Please join us for a free CLE program open to everyone in the legal profession.
The legal profession is known for its high-pressure environment, demanding hours and caseloads, and its adversarial nature. These stressors can chip away at a lawyer’s emotional and psychological health and can result in mental health issues, professional dissatisfaction, or turning to unhealthy coping mechanisms. This course will provide insight into these challenges and discuss ways lawyers can positively manage stress and build resiliency.
This seminar will explore key factors contributing to stress, anxiety, and burnout, focusing on the pressures and expectations of litigation. It will highlight the importance of workplace support in fostering healthier work environments and promoting well-being among legal professionals. The discussion will also emphasize the role of civility and professionalism in reducing stress and improving professional relationships. Additionally, lawyers will learn the importance of being proactive in managing their mental health.
Finally, the presentation will provide strategies and guidance for attorneys and firms/offices to better equip themselves to handle professional and personal stressors and will provide information about pertinent resources, including Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers (Minnesota’s lawyer assistance programs), EAPs and other supports available to assist attorneys and their staff with these complicated issues.
CLE Credit:
1.0 hr Mental Health/Substance Use Credit applied for; MN
Presenters:
Chase L. Andersen, Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers
Chase Andersen is a Client Services Director at Minnesota’s Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers (LCL) and works with attorneys, law students, judges, and their family members on issues related to mental health, substance use, ethics, well-being, and everyday stressors. Prior to joining LCL in 2015, he counseled teenagers, worked as a Child Protective Social Worker, and practiced family law for several years. Chase works closely with the three Minnesota law schools and facilitates LCL’s Discipline and Practice Group (a group supporting lawyers facing professional conduct issues).
Nate Bjerke, TSR Injury Law
Nate Bjerke is the Vice President of the Minnesota Chapter of ABOTA and a partner and trial lawyer at TSR Injury Law. Nate has a unique perspective, having represented Fortune 500 companies before working for plaintiffs in personal injury and product liability cases and in very large and very small firms. Like all of us, Nate has had his share of struggles juggling a busy trial practice, family and all of life’s other commitments and challenges.
Cost:
This program is free for everyone.
Zoom Link:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/lwGdfGtHStSvBJ8LO0F8xg
this link is to a Zoom registration page so we can track for the CLE credit (sign in is required for this type of CLE). Once you register here with zoom, it will send you the link to the actual meeting.
