North Dakota (ND) Mental Health CLE Course Catalog

This webinar is intended for judges who wish to address self-help strategies judges can use to become more stress-resilient and lead happier and more fulfilling careers.

Your emotional well-being is a critical factor contributing to a successful legal career. This informative and insightful webinar will allow you to listen to a candid conversation between two attorneys, who are also practicing therapists, as they discuss common emotional health pitfalls encountered by attorneys in the practice of law.

This program explores the tricky ways that being well-trained in analytical reasoning and legal argument might present challenges in some of our closest relationships—and what we can do.

There are many critical aspects of a career that contribute to physical, mental, emotional and spiritual wellbeing. This program will share some critical tools and expertise for being the best

The effects of “the new normal” vary from lawyer to lawyer, but they include increased alcohol usage, sleeping less, feeling anxious/stressed, having headaches, gaining weight, being distracted at home and unable to focus on their law practice, worrying over finances, being frightened of contracting COVID-19, feeling overwhelmed learning new technologies, feeling lonely or depressed, etc. For many, the most pressing worry is that they will not be able to save their law practice. Our presenters will take you through many of the manifestations of being unwell and offer suggestions and resources to help maintain lawyer wellness.

Attorneys tend to have some of the harshest inner critics. This seminar helps attorneys get up close and personal with their own inner voice. We take time to identify the negative things we routinely say to ourselves, then learn simple, effective, actionable tools to help attorneys transform this debilitating, self sabotaging force into an advantage.

Global pandemics like COVID-19 put into stark relief the extraordinary stressors that you, your firm's employee and your clients are under. How do you recognize the signs and symptoms of behavioral health disorders that can be adversely affected by the current situation? And do you have the strategies to address these? Making sure you do is part of the ethical responsibility you owe your client(s).

This seminar will serve to inform and guide professionals in the legal field on mental health and to promote cultural change to increase attorney wellness and ethical behavior.

This panel will be led by a senior program analyst for the Law Assistance Program for the State Bar of California and will be an interactive discussion about how prevalent substance use and mental health issues are among attorneys, and how substance use and mental health issues impair an attorney’s ability to perform legal services competently.