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Mental Health and Wellness for Lawyers: Diversifying and Scaling Up Care Options


Level: Advanced
Runtime: 57 minutes
Recorded Date: March 27, 2023
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Agenda

  • The State of Well-Being on the Legal Area
  • Identifying Red Flag behaviors
  • Mental Health Legal Tool Kit - Legal & Clinical Interventions
  • Lawyer Assistance Programs available through State or County Bar Assoc.

For NY - Difficulty Level: For both experienced attorneys only.
For NY - Difficulty Level: Experienced attorneys only (non-transitional)

Description

The high level of stress and heavy workloads in the legal industry are drastically impacting the mental health of legal professionals. While the alarming rise in the number of affected lawyers has sparked preventive measures to nurture their mental health, other issues like stigma and fear of the negative implications on their careers are what hold lawyers back from speaking up. Thus, fostering awareness of the mental health challenges facing the profession and highlighting solutions are critical in upholding a meaningful workplace culture and work-life balance among lawyers.

In this CLE seminar, The Knowledge Group presents ardent mental health and well-being advocate Mark Yacano (Major, Lindsey & Africa) and mental healthcare practitioner Atty. Carolyn Reinach Wolf (Abrams Fensterman, LLP) for an in-depth discussion of emerging mental health issues in the legal profession. The distinguished speakers will also share practical tips and effective strategies to manage the mental well-being of lawyers.

This program was recorded on March 27, 2023.

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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.

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Mark Yacano

Managing Director
Major Lindsey & Africa

Mark is a Managing Director on our Transform Advisory Services team. He has, for over 30 years, helped clients manage their business and legal risks and improve their operational efficiency. Today, he works with a broad range of clients to assess how well they deliver services to their internal stakeholders and develop and implement systems and processes to perform better.

Mark takes a holistic approach to legal department transformation. He focuses on the development and upskilling of talent and takes an approach to organizational design that focuses both on how legal departments organize and manage their professionals and how technology can enable better performance and drive operational efficiencies.

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