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By: Dawn M. Rose, LAP Contributing Author As Oliver Wendell Holmes said, “The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we are, but in what direction we are heading.”  In a profession [...]

By: Kevin M. Kelly, LAP Contributing Author I recently received the Karl Rolewick award from Lawyers Assistance Program (LAP), an award recognizing those who volunteer in the area of addictions [...]

By Tony Pacione, LAP Deputy Director, LCSW, CADC  Ten dollars can’t buy you much in today’s economy, but the Illinois Lawyer’s Assistance Program (LAP) provides a lot for ten bucks!  The amount [...]

By John Cesario, Senior Counsel, Illinois Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission, LAP Contributing Author Illinois is expected to see a dramatic rise in the number of attorneys over [...]

WHY I VOLUNTEER – What Being Part of LAP Means Tracy L. Kepler I have received way more out of my involvement with the Illinois Lawyers’ Assistance Program [IL LAP] than I have ever given. I [...]

The Building Blocks of Resilience: Growth Mindset (Part 3) I wrote in the first two parts of this series about two foundational elements of resilience: grit and mindfulness. Staying power, [...]

By Christine P. Anderson, Director of Probation and Lawyer Deferral Services, Illinois Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission Can you believe that over 40% of Illinois solo [...]

First female Presiding Judge of a Cook County district Court in 1992; retiring from the bench in 1999; inspiring and influencing change artistry everyday—meet Sheila Murphy, shifting the paradigm [...]

Melissa O’Neill, LCSW Director of Clinical Operations, Timberline Knolls Stress, in and of itself, is not bad. High-achieving individuals in the law profession often thrive under a modicum of [...]