Lawrence S. Krieger

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Lawrence S. Krieger

Position
Clinical Professor and Co-Director of Clinical Externship Programs
Contact Information

Florida State University
College of Law
Advocacy Center, Room A313A
Phone: 850.644.7262
lkrieger@law.fsu.edu

Education

J.D., University of Florida, 1978
A.B., Princeton University, 1967

Professor Krieger co-directs the Externship Program and supervises criminal justice externships at the College of Law. He has extensive experience in law practice and has taught personal development for many decades. As a litigator, he handled more than 40,000 cases in criminal, civil, administrative, and bankruptcy courts. His teaching and research reflect these dual interests. At the College of Law he teaches courses on litigation skills, well-being, professional identity formation, and transformational leadership for lawyers, all with the goal of teaching students to practice law with joy and inspiration. For this work, he is one of 26 law professors featured in the 2013 book, What the Best Law Teachers Do (Harvard University Press).

Professor Krieger is internationally recognized for his empirical research on the well-being, satisfaction, values, and motivations of law students and lawyers. His books for law student well-being, professional identity, and career planning have been used at more than half of the law schools in the United States, Canada, and Australia.

Professor Krieger is founding chair of the Section on Balance and Well-Being in Legal Education, Association of American Law Schools. He has been recognized by the Association of American Law Schools (Student Services) and the American Bar Association for his contributions to the well-being of law students and lawyers. He is a 1978 honors graduate of the University of Florida College of Law and is a member of the Order of the Coif.

 

Select Recent Publications

Book Review: The Law Student’s Guide to Doing Well and Being Well, and Essay: Proposing a New Paradigm to Release Law Students and Lawyers from the Deeper Chains that Bind Them to Unhappy, Unhealthy Lives, __ J. Legal Education __ (Summer/Fall 2023)

Create Success Without Stress in the Law: New Science for Happiness, Health, and Positive Professional Identity (Gandy Press 2023)

From Stressful to Mindful to Joyful in the Law: Six Bold Steps to Ideal Professional Life (forthcoming 2023)