Helgi Maki helps legal professionals navigate complex conflicts and challenging situations in their practices (and careers) using resilience skills, based on her book and her coaching / consulting practice.
Helgi is a co-editor and co-author of Trauma-Informed Law: A Primer for Lawyer Resilience and Healing, published by the American Bar Association. The book is being used to support legal practice innovation by courts in Florida, British Columbia and other jurisdictions. Her book is in over 600 law school and university libraries in North America. Her approach is intended to improve client service, increase access to justice and support lawyer performance, including well-being and sustainable practices.
Previously, she was a partner at a large law firm and did legal technology & data analytics consulting with a leading global legal technology company.
Helgi has been a frequent speaker on practice innovation and resilience for judges and lawyers. Her trainings have been hosted by bar associations, law firms, law schools and regional judicial and court training in Canada and the United States.
She received her law degree from the University of Toronto Faculty of Law and has an M.A. in public policy and economics from NPSIA at Carleton University, alongside additional training on resilience and trauma (including mindfulness). She joined the Ontario Bar in 2003
and the New York Bar in 2005. For details: https://helgimaki.com.