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Two of LAP’s most popular MCLE presentations are now available on this website. Each is one hour long, free of charge, and qualifies for the professionalism and ethics requirement.
“Striving for Balance in a High Stress Job” addresses the challenges of life/work balance for lawyers and includes practical, healthy solutions for dealing with the lawyer’s world.
“The Impaired Lawyer: When a Colleague Needs Help” focuses on the addiction and mental health problems that sometimes interfere with a lawyer’s ability to work effectively and manage a satisfying personal life. It includes suggestions on how to reach out to colleagues, friends, or family members who may be struggling with these issues.
To experience either of these programs, click on the large photo on the home page and select the MCLE Online option. If you are viewing these programs for MCLE credit, sign in with your email address and your lawyer registration number. If you are viewing them because of general interest and do not require the MCLE certification, simply enter a “0” in place of a lawyer registration number.
23rd Annual Conference for Lawyer Assistance Programs
The ABA Commission on Lawyer Assistance Programs will hold its annual conference in Indianapolis, Indiana on October 5 through 8, 2010.
The conference will have sessions of interest to lawyers, judges, disciplinary staff, bar leaders, law school administrators, and law firm managers, as well as abundant opportunities to network with LAP personnel and volunteers involved in lawyer assistance programs across the United States and Canada.
The program will include such varied topics as: medical advances in treating addiction, the role of abuse and trauma in addiction and mental health treatment,
the critical issue of an aging legal population, a judicial panel,
the effect of the recession on lawyers, stress resilience, and current law student issues.
For more information, go to the ABA website: www.abanet.org/colap