Mental Health CLE Course Catalog

Panelists will share insights on how to recognize and address mental health challenges, both in themselves and within their teams, with the aim of fostering a more supportive and empathetic legal community.

Join Attorney Carolyn Reinach Wolf, Executive Partner and Director of the Mental Health Law Practice at Abrams Fensterman, LLP, in New York State, Past President of the National Behavioral Intervention Team Association (NaBITA), and lecturer and consultant to healthcare, mental health organizations, and universities on the topics of mental health law issues, substance abuse, and workplace and student violence. Attorney Wolf was recognized this year as Lawyer of the Year for Health Care Law by The Best Lawyers in America?. She will lead an in-depth discussion of the prevalence and associated risk factors of substance abuse in the legal profession and will offer practical tips and strategies to address substance abuse among lawyers.

In this program, seasoned mental health attorney Carolyn Reinach Wolf (Abrams Fensterman LLP) will take the audience to an in-depth conversation about the growing issues surrounding substance abuse and addiction among legal professionals. The speaker will also present the best strategies and practices for prevention and treatment.

Why do we have so many cat sayings? What do they mean? And do they really teach anything about attorney ethics? In this program, Stuart will explain it all. We’ll talk about the origins of these cat sayings and the ethics lessons beneath each.

The contemporary legal landscape is in flux, driven by technological advancements, market volatility, and complex client demands. Steering law firms through this intricate matrix requires a unique blend of leadership traits, ones that embrace innovation, champion resilience, and foster collaboration. This session offers an in-depth exploration into the characteristics of today's law firm leaders and the multifaceted challenges they navigate.

Join our session to explore the world of citizen developers, where subject-matter experts drive AI's potential. Our panelists will discuss their journey to become a citizen developer and will highlight their vital role in AI's era of job disruption to include subjects such as negotiating complex contracts, and supporting sales while pursuing "better", cost effective and efficient solutions.

Short message and collaborative communication tools continue to proliferate across the market and present more and more Information Governance and eDiscovery challenges for organizations to grapple with. Our panelists will discuss their best practices, key considerations for short message data governance, and how they manage it in eDiscovery.

From Ideation to Innovation. Witness how the AAA went from identifying client pain points to building and implementing AI solutions via an innovative and democratic program that jump-started the launch of AI tools to enhance client services. Learn how to build a cross-departmental team that ideates, develops and builds AI solutions centered around solving internal and external client pain points.

Generative AI has taken the world and the legal industry by storm, even though law librarians and information professionals know that other types of AI have already been in use in databases for years. The panelists will review the current state of generative AI in legal research platforms, including candid comments from directors on the front lines of implementation and testing. The directors will share their experiences with some of these tools as well as talking about the overall AI roadmap, and specifically, what short and long term impact they think AI will have on legal research and the legal market generally. Generative AI is certainly a hop topic in 2023 and this program will ensure attendees get a preview of what is ahead for the rest of 2024.