End of year holidays are an important time to review some helpful tips about avoiding pitfalls and setting yourself up for success. If you don’t struggle with alcohol addiction, consider how you can be a better ally to those who…
November is National Career Development Month. Developing a career as a lawyer is one of the most difficult professional paths, with intellectual and emotional challenges evolving along the way. Make sure you're aware of common risks in the legal profession…
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Chief Justice Ralph D. Gants provided updates on work to improve well-being in the legal profession and public access to justice in the 6th Annual State of the Judiciary Address hosted by the Mass Bar Association…
Our 7th Annual Recovery Day for the Legal Profession -- a Free & Confidential event -- is on November 2, 2019 in Boston. We invite members of the legal profession who are recovering from addictions ranging from substances to compulsive…
October 10th is World Mental Health Day and Law Student Mental Health Day. The legal profession is uniquely challenging to mental health -- law students, lawyers, and judges need to know how to find the right help. Highlighting the importance…
Too often, individuals in the legal profession struggle privately with mental health concerns because of stigma, fear, and shame. The ABA recently launched a campaign to encourage lawyers, law students, and judges to get support. Efforts to improve well-being in…
September is Recovery Awareness Month! Treatment paradigms have changed over the past few decades, and now with medication-assisted treatment options more common, can be confusing for many. QUESTION: My son had to drop out of law school this year because of…
Question Via Anonymous Q+A: Are there any addiction recovery peer support groups for judges in Western Massachusetts? Answered in detail here. Our organization has been answering questions about lawyer well-being since 1978. In our Q+A blog post series, we’ll be…
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Steering Committee on Lawyer Well-Being just released its final report yesterday. Chief Justice Gants announced members of the Committee in October 2018, in response to the clear need bring stakeholders in the legal profession to…
Today, June 28th, 2019 marks the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots. As most of us know by now, Pride Month grew from the Stonewall Riots, a protest in response to harassment by police in Greenwich Village. Civil rights activists…