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Presentations

WALAL offers site-specific peer support training (and continued support and resources) to individual legal workplaces, state, local and affinity bar associations. Its trainings are independent, free, safe, and MCLE-accredited. It customizes the MCLE for specific events and organizations. Please contact us to arrange a presentation, workshop, panel or webinar.

WALAL has presented to county bar associations; minority, affinity, and specialty bar associations;  a law school, and public interest and private law firms in Clallam, Clark, King, Snohomish, and Yakima Counties.

Upcoming CLE

KCBA Business Law & In-House Counsel Sections, Ethical and Practical Consequences of Business Lawyering Without Self-Care, with Leslie Hagin (WALAL), September 15th 12-1:15pm

King County Bar Association’s Annual Conference, Peer Support is a Lawyer Superpower:   Join the Superhero Conversation, with Leslie Hagin (WALAL), September 18th 3-3:45pm

Examples of Earlier Presentations (a small subset)

Gambling Disorder Among Lawyers: ​ You Bet Your Life

Keeping Legal Minds Intact: Sustaining Well-Being By Active Listening

Put Your Own Oxygen Mask on First:  Substance Use Disorder and Other Mental Health Challenges Among Lawyers 

Secondary PTSD in Family Law Practice: Hazards and Hope

Substance Use and Other Mental Health Issues in the Legal Field

Substance Use and Other Mental Health Hazards Among Attorneys:  Are Women Different?

Trauma, Impairment, and Recovery Among Lawyers, Judges, and Jurors