When Lawyers Need Help: Navigating Mental Health and Substance Use Issues (OnDemand)
Originally held on Tuesday, February 28, 2023 | 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Description:
To educate and inform members of the bar as to the prevalence of mental health and substance use issues among attorneys, treatment options available, and apprise them of the consequences for their bar license, should it impact their career.
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CLE Credit:
New York: 1.5 Ethics
New Jersey: 1.8 Professional Responsibility
California: 1.5 Professional Responsibility
Pennsylvania: 1.5 Professional Responsibility
Connecticut: Available to Licensed Attorneys
Program Fee:
Free to Members | $29 Nonmembers
Please Note: Newly admitted NY attorneys cannot fulfill ethics or skills credits through our on-demand programs under OCA rules. For more information on this, please see http://www.nycourts.gov/attorneys/cle/changes_for_2016.shtml.
For New York Attorneys: Newly admitted attorneys (those admitted to the New York State Bar for two years or less) may participate in Skills CLE courses in live, nontraditional formats, where questions are allowed during the program (through June 30, 2023 per recent guidance of the CLE Board – for more information, click here).
Program Co-Chairs:
Brenda Correa Esq., Principal Attorney, NYS Commission on Judicial Conduct
Priscilla Lundin, Esq.
Sponsoring Association Committees:
Professional Discipline, Brenda Correa, Chair
Lawyer Assistance Program, Priscilla Lundin, Chair
Sponsoring Organization:
Lawyer Assistance Program, Eileen Travis, LCSW-R, Executive Director
Co-Sponsoring Association Committees:
Council on the Profession, Mary Lu Bilek and Melissa Colon-Bosolet, Co-Chairs
Mindfulness and Well-Being in Law, Lisa A. Podemski, Chair
Professional Ethics, David George Keyko, Chair
Information about our Financial Aid Policy and Application can be found here.