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1987 Women's Bar Association Newsletter 1 (1987)

handle is hein.peggy/wbanewsl0024 and id is 1 raw text is: JANUARY 1987 THE WOMEN'S BAR ASSOCIATION OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA * INCORPORATED 1917 JANUARY SHOWCASE PROGRAM TO DISCUSS PROBLEMS OF CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY,~ EMOTIONAL DISTRESS IN LEGAL PROFLSSION We all know someone like Jenny...bright articulate, competent. But lately, Jenny has been missing importnt appointments, requesting last-minute delays of hearings, snapping at co-workers, nodding off in meetings, unable t focus on even the simplest of legal sues, and appcarng rambling and unprepared for her presentation to a major client. If Jenny continues in her pattern of erratic behavior. she will likely ruin both her professional and personal life. The problems faced by Jenny and other attorneys ard professionals like her will be the topic of the Januar Women's Bar Association Showcase Program, Ineffective Assistance of Counsel: Chemical Dependency and Emotional Distress in the Legal Profession The program is being presented in association with the Bar Association of the District of Columbia, the District of Columbia Bar, the Washington Bar Association, the Hispanic Bar, and the National Association of Women Accountants. The Showcase Program will be a panel discussion featuring professionals who evaluate and piovide assistance for attorneys and other professionals sullern g from alcoholism, drug abuse depression, stress, and related illnesses, Panel menbers wl1 be: from the District of Columbia Bar, Thomas E, Acey, Jr, Chairnan of the Lawyer Counselling Committee, and Susann Makepeace, counselor specialized in treating chemical dependency and Director of the Lawyer Counselling Program, from Circle Treatment Center, which provides outpaticnt piograms for alcoholism and chemical deperdency Rosalind Go dfarb, Ph.D., certifred drug addition arnd alcoooi sm czounselor, and James L. Evans, M.D., board certified psychiatrist, Don Phillips, President of Cope, Inc., a provider of employee assistance program services to private and public employers in the District of Columbia metropolitan area, and a member of the lega profession who is currently recovering from a chemical dependency Panel members 1will be discussing the factors that can lead to chemical dependency and emotional stress in attorneys with D Goldfarb stressing those factors which are particularly pro- blematic for wonen. There will also be a discussion of the physical impact of chemical dependerncy and emotional dis- tress, ways in which attorneys can seek assistance, and a dis- cussion of employee assistance programs which employers may consider instituting for their troubled employees. One such pgram, the Lawyer Counselling Program of th District of Columbia Bar, haded by Susann Makepeace, and established in 1985, provides assistance for attorneys and judges who are suffering from any and all types of problems which interfere with their performance or personal life. Thc program provides an initial assessment of the individual's problem, determines the proper course of trcatment and refers the attorney to an appropriate program. IThe attorney will also be assigned two lawyer volunteers, who have been through similar treatment, to serve as men- tors during the recovery, period, and will be monitored throughout h s or her rccovery. Acey, Ch airman of the Lawyer Counselling Committee, which cstablisbed the counselling program of the D.C. Bar, stressed that attorneys should seek help and remember that their problem is not unique or insurmountable. Alcoholism, drug abuse, depression, stress, and related illnesses are not moral issues, but rather medicail and social problems that can be treated successfl~ly, he said, He added that the hotline number, (202) 347-3131, nay be called 24 hours a day. Tne January Snowcase Program, Ineffective Assis- tance of (ounsel (henical Dependency and Lmotional Distress in the Legal Profession, will be held at the Washington Marriott Hotel, 1221 22nd Street, N W., on January 27, 1987. rTerc will be a light buffet from 6-7 p.m, and the pro.gram will run from 7 8 30 p.m. T'he cost is S$14,00 in adv ance and $16 00 at the door. Checks should be sent to the Women s Bar Association of the District of Columbia, 655 15th Street, N W., Suite 300, Washington, D.C. 20005, Advancc payment must be received at the WBA offices no later than Friday, January 23. Parking is available at Blackie's House of Beefi rhe nearest Metro stops are Foggy Bottom or Dupont Ci rclec, For additional information please call Lucy Thomson, Chairperson of the WBA Showcase Program, 836 5823, or Constance M. Tuck, coordinator of the January Showcase, 373-7270. 655 Fifteenth Street, N.W * Suite 300 - Washington, D.C. 20005 *. (202) 639-4055 Digitized from Best Copy Available

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