Sample MCLE Handouts
Addiction and the Brain - David Mann
Attorneys: Alcoholics and Addicts? Yes by David Mann
Addiction and the Legal Profession by Greg Dorst
Articles and Research Sources
Drug court graduates get a second chance at life
Addiction and the Brain - David Mann
Attorneys: Alcoholics and Addicts? Yes by David Mann
Articles and Research Sources DRUG and ALCOHOL ADDICTIONS
- Alcohol Dependence & Addictions:
- Alcoholic Attorney: Anger, Fear, Willingness
- Alcoholics Anonymous Speaker Tape Archives
- From meth addict to Del Norte County DA, Jon Alexander has courted trouble:
- Help is Available for Lawyers with Addiction Issues:
- Taking the Edge Off: Assisting Attorneys in the Throes of Addiction (The Bencher—September/October 2011):
- Hazelden lines up new help for attorney addicts:
- Addiction and Attorneys: Confronting the Denial:
- Addiction and Lawyers: Substance Abuse in the Legal Profession:
- Drug and alcohol Abuse & Addiction in the Legal Profession
- Help for Addicted Attorneys - By Alex Ricciardulli - MCLE Self Study
- Dealing with Substance Abuse by Wendy L. Patrick
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
- Rethinking Drinking: Alcohol and Your Health
- The Legal Profession's Hidden Secret: Substance Abuse
- Substance Abuse and Dependence
- The Many Faces of Denial
FOR JUDGES
- National Helpline for Judges: 800-219-6474
- Judges Support Network: 800-528-6011
- California Judicial Officers Assistance Program - 800-327-0442
- Judicial Assistance
- Judges In Distress: When To Seek Help
- A hand up for impaired judges
- Addressing disability and promoting wellness in the federal courts
- The worst-kept secret in the courthouse
- A fresh look at judicial impairment
- Helping judges in Distress
- Isolation in the Judicial Career
- Judges and Alcohol Don't Mix
STRESS and DEPRESSION
- How lawyers can help depressed collegues
- Lawyers With Depression
- Mental Health Infosource
- NIOSH Study: Stress at Work
- Law Care - Health support and advice for lawyers
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
- Professor Barbara Glesner Fines Orientation Speech
(Kansas City School of Law) - SAMHSA – Dealing with Emotional Effects of the Economic Situation:
- Depression, The Lawyers' Epidemic: How You Can Recognize the Signs
- Texas State Bar Mental Health