Staying Safe and Sound for the Holidays (Beaver)

Topics:
  • Ethical Issues

 

Beaver County Bar Association logoThe Beaver County Bar Association will present a CLE seminar entitled Staying Safe and Sound for the Holidays at the Bar Association building in Beaver. Registration and will begin promptly at 8:30 a.m. The seminar will follow from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.

The presenters will be: Brian Quinn, Esquire

Mr. Quinn will discuss:

  1. Recognize that one in three legal professionals will struggle with substance use and/or a mental health disorder at some point in their legal careers.
  2. Spot the signs of impairment and learn the "Motivational Interventions" approach that yields results and saves lives.
  3. The confidential, free, safe, and supportive services for lawyers, judges, their family members and law students that are available through Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers.
  4. The barriers that exist that prevent lawyers and judges from asking for help with an alcohol/substance misuse or mental health disorder.
  5. Identify the parameters of Rule of Professional Conduct 8.3 (c) – and the safe harbor that it provides to protect attorneys working with an approved lawyers assistance program or who contact a LAP on behalf of an attorney or judge who is struggling.
Registration Fee:

BCBA Member - COST $10.00
Non-BCBA Member - COST $20.00

Seating for this seminar is limited to 30. The first 30 reservations will be accepted.


  • CLE Credit Comments:

    This seminar has been approved by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Continuing Legal Education Board for one (1) hour of ethics credit.

  • Contact:
    Beaver County Bar Association
    (724) 728-4888