Mental Health and Acquired Issues in the Disability Context-2021CLC-DI03
Cost -
This session will address how attorneys can become affected by mental health and acquired disabilities and what law firms can do to support them. Many attorneys acquire health conditions and become impaired but don’t view it as a disability and are afraid to mention it. This seminar is intended to discuss those issues.
Member - $25.00
Non-Member - $50.00
Student - $15.00
2021CLC Session Date - June 17, 2021 a.m.
Product ID - 2021CLC-DI03
CLE Credit
1.0 CT (Ethics)
1.0 CT (Ethics)
About the Program
This session will address how attorneys can become affected by mental health and acquired disabilities and what law firms can do to support them. Many attorneys acquire health conditions and become impaired but don’t view it as a disability and are afraid to mention it. This seminar is intended to discuss those issues.
Credit
Ethics and Professionalism:1.0
Description
The Diversity and Inclusion Track
Presented by the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee
You Will Learn
- What issues are considered to be a disability
- The factors that contribute to attorneys not knowing they have a disability/ignore that they have a disability How firms and other organizations can support attorneys with disabilities
Who Should Purchase
Law firm personnel, lawyers with acquired health conditions, and anyone interested in disability terms.
Speakers
Stephen M. Byers Michelle M. Duprey
Disability Rights Connecticut, City of New Haven—Office of Corporation Counsel,
Hartford, CT New Haven, CT
Kimberly Jacobsen
Commission on Human Rights & Opportunities,
Hartford, CT
Moderator
Kathleen Flaherty
Connecticut Legal Rights Project Inc.,
Middletown, CT
Financial hardship
information is available upon request.
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