Lawyers as Healers

“The obligation of our profession is, or has long been thought to be, to serve as healers of human conflict.” — Warren E. Burger, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, The State of Justice , Address to the American Bar Association (1971). What would the legal system look like if lawyers actually lived up to that idea? Lawyers as Healers explores a quiet (r)evolution happening inside the legal profession where a growing number of lawyers are rethinking how law is practiced and how conflict can be resolved. Host Dave Albrechta, a coach, mediator, and recovering litigator, shares his own journey away from traditional adversarial practice and toward approaches that prioritize healing, understanding, and resolution. Through solo episodes and conversations with lawyers who are pioneering new ways of practicing, this podcast challenges conventional assumptions about law, justice, and conflict. If