Subject: REGISTER NOW - Colleagues Under the Influence: Licensure and the Impaired Lawyer CLE Webinar 4/2!
From: ABA Government and Public Sector Lawyers Division <[email-masked]>
To: John D Podesta <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2015 17:00:00 -0600

Colleagues Under the Influence: Licensure and the Impaired Lawyer
CLE Webinar 
Thursday, April 2, 2015
1:00-2:00pm Eastern • 12:00-1:00pm Central • 11:00am-12:00pm Mountain • 10:00-11:00am Pacific
Cosponsored by the ABA Government and Public Sector Lawyers Division and the ABA Commission on Lawyer Assistance Programs
REGISTER NOW: http://shop.americanbar.org/ebus/ABAEventsCalendar/EventDetails.aspx?productId=185712153

Substance abuse and addictions affect attorneys and their licenses. Learn how to recognize a legal professional with an impairment and the resources available to them and their colleagues. This program will examine:
-Signs and symptoms of substance use problems among legal professionals,
-Understanding addiction as an illness: the brain keeps the score,
-Treatment options,
-The interface between disciplinary action and impairment,
-Obligations to report an attorney with an impairment, and
-Lawyer Assistance Programs and how they assist attorneys and their colleagues.
 
PROGRAM FACULTY
Wendy Muchman, Chief of Litigation and Professional Education at the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission (ARDC), Chicago
Linda Albert, LCSW, CSAC, Manager of the Wisconsin Lawyers Assistance Program, State Bar of Wisconsin, Madison
Christine P. Anderson, Director of Probation and Lawyer Deferral Services, ARDC, Chicago
Tracy L. Kepler, President, National Association of Bar Counsel, and Associate Solicitor, Office of General Counsel, U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO), Alexandria, VA

Registration fee is $75 for Division members. Financial scholarships available. Please contact Alison Hill for details. For all fee categories, visit http://www.americanbar.org/groups/government_public/events_cle.html.

$$ Tuition discounts for ABA members, government lawyers, and Division members $$

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Registration closes at 5pm Eastern on April 1, 2015. Online and mail/fax-in registration options available.

All participants must register for the program.  Meeting Code: GD40215.

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