Substance Use in the Legal Field: From Concern to Intervention

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Current data reveals a steady increase of alcohol use in the general public, as well as in the legal profession. This webinar will examine and discuss the prevalence of stimulant use in the legal profession and the current ethical issues surrounding cannabis. What are the costs of substance use, including the costs of replacing personnel at various levels of a firm? What are the ethical risks and civil liability of legal professionals who are impaired? What are concrete ways to help address substance use in the firm and in the legal profession overall? Join us to get broad stroke solutions and action items on confronting the problem and helping improve firm and employee wellness.

Objectives:

  • Identify which substances legal professionals abuse the most and to what degree.
  • Describe current ethical quandaries of cannabis in the United States at large and specifically in the legal profession.
  • Outline ethical risks and civil liabilities of legal professionals working while impaired.
  • List four action items to help intervene on the prevalence of substance abuse in the law firm and in the legal profession.

Level: Essentials

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Live and Archive Viewing: 1.00 CLM Credit Unit credit and certificate available This session provides valuable information to any size firm where you will work through a check list of key components that should be a part of every written Business Continuity plan. That checklist can then be used to assess and revise your firm’s current plan.
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Substance Use in the Legal Field: From Concern to Intervention
08/09/2023 at 2:00 PM (CDT)  |  Recorded On: 08/09/2023  |  60 minutes
08/09/2023 at 2:00 PM (CDT)  |  Recorded On: 08/09/2023  |  60 minutes Current data reveals a steady increase of alcohol use in the general public, as well as in the legal profession. This webinar will examine and discuss the prevalence of stimulant use in the legal profession and the current ethical issues surrounding cannabis. What are the costs of substance use, including the costs of replacing personnel at various levels of a firm? What are the ethical risks and civil liability of legal professionals who are impaired? What are concrete ways to help address substance use in the firm and in the legal profession overall? Join us to get broad stroke solutions and action items on confronting the problem and helping improve firm and employee wellness
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Eric J. Webber, MA, CADC

Director

Caron Legal Professionals Program

Eric Webber is the Director of the Caron Legal Professionals Program and Senior Clinician of Specialty Services at Caron Treatment Center. He provides direct care through specialty lectures and counseling sessions focused on relapse, addiction interaction disorders, work/professional related issues, and other targeted needs. Webber is a Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor, Certified Clinical Supervisor and holds a Certificate of Competency in Problem Gambling, all through the Pennsylvania Certification Board; he is also a Certified Sex Addiction Therapist and a Certified Multiple Addiction Therapist through the International Institute for Trauma and Addiction Professionals. He holds a master’s degree from Alvernia University.

CLM® Recertification Credit: 1 hour(s) in the subject area of Substance Abuse (SA)

Or

CLM® Recertification Credit: 1 hour(s) in the subject area of Business Ethics (BE)

SHRM: 1.0 PDC

HRCI: 1.0 Credit Hour(s)

 

*Please contact certification@alanet.org for information regarding continuing education credits. CE credit offered for this program is applicable to the 2023, 2024, and 2025 calendar years.