Newsletters
Here you can read (and download) copies of the "LAT News", our newsletter which is distributed to about 4,000 members of the legal profession, from judges and bar association leaders to government agency counsel and law firms with more than 25 members, to volunteers on the lawyer assistance committees and to town and village justices. If you are interested in being added to the mailing list, please contact us.
2010
Newsletter Autumn 2010 NYSBA LAP Volunteer Recognition Event held; My Favorite Things; Law Student Award; CoLAP Wellness Award; CoLAP Conference news; NYSBA LAP Volunteer dinner; Ray of Hope Award; Sweisgood Award, Judging Aging; NYSBA Committee news; Attorney Arrested; Positive Attitude & Gratitude
Newsletter Summer 2010 A Time to Disclose; Legalized Marijuana; Remembering Jack Gaylord; Admission Process by Departments; NCBA Directors' Award; NYSBA Spring Retreat, LAC Update, Gavin Award, Resolution and Policy on Impairment; Decreasing Law School Stress and Annual Meeting of Law Schools
Newsletter Winter/Spring 2010 LAP's saving lives; NYSBA Committee Update; "Ray of Hope" Award to Hon. Anthony V. Cardona; Kulick Award presented by the LHL of Erie County; 4th Department Update; NYLAT & LAPs launch E-Zine, Sweisgood Dinner, 2009; New Trustees; NYSBA Spring Retreat; CoLAP Update; Depression in the Profession Video; Judges Helping Judges; Special Needs of Gay and Lesbian Lawyers with Substance Abuse Disorders; BringChange2Mind.org
2009
Newsletter Summer 2009 LAP Volunteer Recognition & Gavin Award Presentation and Remarks; Student Services Meeting; NYSBA LAP Spring Retreat and LAC Meeting; A Call For Help; 12-Steps for Lawyers; Recommended Reading; "Timothy's Law" report and CoLAP Northeast Regional meeting
Newsletter Spring 2009 NYSBA Spring Retreat; Parity Act; Suffolk County Bar Association Dinner; Depression, Law School Student Service Deans Meeting; NYSBA Committee Update; Reflections from the NYSBA LAC Chair; The Human Toll; Issue Brief #4 for Employers
2008
Newsletter Winter/Spring 2008 Model Rule on Conditional Admission Adopted by the ABA; Courage to Confront; New Trustees; Spring Retreat; NYSBA Committee news; LAT Annual Report; Judge Panel Report; CoLAP Annual Conference and Midyear Meeting; LAP Recognition; Sweisgood Dinner; Erie Bar Award, CLE; Helping Lawyers; Healing Profession
Newsletter Summer 2008 Reflecting on Quality of LIfe for Judges; Special Service Award; NYSBA Committee News; A Connection Culture; Gavin Memorial Award; CoLAP News; Erie County CLE program; Anxiety; Recovery Month; Vicarious Trauma; Stress Management; The Dirty Dozen
2007
Newsletter Autumn 2007 Troubled Waters; CLE Rules Passed; NYSBA President's message & Committee News, New LSP Coordinator in 2nd Department; Anxiety; Grass Roots Activities; Texas Report; NCBA Retreat; CoLAP News, Conference Photos and 2008 in Arkansas; Stress Busters; Lawyers Fund; Oneida Program
Newsletter Summer 2007 Vicarious Trauma: An Overlooked Source of Burnout; NYC Bar LAP Award to Ray Nelson; PAG Meeting; NE Regional CoLAP meeting; NYSBA Committee News; ABA Halifax conference; Franklin Gavin Award; Extraordinary Service Award; Depression in the Legal Profession; The ABC's of LAP's: Helping at Law Schools.
Newsletter Spring 2007 Post-Traumatic Stress; Gavin Award Recipient; NYSBA Committee news; NYSBA Spring Retreat; NYC Support Groups; Annual CoLAP Conference; NYC Annual Forum; NYC LAP Annual Report ; Nassau Program; Gen X & Law Schools; Science of Addiction.
Newsletter Winter 2007 New Trustees; CoLAP conference; NYSBA Committee update; NYC LAP Staff; Monitor Training; Sweisgood Award and Dinner Remarks; Pain & Addiction; EtG Testing Clarified, NYS Uniform Monitoring Guidelines; Depression and our Bodies; Addressing Mental Health Issues: What Works?
2006
Newsletter Fall 2006 New Staff Join NYSBA LAP; State Bar Committee name change; Erie 12-step Weekend; New Seasons at NYSBA LAP; Sweisgood Dinner; A Tipping Point, Taking Control; NYSBA Committee news; New Trustee named; In Appreciation; Grants awarded; Student LAP Rep cited; Law Student Award; Peer Assistance Training; Character and Fitness Brochure; Recovery Stories; Inviting Change; Intervention.
Newsletter Summer 2006 Volunteer Training; Law Student Award; Depression: One Attorney's Story; Practicing Alongside Depression; Helping Professionals; NYSBA Committee Update; NYC Bar Annual Forum; ABA Standing Committee on Substance Abuse; Judicial Outreach; Law School Program; ABA CoLAP Update; Drinking in America, a book review.
Newsletter Spring 2006 Latest Outreach Update; In memory of Keegan & O'Keefe; Dutchess County LAP; New NCBA LAP Director; Intervention Models; NYSBA and NYC Bar issues LAP Reports; NYSBA Law Practice Continuity Planning Guide issued; ABA report on Law Students and LAP's; and Your Guide to law school stimulants
Newsletter Winter 2006 ABA CoLAP Conference Report; Rochester Program Held; Remarks from Women's Conference by Chief Judge Kaye, Diane Yu, Cindy Lavorato; Lawyers Fund Director Meets with LAT; Six New Trustees Named
2005
Newsletter Fall 2005 Conference Report; Second Department Adopts New Rules, including Diversion to Monitoring; New NYSBA LAP Director Hired; Book Review: "The American Disease: Origins of Narcotic Control"; Disciplinary Case Round-Up
Newsletter Summer 2005 Women's Conference Speakers Set; Minority Outreach Program Held; NYSBA LAP Director Retires; Franklin Gavin Award Made; ABCNY CLE Held
[Spring]
Fall Conference Information; Ray Lopez Recognition; Assistance
Personnel Convene; Discipline & LAPS, by Joy McLean;
Cheever Visit; The Value of LAPs
[Winter]
Reports on Syracuse conference; NYC LAP 5th anniversary;
Third Department Diversion rules; Sweisgood Dinner news;
Krausman Report Issued; Guido named Special Counsel; Law
Student Awards
2004
[Fall]
Upstate REgional Conference Set; DWI Arrest: Private Matter
or Ethics Violation?; NYC Program; NYSBA Retreat; "Course
in a Box" released; PLNDP launched;
[Summer] Law School Deans meet upstate; Lawyers' Attitudes toward
Chemical Dependency Treatment; Kathy Devine Interview; Larry
Krieger Article; Lawyers' Fund News
[Spring]
Referrals Up; Suicide Prevention; Drug Court Study Issued;
Book Review;
2003
[Fall]
Grants Announced; Monitoring Program; Tips for Disciplinary
Counsel; NC Quality of Life Survey; CoLAP Meeting in Victoria;
Dean Arterian Interview; Book Review
[Summer]
Law School Conference Held; Lawyer Distress Revisited; Spring
Retreat Report; Gavin Award to Jack Keegan; Substance Abuse
& Discipline; Monitor Training Held; Book Review
[Spring]
Fourth Department adopts Diversion Rules; Addiction Treatment;
CoLAP Law School Outreach News; Andy Benjamin Article; Internet
Site launched; Book Review
[Winter]
Law School Conference Planned; Sweisgood Dinner; AALS Report
recommendations; Ken Rosenblum Interview; Resources
2002
[Fall]
First Grants Announced; Eileen Travis Interview; Law Practice
Continuity Committee Formed; ABA's CoLAP; Erie Summer Program;
Resources
[Summer]
Grant Program Announced; Ray Lopez Interview; Eugene Clifford
Remarks; Law School in the News; Committee News; Resources
[Spring]
LAT created; Members; Director Named; Committees; How Can
You Tell?; Events