Mental Health Credit

From Isolation to Connection: Supporting Mental Health in the Legal Profession (1 credit)(Jon Tynjala, Executive Director, Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers)

This course addresses the interplay between isolation and loneliness in legal practice and incidence of mental health difficulties including substance use disorder, depression and anxiety that affect lawyers disproportionately. Poor or insufficient social connection is associated with increased risk of anxiety, depression, substance use disorder, and suicide. Numerous traits of lawyers’ fuel isolation including perfectionism, pessimism, low resilience, secondary trauma, and low sociability. The benefits of connection both professionally and personally will be presented with strategies to enhance both workplace and personal connection.