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Mental Health and Well-Being: How Law Students Can Get Help and Help Others ,
Apr 16
Raising awareness is helping to remove the stigma surrounding lawyer well-being. In this episode of the ABA Law Student Podcast, host Kris Butler talks to Terry Harrell and John Berry about mental health and well-being in the legal profession and law scho ... -
Morgan Lewis Takes on Lawyer Mental Health With New Program, Executive ,
Apr 7
As more law firms work to tackle issues of attorney mental health and well-being, Morgan, Lewis Bockius is launching a new initiative and adding an executive position focused entirely on employee wellness issues. The firm on Monday debuted ML Well, comb ... -
LSC ITC 2019 - A How-To Guide: Making End-to-End Pro Se Assistance Work ,
Mar 28
Traditionally, pro se assistance has been characterized by brief advice before a client is left to file their own case, which makes it hard to know and track what happens after filing. It also leads to massive drop-off rates of clients who do not get the ... - View more
Volunteer Spotlight
Volunteers from AIG, an honoree along with DLA Piper at the April 3, 2019 Annual Gala of the City Bar Justice Center (CBJC), have done remarkable work with CBJC’s Veterans Assistance Project (VAP). In one instance volunteers assisted a disabled Vietnam Marine veteran who suffered from PTSD obtain a 100% total disability rating, reducing the likelihood that the Veterans Administration (VA) can or will be able to reduce the veteran’s disability rating in the future. In another instance volunteers’ work led to the VA acknowledging its error and withdrawing an overpayment notice to a young Afghanistan war veteran.
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