar Aviram
Renowned Buddhist scholar and teacher Pema Chödrön tells of her correspondence with Jarvis Jay Masters, a Buddhist scholar on Death Row. In one of his letters, Masters describes watching angry

Uncomfortable Telling your Child that Meat Comes from Animals? Don’t Eat Animals

September 13, 2020 / Hadar Aviram
I try to be patient with the travails of parenting. Trust me, I have plenty of my own. But massive hypocrisies get my last nerve. See this parenting column from

The New Salem

June 14, 2020 / Hadar Aviram
Many years after writing his play The Crucible, Arthur Miller reflected in the New Yorker: In any play, however trivial, there has to be a still point of moral reference

#LSA2020: ADVOCATE

May 30, 2020 / Hadar Aviram
What a treat we all had this evening at the Law & Society Association Annual Meeting! We got to view the excellent Israeli documentary Advocate about attorney Leah Tsemel who

How to Vent During a Pandemic

May 20, 2020 / Hadar Aviram
A few years ago, Susan Silk and Barry Goldman penned a wonderful article in the L.A. Times about how to cope with situations involving suffering and grief. They advised to

The Work That Reconnects: Active Hope for Activists

May 13, 2020 / Hadar Aviram
A few weeks ago I finished teaching my last practicum course for my mindfulness meditation teachers certification program. It was called Sheltering In Compassion, and the curriculum was focused on

A Gift to You on Mother’s Day

May 10, 2020 / Hadar Aviram
When I became Río’s mom, my dear friend Sarah and I, in the throes of sleeplessness, milk, and diapers, started an ongoing conversation and bond that stays strong and joyful