About the author

Robert Chender is the director of the New York City Bar Association’s Contemplative Lawyers Group.  He has been a meditation teacher for over 30 years, having studied with the late Chogyam Trungpa, and teaches meditation regularly at the Shambhala Meditation Center of New York, where he was board chair, and The Interdependence Project.  He has recently taught CLE’s on meditation and law for attorneys in New York (sponsored by the CUNY School of Law) and Vermont (sponsored by the Vermont Bar Association).  He practices law in New York City. He can be reached at chenderr@gmail.com.