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Substance Abuse, Mental Health & Wellness CLEs

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An Introduction to Trauma-Informed Lawyering

2.5 Standard CLE Credits

A CLE collaboration and presented by Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers (LCL)

An introduction to the trauma-informed lawyering framework which will help legal professionals identify and acknowledge trauma and triggers in their lives. This session will increase our awareness of the impacts trauma has on the legal profession as a whole, and on each of us personally and professionally. Attendees will walk away with strategies for self-reflection, self-regulation, self-critique, and self-awareness which could improve their personal and professional relationships. 

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  • CATEGORY
  • Wellness
  • Family Law
  • Tribal Law
Answering the Call to Self and Service | Mental Health Tools for Pro Bono and Legal Services Practitioners

1.0 Elimination of Bias CLE Credit

As “the new normal” continues to evolve, the legal profession—especially pro bono and legal aid practitioners—have an increasing interest in attorney and client mental health. Low-income people have been devastated by the pandemic. When they come to us for help, these clients are often sharing stress, depression, and other mental health concerns along with their legal issues. Pro bono and legal aid practitioners are best equipped to serve indigent clients when attorneys have tools to support their own mental health, and have knowledge of resources for clients in crisis.

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  • Wellness
  • Nonprofit
Clients in Crisis | Helping Yourself, Helping Your Clients

1.0 Ethics CLE Credit

The last few years have disrupted lawyers’ professional and personal lives. Attorneys may feel like their lives seem out of control, yet they are not alone in feeling the effects of a pandemic, economic downturn, or political divisiveness. Clients are affected too. Attorneys must manage their own emotions while simultaneously being sensitive and responsive to their clients. This program will identify normal feelings, reactions, and behaviors, and recognize when they are cause for concern. For some clients, reactions may rise to the level of impairment. Impairment comes in many forms, including substance use, addiction, or other mental impairments. It is not a lawyer’s job to diagnose, yet a lawyer must act accordingly.

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  • CATEGORY
  • Family Law
  • Ethics
  • Wellness
Feeling Good by Doing Good

1.0 Standard CLE Credit

In recognition of Pro Bono Week, prepare to be inspired from a panel of pro bono attorneys about pro bono work! Instead of being one more thing on the to-do list, join and hear how it helps improve wellness and provides fulfillment.

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  • Nonprofit
  • Wellness
  • New Lawyer Essentials
Getting Your Bounce Back | Using Resiliency to Build Your Fitness to Practice

1.0 Standard CLE Credit

This program briefly reviews the lawyers’ impairment and well-being reports. It then explores proven elements of resilience by the US Army and others and offers examples and methods for incorporating them into our work as lawyers, reducing our risk, and enhancing our well-being.

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  • Wellness
  • Construction Law
Lawyers and Umbrellas | How to Capitalize on Your Most Valuable Asset, The Mind

1.0 Standard CLE Credit

You won’t want to miss the dynamic brother and sister duo as they discuss the power of the mind as it relates to managing people and managing stress. Listen, learn, and laugh along with Jon and Rachel, siblings who grew up riding their big wheels together through the streets of North Central Wisconsin navigating a strong family tree that includes: lawyers, doctors, engineers, teachers, and factory workers.

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  • Construction Law
  • Wellness
Managing Ethics, Negativity & Stress in Family Law Practice

1.0 Ethics CLE Credit

As lawyers, our duties under the Rules of Professional Conduct underpin our service to clients. We are accustomed to quiet withdrawals, transfers of representation, and serving clients well, even when clients are at their most difficult.  We work in the midst of looming deadlines, mountains of cases, negativity, and other stressful conditions. Our duties as advocates frequently put us in the line of fire with difficult parties and opposing counsel, while requiring us to maintain the integrity of the profession and respect the rights of others.  Learn how stress, negativity, and ethical duties interact and how we can better manage our practice, our lives, and our ethical obligations.

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  • Wellness
  • Family Law
Managing Goals and Stress in the New Year

1.0 Standard CLE Credit

Join our discussion on managing your goals, and stress, in the New Year. With 2022 over, many of us have set professional (in addition to personal) goals for 2023. Discussion topics will include how to set attainable goals, measuring progress on your goals, managing time, prioritizing, how to say "no" (politely), and dealing with stress. The discussion will be moderated but is attendee-driven. Please feel free to bring your thoughts and be prepared to share.

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  • CATEGORY
  • Wellness
Mental Health, Addiction, and Transition Issues in Older Adults

1.0 Elimination of Bias CLE Credit

Our profession and our clients are aging.  Learn about mental health (including cognitive impairment) and addiction issues and the realities, risk factors, and resources specific to older adults.  Understand unique barriers to getting help for older adults, characteristics of older adult mental health, chemical dependency and gambling problems, and the difference between dementia, grief, and depression.  The program will touch on ethical issues if an impairment is present and offer a protocol to encourage someone to get help.

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  • CATEGORY
  • Wellness
Mindfulness for Senior Judges and Lawyers in Unpredictable Times

1.0 Standard CLE Credit

Retired or not, senior judges and lawyers have complex worries and distractions, now more than ever.  Senior Judge Miles will introduce tips for some mindful time-outs and will take a deeper dive into the scientific and anecdotal evidence which supports the benefits of mindfulness and meditation.  Neuroplasticity of the brain is a key concept and Judge Miles will show that a mindfulness practice begun at any stage of life promotes improvement in resilience to stressors.  The curious and the doubtful are especially welcome!

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  • Wellness
Navigating Workplace Well-Being in a Remote Hybrid World

1.0 Standard CLE Credit

As the surge of the pandemic lessens, many law firms have established a “new normal” work environment, shaped by the lessons of the pandemic.  This CLE explores factors that shaped the new workplace, a variety of “return to work” approaches, and the impact on the well-being of lawyers and legal staff and on the business of law.

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  • CATEGORY
  • New Lawyer Essentials
  • Wellness
Punching Down | The Intersection Between Economic Status, Cognitive Bias and Bankruptcy Debtors

1.0 Elimination of Bias Credit

This Elimination of Bias CLE examines the disposition of 210 bankruptcy adversary cases, and how the intersection of economic status and cognitive bias negatively impacts bankruptcy debtors. 

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  • CATEGORY
  • Elimination of Bias
  • Wellness
Suicide Awareness and Prevention

1.0 Elimination of Bias CLE Credit

Lawyer Wellness CLE Series

Presented by Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers and co-sponsored by the Criminal Law, Civil Litigation, and Solo Small Practice Experience Sections

The stress lawyers face is a predictor for depression, and untreated depression is the #1 predictor for suicide. Lawyers must also deal with the fact that clients can be suicidal. This program will help you understand the facts and myths about suicide; recognize signs and indicators for clinical depression, anxiety, and suicide; and provide resources and a protocol for offering and seeking help to prevent suicide.

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  • CATEGORY
  • Elimination of Bias
  • Family Law
  • Criminal Law
  • Wellness
The Best Is Yet to Come? Using Your Brain and Mind As You Age

1.0 Standard CLE Credit

Neuropsychologist Dr. David Alter returns to share more about planning and living your retirement.  Dr. Alter’s emphasis on the intersection of mind, brain, body, and behavior leads to a new way of looking at your post-career self.  Learn how lawyers, heavily “left-brain” dependent, can appreciate our right-brain abilities and take steps toward a more rewarding future: one that balances certainty with discovery and leads to more sustainable joy.

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  • Wellness
The Path to Lawyer Well-Being | Practical Recommendations for Positive Change

1.0 Elimination of Bias CLE Credit

This groundbreaking and comprehensive report, released in August 2017, was created by a coalition of entities from the American Bar Association and throughout the profession. It contains 44 recommendations for 7 groups of stakeholders along with an action plan, and has been the basis of many more initiatives to reduce stigma and bias regarding seeking help for serious mental health issues.

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  • CATEGORY
  • Elimination of Bias
  • Wellness
Using a Therapy Dog in the Practice of Law

1.0 Standard CLE Credit

Being a grief-informed attorney can take time and energy but understanding grief and developing various tools and approaches to providing supportive representation to grieving clients can not only strengthen an attorney's practice but benefit the client immensely as well.

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  • Family Law
  • Wellness
Vicarious Trauma, Compassion Fatigue, and Self-Care in the Legal Profession

1.0 Standard CLE Credit

Lawyers are in the only profession where members regularly deal with traumatized clients but seldom talk about the effect that trauma can have on them. This program will discuss types of trauma, the impact of others’ trauma, our risks, and what to watch for. Participants will learn self-care techniques that will lessen the impact of our exposure to trauma and help us to develop resilience. Information on resources available to all Minnesota lawyers is provided.

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  • CATEGORY
  • Wellness
  • Family Law
Weed on the Worksite

1.0 Standard CLE Credit

When Minnesota “accidentally” legalized some forms of THC last year, it made recreational marijuana legalization all but guaranteed. This raises a not insignificant amount of questions for the construction industry. Can employers prohibit all marijuana use for safety sensitive positions? What happens if an employee tests positive? What if we find marijuana at work? What happens if an employee gets injured at work and we hear rumors they were high? This session will cover the likely answers to these questions and provide some practical approaches to addressing weed in the workplace.

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  • CATEGORY
  • Construction Law
  • Wellness

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