Professor of Law; Mindfulness and Social Justice Teacher/Advocate
Rhonda V. Magee, MA, JD, is Professor of Law at the University of San Francisco, and is an internationally-recognized thought and practice leader focused on integrating mindfulness into higher education, law, and social justice. She teaches Mindfulness-based interventions awareness and compassion practices from a range of traditions. A Fellow of the Mind and Life Institute, she recently served on its Steering Committee. She is a member of the Board of Advisors of the Center for Mindfulness and the Board of Directors for the Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute.
Prof. Magee’s teaching and writing support compassionate problem solving and presence-based leadership in a diverse world, and humanizing approaches to education. She sees awareness practices as keys to personal, interpersonal, and collective transformation in the face of challenge and opportunity.
Prof. Magee is the author of numerous articles on mindfulness in legal education, including “Educating Lawyers to Meditate?” 79 UMKC L. Rev. 535 (2011), and “The Way of ColorInsight: Understanding Race and Law Effectively Using Mindfulness-Based ColorInsight Practices,” 8 Georgetown J. of Mod. Crit. Race Perspectives 251 (2016). She is currently at work on a book on Mindfulness and Social Justice to be published by TarcherPerigee, a member of the Penguin Random House Group.
Accreditation: The University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine (UCSF) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing education for physicians.
Designation: UCSF designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine
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