Don't Give Up Five Minutes Before the Miracle

This course is part of the Lawline Classics collection, featuring timeless content that remains valuable for learning and reference but is no longer available for CLE credit.

Laurie Besden, Esquire, Executive Director of Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers of PA, shares her compelling personal story of an insatiable drug addiction that nearly took her life but settled for her freedom.

Through an in-depth telling of her recovery journey (including her eventual reinstatement to the practice of law), Ms. Besden provides information on how to identify and help attorneys in distress due to substance use and mental health disorders, and outlines the resources for help available, including an overview of LCL services.

The program also includes shocking statistics regarding the prevalence of substance use and mental health disorders in the U.S. legal industry.

 

Learning Objectives:

1. Grasp the disease and recovery of addiction
2. Understand the prevalence of substance use and mental health disorders in the US legal industry
3. Recognize that everyone is impacted by substance use or mental health disorders at some point in their lives; directly or indirectly
4. Know that resources are available and that there is always hope

Please note that this course reflects information available at the time of filming, and some updates or changes may have occurred since then.