When Lawyers Need Help: Navigating Mental Health and Substance Use Issues

  • 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Eastern Time (US & Canada)
  • By: New York City Bar
Topics:
  • Mental Health

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.

CLE Credit:
New York: 2.0 Ethics
New Jersey: 1.5 Professional Responsibility
California: 1.5 Professional Responsibility
Pennsylvania:1.5 Professional Responsibility
Connecticut: Available to Licensed Attorneys

Agenda

6:00 PM – 6:18 PM
Clinical Perspective of Mental Health Issues
Elizabeth Tillinghast

  • Prevalence amongst attorneys
  • How COVID has impacted mental health struggles
  • Barriers to treatment (potential panelist Elizabeth-Attorney & Psychiatrist)

6:18 PM – 6:35 PM   
Impact on an Attorney’s Practice & Law License
Meredith Heller

  • Representing Attorneys Faced with investigations by the Attorney Grievance Committee Due to Mental Health Impairments & Substance Use.

6:52 PM – 7:09 PM
Treatment Services Geared Towards Lawyers
Corey Rabin

7:11 PM – 7:28 PM
Lawyer’s Assistance Program Presentation
Eileen Travis & Michael J. Kasdan

7:28 PM – 7:30 PM
Q & A

  • CLE Credit Comments: New York: 2.0 Ethics New Jersey: 1.5 Professional Responsibility California: 1.5 Professional Responsibility Pennsylvania:1.5 Professional Responsibility Connecticut: Available to Licensed Attorneys