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Confidential Assistance Programs

Help When You Need It Most

The Knoxville Bar Association's Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers Program is a confidential program to assist lawyers, law firms and families of lawyers suffering from alcoholism, addiction or other mental or emotional problems that impair the lawyers' ability to practice law.  All communication with the LCFL committee is confidential.

Get assistance in identifying, treating and recovering from these illnesses. It's a free, confidential membership service of the Knoxville Bar Association.

For more information, please contact Committee Chairs Jim Cornelius at 292-2515 or John Butler at 244-3925.



CLE Handout – How to Save a Life: Lifeguard Training for the Legal Profession

TENNESSEE LAWYERS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (TLAP)
(877) 424-TLAP
Ted Rice, Executive Director



QPR stands for
Question, Persuade, and Refer
-- 3 simple steps that anyone can learn to help save a life from suicide.

Just as people trained in CPR and the Heimlich maneuver help save thousands of lives each year, people trained in QPR learn how to recognize the warning signs of a suicide crisis and how to question, persuade, and refer someone to help. QPR is not intended to be a form of counseling or treatment. QPR is intended to offer hope through positive action.




When you apply QPR, you plant the seeds of hope. Hope helps prevent a suicide.You have to take care of yourself to be a lifeguard! 

 

Learn more from Amy Dolinky, the East Tennessee Regional Coordinator of the Tennessee Suicide Prevention Network (tspn.org).
 

Health & Wellness Center Resources

 

Meditations

Recordings by Jon Kabat-Zinn.  These are available for purcahse and you can download these directly to your computer.

UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center: Scripts vary from 5 mins to 19 mins. (Free for download and also available in Spanish.)

Dartmouth: Audio recording of a 10-minute relaxation & mindfulness practice.  (Free for download.)

 

Suggested Reading

Suggested reading list for members/possible Book Club discussions

 

Self Assessment Tools

What Makes Lawyers Happy? ( Personal Assessment)

What Makes Lawyers Happy – Redefining Professional Success?

 

Studies and Statistics on Lawyer Mental Health

ABA Wellbeing Toolkit

ABA Well-Being Pledge for Legal Employers

2014 Comprehensive Survey of Lawyer Assistance Programs

ABA, Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation Release First National Study on Attorney Substance Use, Mental Health Concerns

Study Indicates Lawyers Struggling with Substance Use and Other Mental Health Issues

National Task Force on Lawyer Well-Being 2017 Report

What Makes Lawyers Happy? Transcending the Anecdotes with Data from 6,200 Lawyers

Dave Nee Foundation: Lawyers and Depression

 

 

Articles

BNAABA’s Focus on Lawyers’ Well-Being Is “Right Thing to Do’
May 7, 2018

NYTimes: Yale’s Most Popular Class Ever: Happiness
Jan. 28, 2018

Above The Law: Staying Well In Law School
Aug. 9, 2017

NYTimes: Lawyer, The Addict
July 15, 2017

ABA Journal: BigLaw tackles mental health issues with on-site programs; is its business model at fault?
June 05, 2017

ABA Journal: Younger lawyers are most at risk for substance abuse and mental health problems, a new study reports
Feb. 6, 2016

CNN: Why are Lawyers Killing Themselves
Jan. 20, 2014

 

 

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