Webinar: Sit Up Straight! How Posture and Physical Well-Being Impact Ethical Legal Practice
2026-01-13 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
**Program hosted in (ET) Time Zone**
Drawing on neuroscience, stress physiology, and the Model Rules of Professional Conduct, the session demonstrates how posture, movement, sleep, nutrition, and hydration affect a lawyer’s cognitive functioning, decision-making, professionalism, and ability to meet ethical duties.
The session includes practical strategies from a posture and movement expert, alongside an ethics-oriented analysis that links well-being to competence, diligence, communication, and impairment-related duties.
Presented by FBA’s Professional Development Committee.
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Presenters
Moderator: Benjamin de Seingalt is the Corporate Counsel and Director of Compliance and Privacy for MarketVision Research, one of the largest primary market research and consulting firms in the United States. His work focuses on artificial intelligence, global privacy compliance, corporate social responsibility, and post-market drug surveillance. Ben is also the Senior Fellow for Artificial Intelligence at the Lawyers’ Committee for Cultural Heritage Preservation and serves on the Editorial Board for The Federal Lawyer, the board of the Federal Bar Association’s Section on Civil Rights, the BHBIA’s Ethics and Compliance Committee, ESOMAR’s AI Task Force Coordinating Committee, and the Insights Association’s Standards Committee. He is a graduate of Tulane University Law School, the A.B. Freeman School of Business, and Washington College.
Dr. Elizabeth Stroot is a Doctor of Physical Therapy, movement expert, and founder of Core Wellness & Physical Therapy in Alexandria, Virginia. With over 20 years in clinical practice, she specializes in helping high-performing professionals overcome pain, functional loss, and burnout to optimize energy, focus, and longevity.

Jean Cha is an experienced ethics practitioner serving attorneys, judges, and other legal professionals throughout California, sister states, and foreign jurisdictions, and is admitted to practice law in California, Texas, and Washington. Jean is a former State Bar Prosecutor and served in the Office of Chief Trial Counsel of the State Bar of California for thirteen years. She provides expert opinions and regulatory guidance and advises practitioners in all aspects of Professional Liability, Law Practice Management, and Legal Ethics. Jean regularly creates and presents educational materials for firms and public agencies.

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Live Broadcast | FBA Member: $0
Live Broadcast | Nonmember: $95
On-Demand Broadcast | FBA Member: $50
On-Demand Broadcast | Nonmember: $95

CLE
Please note: CLE for this webinar has not been pre-approved.
MyLaw and the FBA will seek 1.0 General CLE credit hours in 60-minute states, and 1.2 General CLE credit hours in 50-minute states.
Posted credit hours are estimated and subject to respective state approval and rounding rules. CLE qualifications vary by state/jurisdiction.
For questions regarding this program, please contact MyLaw CLE by email: registration@mylawcle.com or phone: 877-406-8636.
