We are delighted to invite you to a special Commencement session on Wednesday, May 15, at 12:15 PM, where we will celebrate CLS graduates and the end of the semester, and also announce the 2024-2025 recipient for the Mindfulness and Racial/Social Justice Award. Please note that the session is open to all members of the CLS community, as well as any family and friends of graduates.
Please RSVP here.
Live-stream accessible at this link.
Caroline Voldstad Daniell is a graduate of Columbia Law School ('18) and Harvard Divinity School (MTS '15) who has been teaching yoga and meditation for over a decade. Currently a PhD candidate studying the contribution of contemplative practice to legal ethics, she previously practiced law at Quinn Emanuel in New York, and now teaches yoga and meditation to the firm. She is also currently working as an Associate In-House Counsel at Open Philanthropy. At Columbia Law School, she was involved in building the Mindfulness Program while a student and co-led the Program’s first off-site weekend retreats at the Garrison Institute in the Spring of 2019 and again in January 2020. She has led classes and workshops in mind-body practices for a variety of audiences at educational and nonprofit institutions, including for youth in various capacities and for populations involved in the criminal justice system. Caroline is certified as a 500 hour experienced Yoga Teacher and, most recently, she has completed her foundations training in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction. Caroline believes deeply in the power of contemplative practice to shift individual consciousness and create the possibility of a more connected and caring world.
If you have questions about this event or upcoming events, or if any disability accommodations would help you to participate fully in these events, please contact the Coordinator of the CLS Mindfulness Program, Sarah Cohen at [email protected]. Columbia University makes every effort to accommodate individuals with disabilities, so please let us know if any changes, for instance to the format of the sound system, would be helpful.
