Virtual Isolation: Is Hyperconnectivity Helping or Harming the Legal Profession?
(RECORDED)
This program is a recording of the Live Seminar held on June 28, 2023.
If you attended the live seminar and received credit, then you cannot claim credit for watching this recorded program.
Summary:
Smartphones are now our companions for work, social, leisure, and even family life. However, excessive use can lead to problems of dependence, addiction, and anxiety. Whether realized it or not, the COVID-19 pandemic was a traumatic event in everyone’s lives. During quarantine, gradual incremental increases in responsibilities and duties, pressures and demands, personally and professionally has placed our profession at risk.
Recent studies have shown that there has been a dramatic increase in impairment due to alcoholism, addiction, and mental health disorders among members of the legal profession. The statistics are compelling and clearly indicate that 1 out of 3 attorneys will likely require services for substance abuse or mental health at some point in their careers.
This course examines the negative impacts of technology on lawyers, how the pandemic exacerbated this public health crisis, and what strategies can be developed in one own’s life to help safeguard personal wellbeing.
Speaker:
Liam M. Deeley, Executive Director of the Attorney’s and Judge’s Assistance Program
Liam M. Deeley, JD is the Executive Director of the Attorney’s and Judge’s Assistance Program. Before becoming the AAP executive director in 2014, Mr. Deeley worked as a public defender, a human resource manager, and a certified assessment and referral specialist and case manager for Treatment Alternatives for Safer Communities (TASC). He also provided assessments and testified as an expert witness in sentencing hearings for Illinois drug courts.
As director of AAP, Mr. Deeley provides immediate and confidential assistance to Hawaii's lawyers, judges, and law students who are dealing with impairments that include mental health, substance abuse, and aging issues, that are impacting their practice or personal lives.
Mr. Deeley serves as the Chair of the Nomination Committee and as a member of the Professionalism Committees of the Hawaii Supreme Court. He also serves on the HSBA Transitioning Lawyers and Well-being Committees.
Credit: This seminar qualifies for 1 CLE Ethics Credit.
Cost: $60
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