We thank our client for sharing the following story. Halfway through my final year of law school I stumbled into the Milk Street office of Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers (“LCL”). I had been mysteriously tumbling down some slippery slope to…
Naturally, we believe that psychologists and other therapists are key resources for lawyers who are having problems with mood or behavior, but in their new book, Psychology for Lawyers: Understanding the Human Factors in negotiation, Litigation, and Decision Making, psychologists…
The International Lawyers in Alcoholics Anonymous (ILAA) now offers online meetings each Monday at 8 pm and 10 pm. To join ILAA and attend the meetings, anyone who is in recovery and was ever admitted to the Bar can register,…
LCL is closing on Wednesday , November 21 at noon and will reopen Monday, November 26th at 9:00AM. There will not be a group meeting on Wednesday of the Professioanl Conduct Group. Any questions, please call Lottie at 617-482-9600.
Our new Fall Newsletter is hot off the press, called "No Longer a "Have-Not".
Understatement: involuntary unemployment can cast a pall over things. Even if a sense of relief accompanied the loss of a job that had felt like a daily root canal, confronting a dried up revenue stream and a wilted economy is…
Getting the Job (of finding a job) Done (Part 3) Our most recent speaker, Phil Segaloff, Esq. at the LCL, Inc./MBA “Managing Your Work Search”, session three, held the group in rapt attention as he spoke about how to successfully…
In our talks on behalf of LCL, we often refer to the significantly higher incidence of substance and mood problems among lawyers (not generally prior to law school but apparently in reaction to lawyer culture). Well-known and well-regarded treatment and…
We like this article written by a psychologist at the Washington State Bar Association's lawyer assistance program -- it provides a well crafted portrait of the role that the LAP can play in the lives of lawyers wrestling with alcohol…
He’s late for meetings and seems distracted. She’s increasingly irritable and rude, even with clients. He’s disheveled and not himself, and I thought I smelled alcohol. She’s increasingly withdrawn and moody, and her productivity has slipped markedly. Regularly we receive…