Handouts

What’s All the Buzz About ABA Study

Details the findings from the 2016 ABA study that looks at staggering rates of lawyers who experience substance use disorder and mental health issues, barriers to help and impact LAPs can have

General LAP Brochure Handout

Trust

Article on the confidentiality of the LAP program

Quick Look Signs of Impairment

Checklist of signs and symptoms that a colleague may need help

How I Almost Became Another Lawyer Who Killed Himself

Article of one law professor’s journey of battling with depression and the hope and healing he experienced

A Framework for Lawyer Well-being

An examination of the well-being movement and how LAP fits within the framework

Connecting the Dots

Connecting well-being practices, specifically boundaries and self-care, to professionalism and competence

Sweet Dreams

Suggestions for help falling asleep and staying asleep

Weather Patterns

Discussing meditation as a tool for less stress and emotional reactivity

Coping with Uncertainty

Excellent discussion of problem-solving approaches vs emotion-based approaches using cancer remission literature as an example of coping with long-term uncertainty

Validation

Discussing fight or flight response and prolonged stress disorder’s impact on mental health

The Control Enthusiast

Article discussing the why and how of trying to control everything

Square Breathing

In less than a minute this breathing exercise can slow your heart rate and increase your calm

Making Sense of Mindfulness

Great mindfulness exercises that help with anxiety

5-4-3-2-1

Great mindfulness exercises that help with anxiety

Practicing Internal Boundaries

Great discussion about detaching from another lawyer’s dysregulated state

Taming the Bully Lawyer

Discussion about detaching from another lawyer’s dysregulated state

His Client Lied

Using the serenity practice in the heat of a mediation gone sideways

Being of Service

One lawyer’s story about how reframing his role/changing his mindset made all the difference

When Helping Hurts – Part 1

Article explaining enabling and how to avoid enabling an alcoholic lawyer

When Helping Hurts – Part 2 for Firms

Interview with a managing partner of a firm who had to intervene on a lawyer who had a problem with alcohol use

Guidance for Law Firms

2013 FEO 8

Opinion analyzes the responsibilities of the partners and supervisory lawyers in a firm when another firm lawyer has a mental impairment

BarCARES & LAP Working in Harmony

Article on how Bar CARES and LAP work together

What’s On Your Plate

Worksheet to accompany activity

New Admittee LAP Brochure

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