Broadcast Date: Monday, December 16, 2024
from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm (ET)

Overview:

Mental health challenges are prevalent across all professions, but legal professionals often face unique stressors that can exacerbate these issues. Navigating the complexities of client representation, coupled with high-pressure deadlines and ethical obligations, can lead to increased anxiety, depression, and burnout. These mental health struggles not only affect personal well-being but also have serious legal and ethical implications.

In this webcast, Attorney Carolyn Reinach Wolf, Executive Partner and Director of the Mental Health Law Practice at Abrams Fensterman, LLP, and Elizabeth Eckhardt, PhD., Nassau County Bar Association’s Lawyer Assistance Program will delve into the intersections of compliance, compassion, and client care, offering key insights into addressing mental health concerns within the legal industry. Gain valuable strategies to foster mental wellness while maintaining compliance with ethical and legal standards.

Key topics include:

  • Mental Health and the Legal Profession: Current Trends of Lawyers and Clients
  • Vicarious and Secondary Trauma, Compassion Fatigue, and Burnout.
  • Mental Health Red Fags: Recognizing Potential Cognitive Impairments in your Clients, Colleagues, and Self
  • Attorney Well-Being: How to Practically Care for your Mental Health Needs as a Lawyer
  • Ethical Guidance for Lawyers Experiencing Mental Health Impairments.
  • Ethical Guidance on Assessing Client’s Capacity
  • Ethical Guidance on Communicating with Impaired Clients
  • Compassionate Client Representation: How to Practically Assist your Client

Credit:

Course Level:

Basic

 

Advance Preparation:

Print and review course materials

 

Method of Presentation:

On-Demand Webcast

 

Prerequisite:

None

 

Course Code:

1410992

 

Total Credit:

 

CLE Credit:

CA CLE 1.00 Competence Issues - Approved Until: 12/16/2026

PA CLE 1.00 Ethics - Approved Until: 12/16/2026

VT CLE 1:00 Attorney Wellness - Approved Until: 12/31/2025

NJ CLE 1:00 Ethics/Professionalism - Credits through Reciprocity

NY CLE 1:00 Ethics and Professionalism- Credits through Reciprocity

AR CLE 1:00 Ethics - Credits through Reciprocity

CT CLE 1:00 Ethics - Credits through Reciprocity

NH CLE 1.00 Ethics – Meets the requirements of NH Supreme Court Rule 53

MO CLE 1.00 Ethics - Approved Until: 12/16/2024

TN CLE 1.00 Dual/Ethics - Approved Until: 12/16/2025

GA CLE 1.00 Ethics - Approved Until: 12/31/2024

MS CLE 1.00 Ethics - Approved Until: 12/16/2025

WI CLE 1.00 General - Approved Until: 12/31/2025

 

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AL, CO, DE, FL, ID, IL, IN, IO, KS, KY, LA, NC, ME, MN, MT, NE, NV, NM, ND, OH, OK, OR, SC, TX, UT, VA, WA, WV, WY

 

If you’d like us to apply for CLE, you may opt to pay the CLE processing fee here.

 

No MCLE Requirements:

DC, MD, MA, MI, SD

 

Not Eligible for CLE:

AK, AZ, HA

Speaker Panel:

Elizabeth Eckhardt, LCSW, PhD, Director
Nassau County Bar Association’s Lawyer Assistance

As Director of the Nassau County Bar Association Lawyer Assistance Program (LAP), Dr. Eckhardt provides confidential professional counseling services to lawyers, judges, law students and their families struggling with mental health and substance use issues. In addition, Dr. Eckhardt conducts evaluations and makes treatment referrals. LAP provides early identification, peer support, stress management, motivation, and monitoring services. Dr. Eckhardt frequently facilitates Dr. Elizabeth Eckhardt is the Director of the Nassau County Bar Association Lawyer Assistance Program (LAP). She offers confidential counseling services to lawyers, judges, law students, and their families who are struggling with mental health and substance use issues. Dr. Eckhardt also conducts evaluations and provides treatment referrals. The LAP program provides early identification, peer support, stress management, motivation, and monitoring services.

Carolyn Reinach Wolf, Executive Partner
Abrams Fensterman LLP

Carolyn Reinach Wolf is an Executive Partner in the law firm of Abrams, Fensterman, LLP in Lake Success, New York and Director of the Firm’s Mental Health Law practice. She is the only attorney in the country with a family-focused practice dedicated to serving individuals and families struggling with serious mental illness and/or alcohol/drug addiction. Supported by a team of expert clinicians and her departmental attorneys, she specializes in guiding families through the complex landscape of legal issues that impact loved ones with serious mental illness and/or substance abuse issues. She also represents institutions, such as major hospital systems, mental health, healthcare and addiction professionals, and higher educational institutions. Ms. Wolf is a regular contributor to Psychology Today and was profiled by The New York Times in a 2013 story entitled, “A Guide in the Darkness,” which ran on the front page of the Sunday Edition Metro section.

Agenda:

Segment 1:

Elizabeth Eckhardt, LCSW, PhD, Director

Nassau County Bar Association’s Lawyer Assistance

  • Mental Health and the Legal Profession: Current Trends of Lawyers and Clients
  • Mental Health Red Fags: Recognizing Potential Cognitive Impairments in your Clients, Colleagues, and Self
  • Ethical Guidance on Assessing Client’s Capacity
  • Ethical Guidance on Communicating with Impaired Clients
  • Compassionate Client Representation: How to Practically Assist your Client

Segment 2:

Carolyn Reinach Wolf, Executive Partner

Abrams Fensterman LLP

  • Attorney Well-Being: How to Practically Care for your Mental Health Needs as a Lawyer

Date & Time:

Monday, December 16, 2024

12:00 pm to 1:00 pm (ET)

Who Should Attend:

  • Lawyers/Attorneys
  • Paralegals
  • Law Clerks
  • Legal Assistants
  • Law Firm Executives
  • Corporate Lawyers
  • General/In-house Counsel
  • Other Legal Professionals

SPEAKERS

Elizabeth Eckhardt, LCSW, PhDDirector
Nassau County Bar Association’s Lawyer Assistance
Carolyn Reinach WolfExecutive Partner
Abrams Fensterman LLP

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