B03 – Mental Health and the Practicing Lawyer (2023CLC-B03)

Monday, June 5, 2023

10:15 AM to 12:15 PM

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DE&I Track

Presented by the DE&I Committee

About the Program

A diverse group of panelists will present and have a conversation on mental health and the practicing attorney.  The program will include insights into mental health challenges faced by practicing attorneys, associated stigmas, and how to overcome them. The panel will discuss the challenges faced by lawyers who wish to seek or are in treatment, the risk of self-medication through alcohol and narcotics, and mental health resources available to lawyers.

You Will Learn

How to recognize mental health problems before they impact your professional and personal lives
Addressing the stigmas surrounding mental health in the legal profession, their effects, and how to get past them
Learn that it is acceptable to recognize the need for and how to get help, including resources available to lawyers
Acknowledge that you can still be a great lawyer while seeking and getting help with your mental health problems

Who Should Attend

Attorneys interested in learning more about addressing mental health challenges.

CLE Credit

CT: 2.0 CLE Credits (Ethics)
NY: 2.0 CLE Credits (Ethics)

The Connecticut Bar Association/CT Bar Institute is an accredited provider of New York State CLE. This program qualifies for newly admitted and experienced attorneys CLE credits. 

Attorneys seeking NY CLE credit who have been admitted to the New York State Bar for two years or less must attend the live seminar for skills or ethics credit, a fully interactive videoconference, or simultaneous transmission with synchronous interactivity. Diversity, Inclusion and Elimination of Bias CLE credits are only available as non-transitional credits. For further information please see the NYCourts.gov page on CLE: http://ww2.nycourts.gov/attorneys/cle/index.shtml.

Speakers

Alyssa Cretella1 Alyssa Cretella
BHcare, Ansonia

Aigné Goldsby Aigné Goldsby
Goldsby Law, PLLC

 
Uriel Lloyd1 Uriel J. Lloyd
Division of Public Defender Services, New Britain

Williams-David1 David R. Williams
Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers Inc., Rocky Hill

Moderator

JML Headshot1 John M. Letizia
Letizia Ambrose & Falls, New Haven