New Mexico Lawyer Assistance Program

04/23/2026

Well-Being Week in Law is coming. 💙

Join the legal community May 4-8, for a week dedicated to supporting your physical, spiritual, career, social and emotional well-being. This year’s theme, “Tending Joy,” focuses on small, meaningful steps that help you thrive, not just survive.

Explore resources, sign up for events and get involved at wellbeingweek.org.

03/16/2026

When Burnout Speaks. Listen now for FREE at www.sbnm.org/LWBApodcast! Welcome to Season 6 of Legal Well-Being in Action! For the start of our new season, we explore how burnout shows up for hard-working attorneys - often disguised as “normal stress” or simply part of the job. We discuss why burnout can persist even when commitment, competence and ethics remain intact. You’ll also learn why creative expression is an evidence-backed tool for nervous system regulation, especially for analytical, high-control professions. Finally, we share realistic, time-respectful ways busy attorneys can begin small creative practices that actually help. Thank you to this episode’s speakers, Pamela Moore and Virginia Hicks.

03/11/2026

02/13/2026

Burnout does not always look like failure. Sometimes it looks like “just doing your job.”

🎙️ Season 6, Episode 1: When Burnout Speaks

In the newest episode from the New Mexico Well-Being Committee podcast, we explore how burnout shows up for hard-working attorneys, why it can linger even when your commitment and ethics remain strong and how creative expression can help regulate the nervous system in high-control professions.

Plus, we share realistic, time-conscious ways to try small creative practices that actually make a difference.

Listen FREE on March 16 at www.sbnm.org/LWBApodcast

12/05/2025

Help Us Reach Our Goal: 10% More Donations This Year!

During license renewal, State Bar licensees can easily donate to the New Mexico State Bar Foundation at www.sbnm.org/licensing. Your tax-deductible gift supports programs providing civil legal services to underserved New Mexicans, including legal helplines and free virtual workshops.

Volunteer or donate to fulfill your pro bono obligation: bit.ly/AttorneyVolunteerSignUp

Learn more: www.sbnm.org/donate | nmsbfdevelopment@sbnm.org

11/12/2025

New LWBA Podcast Episode: Workaholic? That's Not a Flex - Part 2 🎧 Listen now for FREE at www.sbnm.org/LWBApodcast. Join us for Part 2 on this discussion as we explore strategies to help support you as an attorney or judge as you embark on finding new ways to prioritize your own health, joy and satisfaction in the work through taking care of yourself. At times when it feels we barely have time for our work and our clients, learn new techniques which are easy to incorporate to make small changes in the way you practice that will lead to bigger benefits for your satisfaction and balance in the work. Thank you to our guests Judge Sandra Engel, Pamela Moore and Eduardo Ramirez, Esq.

11/03/2025

🤝 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

10/30/2025

New LWBA Podcast Episode: Workaholic? That's Not a Flex - Part 1 🎧 Listen to the podcast for FREE at www.sbnm.org/LWBApodcast. Join us as we explore resilience in the practice of law through the perspective of a counselor, a practicing attorney and a senior judge. The guests talk about why we feel like we have to be the best, the busiest and the most available to our clients, and how that can lead us to burnout, overwhelm and a decrease in satisfaction in our career. They go deep into the pressures that are common to legal practitioners and how we can find ourselves in all the noise. Thank you to episode guests Judge Sandra Engel, Pamela Moore, and Eduardo Ramirez, Esq. Tune in on Nov. 12 to hear Part 2!

10/03/2025

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