"Esperanza Franco's Emotionally Intelligent Lawyers is the book I wish I had thirty years ago when I was a stressed-out, anxious, fearful young attorney who loved researching and writing but wasn't sure how to amplify my quiet voice authentically in the performance arena. I loved reading this beautifully written, action-oriented, and well-researched book. The tone is approachable, inviting, and empowering. Esperanza Franco's work inspires me to dig into fresh ideas for changing and improving the way we approach legal education. The name of her website says it all. It's books like these that give me hope that we can, and will, change the legal profession so every contributor to it can flourish.”

— Heidi K. Brown, Associate Dean for Upper Level Writing at New York Law School, and author of The Introverted Lawyer, Untangling Fear in Lawyering, and The Flourishing Lawyer 

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"This book is an absolute breath of fresh air and should be a required reading for all law students, lawyers, and members of the legal education system. Combining careful research, storytelling, humor, and an unapologetic commitment to calling it like she sees it, Esperanza's book pulls back the curtain on the legal education system, exposing the institutional roadblocks to law student mental health and well-being. By offering language for things that I have felt but never put into words, her exploration of the lawyer psyche, including the constructed identities and learned mindsets that keep us stuck, left me feeling seen and, more importantly, neither broken nor alone. In the second half of the book, Esperanza shifts into problem-solving mode, offering a slate of recommendations for modernizing and enhancing legal education. My favorite section of the book is Part III, which sets forth a workbook full of simple but amazingly powerful prompts designed to help the reader (wherever they find themselves situated in their lives/careers) cultivate the core skills they will need to heal, manage, and fortify their minds so they can enjoy true fulfillment and sustainable success in the legal profession. FIVE STARS!"

— Jordana Confino, Founder, JC Coaching & Consulting; Assistant Dean of Professionalism & Adjunct Professor, Fordham Law School

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"This book is a tour de force analysis of the research about law student and lawyer well-being. The author has a genuine concern for improving the well-being of law students. 'Emotionally Intelligent Lawyers' should be read by all law students, law professors, and lawyers."

— Peter H. Huang, PhD, Author of 'Disrupting Racism: Essays by an Asian American Prodigy Professor' and Retired Professor of Law at Colorado Law School

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"Esperanza Franco's 'Emotionally Intelligent Lawyers' is a well-written, informative, critical, and persuasively argued book that calls for needed reforms in legal education."

— Stephen Wizner, William O. Douglas Clinical Professor Emeritus of Law at Yale Law School

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