New Mexico Lawyer Assistance Program

09/12/2025

NM Legal Community - Come join us at the Monday Night Attorney Support Group Meeting we host EVERY Monday night at 5:30 p.m. (MT) The intention of this support group is the sharing of anything you are feeling, trying to manage, or struggling with. It is intended as a way to connect with colleagues, to know you are not in this alone, and feel a sense of belonging. We laugh, we cry, we BE together. Zoom link: https://bit.ly/attorneysupportgroup

09/10/2025

New Podcast Episode! Law, Life and Wellness: Lessons From a Defining Year 🎧 Listen now for FREE at www.sbnm.org/LWBApodcast. In this episode, attorney Maria Montoya-Chavez joins moderator Alex Lavidge to share a deeply personal story about a pivotal incident in 2019. Maria reflects on how that experience changed the way she sees herself—not only as an attorney but as a human being navigating the challenges of a demanding profession. Her journey highlights the importance of resilience, perspective, and the critical role of wellness in sustaining a meaningful legal career. Listeners will hear how she transformed adversity into growth, and took wellness practices into her professional and personal life as a non-negotiable foundation!

09/01/2025

🤝 The Other NM Bar Meeting
The State Bar of New Mexico’s Lawyer Assistance Program is launching a new, confidential in-person support group for all legal professionals. This traditional 12-step meeting is a safe space for lawyers, judges and law students to support one another in their journey to stop drinking and using.

📅 Every Thursday
⏰ 5:30–6:30 p.m. (MT)
📍 First Unitarian Church, 3701 Carlisle Blvd. NE, Albuquerque, N.M.

For more info, email NMLAP@sbnm.org.

👉 Learn more: https://www.sbnm.org/NMLAP

08/19/2025

⭐ ⭐ ⭐ The State Bar of new Mexico’s New Mexico Lawyer Assistance Program proudly presents its brand-new “The Other NM Bar Meeting.” A confidential 12-step meeting for legal professionals, this new program is open to all lawyers, judges, law students, and other legal professionals!

Join the New Mexico Lawyer Assistance Program on Thursdays at the First Unitarian Church, located in Albuquerque, N.M., from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. (MT) for The Other NM Bar Meeting! It’s free to attend and a great resource for those struggling.

For questions, please contact NMLAP@sbnm.org.

06/09/2025

New Legal Well-Being In Action Podcast Episode: Mind the Gap Part 2: Do Different Generations Think Differently About What It Means to Be a Successful Lawyer? 🎧 Listen for FREE at www.sbnm.org/LWBApodcast. This is part 2 of the episode that explores the claim that there is a generational difference between the time and energy spent on becoming a lawyer and honing and practicing the craft of lawyering. We hear that today’s attorneys who are new to the practice of law “do not practice” (in time and energy) the same as longer term, experienced attorneys did when they were first in practice. Join us again with a lawyer who is newer to the practice and a lawyer who has been practicing for more than three decades in an interesting discussion about a purported “generation gap” in the legal profession. Thank you to this episode's speakers Sean Fitzpatrick, Esq., Noell Huffmyer, Esq. and Steve Scholl, Esq.

06/06/2025

NM Legal Community - Come join us at the Monday Night Attorney Support Group Meeting we host EVERY Monday night at 5:30 p.m. (MT) The intention of this support group is the sharing of anything you are feeling, trying to manage, or struggling with. It is intended as a way to connect with colleagues, to know you are not in this alone, and feel a sense of belonging. We laugh, we cry, we BE together. Zoom link:

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05/09/2025

The State Bar of New Mexico’s Well-Being committee and Young Lawyers Division celebrated this year by hosting a great event: Retirement or Rewirement: Crafting Your Successful “Next Chapter”. This event was an in-depth discussion of the professional and personal challenges lawyers face when planning for and transitioning from the full-time practice of law to full or partial retirement. Fitting today’s Well-Being Week In Law theme of “CONNECTION”, attorneys of all ages and stages in their careers met at the State Bar Center to screen a documentary titled “Retirement on Trial” that was introduced by producer and director Stephen Herman. After the documentary screening, there was a panel discussion by Jerry Dixon, Esq. of Dixon Scholl Carillo, Lauren Riley, Esq. of Batley Riley Family Law and Ben Davis of Davis Kelin. Retired Judge Sandra Engel with High Road to Success Coaching followed the panel with her enlightening presentation “Challenges When Making A Career Transition”. After the presentations, attendees were able to network during a “Connection Reception” with snacks and mocktails courtesy of the State Bar of New Mexico’s Lawyer Assistance Program and Young Lawyers Division.

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