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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;  the lawyers of a Tribe of Indians; a law school, and public interest and private law firms in Clallam, Clark, King, Snohomish, and Yakima Counties.

Upcoming CLE

Oct 28, 2026 · Your Retirement: The Year Before – The Monday After (WSBA webcast) with Andy Benjamin, Judge Jacalyn Brudvik (Ret.) and Leslie Hagin

Dec 9, 2026, 2:30 pm · Ethics – Attorney Wellness at the 25th Annual CLE Bootcamp (The Seminar Group webcast) with Leslie Hagin

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