Thank you to all who joined us for a wonderful, inspirational event!
SEPTEMBER 4, 2025 | 6PM
THE HARVARD CLUB OF BOSTON | BACK BAY
The Brink Dinner — named after James (“Jim”) Brink, one of the founders of LCL — is a powerful evening that honors hope, healing, and resilience in the legal profession.
Jim was a longtime partner at Hale & Dorr, now WilmerHale, who had the courage and conviction to publicly acknowledge his recovery from alcoholism, and, along with other recovering Massachusetts lawyers and judges, worked to help lawyers suffering in fear and silence. This evening celebrates recovery from addictions and mental health challenges and shines a light on the life-changing work LCL continues to do for and with the legal community. Because our minds are our greatest asset, many lawyers are concerned about stigma and fail to get help. The Brink Dinner is an opportunity to stand against stigma.
Registration is FREE to any member of the Massachusetts legal community because knowing its power to build resilience, we want to give the gift of fellowship.
If you’d like to be part of the “stomp out stigma” campaign, but you are not part of a sponsoring organization, you can still help by purchasing our limited-edition swag here.
At LCL, we know one powerful way to fight stigma is to call it out. Knowing that others are not afraid to stand up gives us all renewed courage to face our issues and get help. We are asking you to stand with us and show your support by becoming a Brink Dinner sponsor.
We have adjusted the levels of sponsorship to reduce any financial barriers with the goal of increasing the number of supporters who will stand with us to Stomp Out Stigma.
Your support is a sign of hope. As a legal community, let’s “stomp out stigma!”
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Campaign to “Stomp Out Stigma” Click Here
While the funds will help support and sustain our work, your purchase does even more — it raises awareness about LCL and sends a powerful message that you stand with us in ending stigma.
Keynote Speaker:
Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell
On January 18, 2023, Andrea Joy Campbell was sworn in to be the 45th Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, pledging to build economic prosperity and stability for all residents, prioritize the mental health and well-being of children, stop cycles of incarceration and violence and ensure the people across the state have access to the AG’s Office regardless of their zip code, language or ability. Growing up in Roxbury, Andrea’s life was filled with instability. When Andrea was eight months old, she lost her mother to a car accident while going to visit her father in prison. She and her brothers bounced around – living with relatives and sometimes in foster care – until her father got out of prison when she was eight years old, and she met him for the first time. Andrea and her family relied on public housing and food assistance while her grandmother struggled with alcoholism. Her two brothers sadly cycled in and out of the prison system. She lost her twin brother Andre, when he passed away while in the custody of the Department of Corrections as a pre-trial detainee. Through all of this, Andrea persevered. Thanks to loving relatives, community support and a network of teachers who encouraged her, she turned pain into purpose. She graduated from Boston Latin School and then worked her way through college with the help of grants and student loans, graduating from Princeton University and UCLA Law School. After earning her law degree, she worked as a legal services attorney for the EdLaw project, defending the rights of children and their families — particularly those with disabilities. Andrea also practiced law at Proskauer LLP as an employment attorney, and ultimately left to serve the public as General Counsel at the Metropolitan Area Planning Commission, working across 101 cities and towns to address regional challenges like health care access, transportation, affordable housing, and climate change. Andrea served as legal counsel to Governor Deval Patrick, working to improve our education and transportation systems and move forward an agenda of equity across the state. In 2015, Andrea successfully ran for the Boston City Council becoming the first woman to represent District 4 on the Council. Her first piece of legislation was the Community Preservation Act, which still generates over $20 million annually for new affordable housing, historical preservation, and parks and open space. In 2018, she was unanimously elected City Council President – the first Black woman to hold the title.
Recovery Speaker:
Amanda Rowan, Esq. (self-disclosed)
Amanda began her legal career at the Middlesex County District Attorney’s Office in 2002 as a Victim Witness Advocate. After attending Suffolk Law School in the evenings, she became an Assistant District Attorney in 2007, working in the district, juvenile and superior courts until 2014, when she became an Assistant Clerk at the Middlesex Superior Court. Since 2020, Amanda has been a member & Co-Chair of the Massachusetts Bar Association Lawyer Well-Being Committee. Her purpose is to Smash the Stigma attached to Addiction & Recovery, and to Address and Reduce Vicarious Trauma affecting court employees & attorneys. The most important title she holds is SOBER Mom.
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS AND SUPPORTERS!
Sponsors
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Jameel Moore, Esq.
