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  • 2022 Stepping Up Breakfast

    Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers 2022 Stepping Up Breakfast - Registration is Now Open! LCL's Stepping Up Breakfast encourages the MN Legal Community to Step Up to address the issue of well-being within the profession.  Join LCL as we gather to support and celebrate well-being in our profession.  Join us to take "one small step" to… Continue Reading
    2022 Stepping Up Breakfast
  • 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
  • Education

    LCL Provides Educational Programs to the Legal Profession Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers will present continuing legal education, law school presentations, and other programs upon request. The program may be sponsored by LCL or the hosting organization.  Many of our programs qualify for Elimination of Bias or Ethics credits. Contact the Executive Director or the Outreach… Continue Reading
    Education
  • Mentoring and Peer Support

    Peer support is an integral part of the support provided by LCL. Sometimes having someone to talk to who knows how you feel can make a world of difference. Support provided by our member volunteers includes: Meet one on one with a lawyer, judge, or law student. The volunteer will typically have a similar background… Continue Reading

    Mentoring and Peer Support

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Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers 2022 Stepping Up Breakfast – Registration is Now Open!

Join LCL as we gather to support and celebrate well-being in our profession. Join us to take “one small step” to reduce stigma and support each other in accessing the help we need to be at our best personally and professionally.

Learn about sponsorship opportunities Here.

View the Invitation Here.

Hon. Donovan Frank

LCL New Member Training and Review

May 25, 2022
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Register Here.

LCL MAY CONNECTION GROUPS

LCL offers two check-in and support opportunities each week via Zoom videoconferencing.  Click LCL Resources and Connections Groups May 2022 for more information and joining instructions.

    • The Path to Well-Being Group, Thursdays, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
    • Career Challenges and Choices, Mondays, 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. (Will NOT meet on Monday, May 30th)

MAY CLEs

For more information, click here for the May 2022 CLE Flyer.

Advance Notice of Upcoming CLEs & Events

We’ve had several requests from lawyers to provide email notifications of upcoming CLEs. So many, in fact, that we’ve developed a monthly email specifically for the purpose of letting people know what CLEs and events are planned, when they are scheduled, and registration information.

If you want to get on the mailing list, just provide the following information. You’ll receive an email from Vertical Response, the service we use, asking you to confirm your email address. You can cancel at any time by clicking on the “Unsubscribe” link contained in each newsletter.

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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. Additional resources are available here.

Just Ask: How We Must Stop Minding Our Own Business in the Legal World is a powerful suicide prevention video created by the Texas Lawyer Assistance program with the assistance of the Pennsylvania LAP. You may access the video and other suicide prevention resources here.

We recognize that content like this can be triggering for some. The video begins with a warning and offers support and encouragement to reach out to others.

Insights Newsletter

May’s feature topic is Mental Health Awareness Month.  Here is the link to their Insights Newsletter.

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 “Member Portal & App” button to sign in or create your new account. When creating your account, use “lawyers” as the Company Access Code.

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.

ABA Comprehensive Report on Judicial Stress

the ABA 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.

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.

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Thank you to Minnesota Lawyers Mutual for Stepping Up as a Gold Sponsor for LCL's Stepping Up for Well-Being Breakfast on June 2. https://www.mnlcl.org/bulletin-board/2022-stepping-up-breakfast/

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LCL is honored that Dorsey & Whitney LLP has stepped up as a Gold Sponsor for LCL's Stepping Up for Well-Being Breakfast.https://www.mnlcl.org/bulletin-board/2022-stepping-up-breakfast/#DorseyWhitney

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Our firm’s Well Ahead initiative provides programs and activities for Dorsey colleagues to connect and examine personal wellness needs. As many of us returned to the office, we reconnected with a photo challenge! #WellbeingWeekinLaw #IWILChallenge 4

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LCL's Stepping Up for Well-Being Breakfast is June 2nd in Minneapolis. Judge Donovan Frank is our keynote speaker. Please join us!. https://www.mnlcl.org/bulletin-board/2022-stepping-up-breakfast/

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If you are concerned for yourself or another and would like to learn more, Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers (LCL) can help. View our resources on substance use and compulsive behaviors, mental illness, stress, and well-being to understand more about the problems that can affect you in the legal profession. Learn about the tools, including self-assessments, which are available to you. Additional resources are available for judges and law students. You are not alone.

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