Whether you’ve been diagnosed with ADHD or not, join us to find out how to start harnessing your attention better from Dr. Shawn Healy with this 25-minute installment of Webinars for Busy Lawyers. October is ADHD Awareness Month, and…
October is ADHD Awareness Month and with lawyers reporting roughly double the rates of the general adult population, we're highlighting how its powers can be harnessed. 12.5% of lawyers reported having ADHD in the landmark 2016 study on lawyer…
Our next Free & Confidential workshop for lawyers and law students with ADHD in Massachusetts is online on October 9, 2020. Registration is open for our Practicing Law with ADHD Workshop, online on October 9th from 9am - 1pm.…
New York joins a wave of states that will no longer include questions about mental health on its bar application, removing a significant obstacle to valuable treatment, following a resolution introduced to the Conference of Chief Justices by Massachusetts Supreme…
Law students with visible or invisible disabilities, who navigate their law school years successfully through reasonable accommodations, face the new challenge of transitioning and negotiating reasonable accommodations from academia to the workplace. . . . A post on…
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…
October is ADHD Awareness Month. Struggling with priorities is just one of many symptoms -- and is worth attention regardless of a diagnosis. Our organization has been answering questions about lawyer well-being since 1978. In our Q+A blog post series,…
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…
Whether you experience symptoms of ADD or ADHD with or without a diagnosis, here's advice to keep challenges in check and optimize your abilities. Most people see ADD/ADHD as an obstacle to overcome. In my work as a psychologist,…