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  • The Path to Lawyer Well-being

    Fear Not: Speaking Out to End Stigma "Stigma, shame, and fear. These obstacles frequently play a major role in an individual’s decision not to seek help when suffering from mental health and substance use disorders. Too often, lawyers, judges, and law students find themselves wrestling privately with frustration and despair as an addiction or mental… Continue Reading
    The Path to Lawyer Well-being
  • Mental Health

    The practice of law is a stressful profession. Meeting deadlines, responding to client demands, managing conflicting priorities, satisfying billing goals, and maintaining high professional standards are inherent to law practice. These stressors contribute to high rates of depression, problematic substance use, behavioral addictions, and other stress-induced conditions among lawyers.  Chronic stress can further lead to… Continue Reading
    Mental Health
  • Substance Use and Compulsive Behaviors

    Alcohol and Drugs The use of alcohol in our culture is widespread, often associated with social events and as self-medication for stress, tension, anxiety, personal or professional problems, or even mental illnesses like depression. The culture of law school and the law firm or other organization often incorporates alcohol use into celebrations, as an end-of-work… Continue Reading
    Substance Use and Compulsive Behaviors
  • Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers

    LCL Services are Free and Confidential. 24/7. Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers (LCL) provides a free, confidential Lawyer Assistance Program for Minnesota lawyers, judges, and law students, and for their immediate family members. This program offers help to those affected by alcohol, drugs, and other addictions; depression, anxiety and other mental illnesses; stress and other life-related… Continue Reading
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Call for Applications

The Nominations and Governance Committee of Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers is accepting applications to serve on its Board of Directors for a 3-year term beginning July 1, 2021.  Board members provide strategic direction and oversight to the management of the organization and Board service involves attendance at board and committee meetings, member meetings, and organizational events.  Applicants should be interested in and committed to the mission and purpose of LCL.  Applicants who are active in a licensed profession shall be in good standing unless they have chosen to be unlicensed.

Applications will be accepted through March 31, 2021, and are available here. If you have questions or wish to have a form mailed to you or provided as a Word document, contact LCL at help@mnlcl.org or 651-646-5590.

LCL CONNECTION GROUPS

LCL offers two check-in and support opportunities each week via Zoom videoconferencing.  Click LCL March Resources and Connections for more information and joining instructions.

  • The Path to Well-Being Group, Thursdays, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
  • Lawyers in Transition: Career Challenges and Change, meets from 8:30 – 9:30 a.m. on the first Monday of each month only (Feb 1, Mar 1, Apr 5), and from 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. on all other Mondays (Feb 8, 15, 22; Mar 8, 15, 22, 29; Apr 12, 19, 26).

Recovery Support Meetings

LCL has a long history of supporting recovery through many avenues, although our roots are in the 12 Step tradition. While these listed groups are not “official” LCL groups, LCL does provide space and technological support for these weekly Recovery Support meetings.

Mondays, except holidays, at 12:15 p.m. via phone temporarily. This meeting follows the traditional 12 Steps framework. Call 651-646-5590 or 866-525-6466 or email us for information.

Please click here for other meeting links.


NEW! Resilience in Recovery Group

This group is a positive support network for adult men and women at all stages of substance use recovery working or being educated in the legal profession. The goal of the gatherings would be to focus on gaining strength in one’s individual goals related to recovery. Participants engaged in medication-assisted recovery are welcomed to attend. Additionally, clients are not required to have any previous substance use treatment experience. A sincere desire for abstinence will be the most successful in this group. To register for this group or for more information, contact Jill Carlson, MA LPCC.

The Resilience in Recovery Group meets the 2nd and 4th weeks of the month

2nd Thursday at 4:00 p.m.: March 11, April 8, May 13, June 10, July 8
4th Friday at 10:30 a.m.: March 26, April 23, May 28, June 25, July 23

ABA Releases Comprehensive Report on Judicial Stress

As reported here, the ABA today released a comprehensive report in the 2020 Journal of The Professional Lawyer which “survey[ed] more than 1,000 judges across the United States suggests job stress has become a serious health concern in the state judicial ranks, with about one-third or more reporting fatigue and low energy, sleep disturbance or disturbed attention and concentration.”

“The report, Stress and Resiliency in the U.S. Judiciary, is considered the most comprehensive review of well-being of its kind for the judicial ranks and builds on an ABA 2016 study of lawyer well-being and a separate law student well-being study that same year.” (View Source on ABA Website)

The report is co-authored by LCL Executive Director Joan Bibelhausen.

Self-Care Tips

Lawyers are often on the “frontline” of political controversies both local and national. Unfortunately, these controversies haven’t ended with the New Year. If you’re suffering from stress or anxiety relating to current events, click here for helpful advice.

Mindfulness, the Breath, and Well-Being

We are juggling multiple demands, we are facing, or helping clients who are facing trauma, and we are working and living in challenging times. Attention to the breath, a key to mindfulness practices, has taken on new meaning since the death of George Floyd. This article discusses the importance of in-the-moment awareness to our well-being.

LCL COVID-19 RESOURCES

LCL is committed to supporting well-being in these challenging times. We have created two documents to offer support and information. COVID-19 and Well-Being offers selected and vetted resources. LCL Online and Remote Support and Recovery Resources offers links to meetings and many other options. Home is Where the Health is provides links to positive remote and virtual experiences to support us as we work and thrive from home. We are available to take your calls.

February Newsletters

  • Sand Creek EAP Frontline Employee Newsletter
  • Sand Creek EAP Frontline Supervisor Newsletter
  • Sand Creek EAP Hot Topic: Mental Health Resolutions

Wellness Resources

Sand Creek EAP provides numerous resources covering a wide range of topics on its website. You can set up your own free account and access them on your own schedule. Click here to visit their site. Click the “My Life Expert Login” button to sign in or create your new account. When creating your account, use “lawyers” as the Company Access Code.

Featured Webinar

Flipping the Switch: Self De-Escalation
Strategies for Difficult Encounters

Have you been confronted with more highly charged conversations? Are you feeling worn down and looking for some helpful tips and strategies? With the high level of stress in our country, some of our encounters are getting more difficult. Join us for this pre-recorded webinar, to explore how you can manage your reactions to help you continue forward.

Suicide Prevention: Every Lawyer’s Opportunity

What are the signs and what can I say?  This article will provide some guidance on reducing our risk.

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Problem gambling affects lawyers and their clients. Help is available.

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A very valuable perspective when facing adversity. A Big Law Trial Lawyer’s Story of Pain, Loss and Healing https://at.law.com/t85vbf?cmp=share_twitter via @lawdotcom

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It is not you. It is the pandemic (world on fire) you are in.

Why Your Brain Feels Broken https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/24/parenting/quarantine-brain-memory.html?smid=tw-share

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