Keeping Tabs - Spring 2020
Stay up-to-date on news and events from our Young Advocates' Standing Committee (YASC) with Keeping Tabs.
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Mentors and<br />
Mentees Connect!<br />
We encourage intermediate and senior members to ‘Opt-in’ on their profile<br />
page and make themselves available to our junior members, to lend an ear<br />
and offer some support and advice. This portal is for TAS members only<br />
and is not intended for members to seek case specific advice. All members<br />
who seek to engage in a mentoring relationship using the Mentoring Portal<br />
are asked to read “The Advocates’ Society Guide to Mentoring” and sign a<br />
Mentoring Agreement.<br />
Members! Make yourself available as a Mentor on your Member Profile.<br />
HEALTH AND WELLNESS COMMITTEE REPORT<br />
Access the Member Directory<br />
Managing Burnout When<br />
You Don’t Have The Time<br />
Compiled by: Young Advocates’ Standing<br />
Committee Health and Wellness Working Group<br />
We have all been there before: in the middle of a long arbitration; while<br />
maintaining an uncomfortably high workload when others are not available;<br />
or when trying to balance personal obligations with an extremely<br />
busy period of practice.<br />
When you get “too busy” or “too stressed” it can be hard to apply the typical<br />
advice for managing burnout, which usually involves resting and turning<br />
healthy goals into lasting changes. Given the added stress of adapting<br />
to new professional and personal circumstances during the COVID-19 pandemic,<br />
it is more important than ever to develop tools to stave off burnout<br />
during intense periods. Therefore, we hope the following tips are helpful.<br />
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