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The Wisconsin Lawyers Assistance Program (WisLAP) has posted a new Committee Members Roster, updated as of August 23, 2010. Information is also available for others interested in committee participation. As explained earlier, WisLAP is Wisconsin’s lawyer assistance program, and “provides confidential assistance to help lawyers, judges, law students, and their families cope with problems related [...]

Earlier we introduced the Alabama Lawyer Assistance Program (ALAP) and its various services and resources. One service available to Alabama lawyers is the Alabama Lawyer Assistance Foundation (ALAF), a nonprofit 501(c) (3) corporation managed by an elected Board of Directors. (Here is a list of the members of the 2009-10 Board of Directors.) The purpose [...]

On September 23 in Portland, the Oregon Attorney Assistance Program (OAAP) of the Oregon State Bar (OSB) will host a fundraising lunchtime CLE session entitled “18 Holes – 18 Cases About the Game of Golf“. The registration deadline is September 20. The program will be presented by Kathryn Pratt in memory of Michael J. Sweeney, [...]

The Missouri Lawyers Assistance Program (MOLAP) has announced that the Fifteenth Annual Missouri Lawyers Assistance Conference will be held on October 22-23 in Kansas City MO. The conference, presented by MOLAP with the assistance of the Lawyers Assistance Committee of The Missouri Bar, has as its theme “Skills to Help the Hurting”. The Agenda and [...]

The Lawyers Helping Lawyers (LHL) program of the South Carolina Bar has provided a number of helpful and informative links relating to addiction, recovery, stress, treatment programs, assistance organizations, and the like. Here is a sampling of the links included in LHL’s list: ABA Commission on Lawyer Assistance Programs Al-Anon Alcoholic Anonymous American Society for [...]