North Carolina Lawyers Assistance Program, Charlotte, NC (2025)

08/14/2025

Help. Hope. Healing. The LAP is a Program of the NC State Bar that provides free, confidential, non-disciplinary assistance to lawyers, judges, and law students in addressing mental health issues, including problems with drugs or alcohol, and other life stresses that impair or may impair an attorney’s ability to effectively practice law. NC LAP assistance is designed to promote recovery, protect the public, prevent disciplinary problems for lawyers, and strengthen the profession. Visit our website for more information and resources:

NC LAP is a service of the North Carolina State Bar which provides free, confidential, non-disciplinary assistance to lawyers, judges and law students.

08/12/2025

Mindful Moment: Beginning the day with an intentional routine that supports well-being is an opportunity to regulate the nervous system and to stay regulated for the rest of the day, which enhances our ability to navigate the complexities and stressors of our profession. Read more: https://nclap.org/sidebar/2024-3/mindful_moment.html

This Mindful Moment is also a featured podcast episode: Morning Me Routine. Listen here: https://nclap.org/podcast-sidebar/42-morning-me-routine/

Ready to get started or simply have some questions? Reach out to the LAP Counselor who covers your area.

08/07/2025

Over-functioning occurs when lawyers, driven by their natural desire to help, take on excessive responsibility for solving others' problems. This can extend beyond work into personal relationships, where they feel an unconscious need to be needed and may overly identify with the role of fixer or rescuer. Read about it here:

Law practice requires us to subvert our own needs, feelings, and values in order to zealously advocate for our clients. When this crosses the line into unhealthy behavior in our personal lives, we may become preoccupied with meeting the needs of others while ignoring our own needs.

08/05/2025

Check out Sidebar, NCLAP’s newsletter! This resource brings lawyers and judges together through personal stories, wellness insights, and community events. From stress management strategies to inspiring professional perspectives, the Sidebar is your go-to newsletter. Share it widely, subscribe easily, and stay connected with the NC legal community!

We hope the Sidebar provides a small dose of inspiration to you in your day-to-day law practice, and reminds you that you are not alone with whatever frustrations you encounter in your law practice and in your life.

08/01/2025

What’s Mindfulness Got to Do with It? After six weeks of Mindfulness Meditation for Building Resilience to Stress, lawyers from the 28th Judicial District Bar have the answer… Read the article by Laura Mahr here:

By Laura Mahr After six weeks of Mindfulness Meditation for Building Resilience to Stress, lawyers from the 28th Judicial District Bar have the answer… There are few things we lawyers love more than our brains. Which is why, when our brains tell us we are tired, most of us lawyers tell our b...

07/28/2025

Practice Perspective: Following the maxim “to thine own self be true” ensures this lawyer lives an authentic life free of regret. Read more:

I read an article recently about dying people and what they revealed to caretakers in their final days. None of them ever wished they had spent more time at work. Instead, they wished they had spent more time with family and friends. Some also indicated something along the lines of, "I always did wh...

07/21/2025

LAP helps legal professionals identify and address life challenges, offering guidance and ongoing support. Services include mental health and substance abuse assessments, referrals to appropriate healthcare professionals, and follow-up counseling. LAP also provides peer support, consultations, interventions, and monitoring for accountability. Check out our website for more information:

Offering a range of services, LAP helps legal professionals figure out what is not working in their lives and then provides guidance and on-going support for getting back on track.

07/17/2025

Change is Hard, Changing Habits is Harder: Effective Strategies for Changing & Maintaining Habits

Join Mass LCL Wednesday, July 23rd at 12pm (eastern) for their latest "Webinars for Busy Lawyers" session with Dr. Shawn Healy, Ph.D. - delivered online via Zoom in 30 minutes or less!

Discover why change feels so difficult, what obstacles stand in your way, and learn practical strategies for building lasting habits that actually work in real life. Whether you're working on eating better, moving more, or reclaiming your time, you'll leave with actionable tools to help you start strong and maintain momentum.

Don't miss this opportunity to transform your approach to personal change! Register here:

Join us for this webinar to dive into why change is hard, what gets in the way, and how to build new habits using strategies that work in real life. Whether you're trying to eat better, move more, or reclaim your time, you'll walk away with practical tools to help you get started—and keep going. W...

07/14/2025

Most of us decided to go to law school because we had a passion for justice and helping people. While we may not think of the legal profession as a traditional helping profession like we typically think of social work, the reality is that we serve in a primary helping capacity. Read the article, “Compassion Fatigue: The Price We Pay as Professional Problem Solvers” here:

Lawyers who deal with the same types of cases day in and day out are at risk of developing compassion fatigue and eventually PTSD.

07/07/2025

“Imagine every day is Saturday. The week is over, the successes and failures of the week are yesterday, the prospect of another week—stress, demands, egos, self-importance—is days away. Do what you want, where and when you want. Sit back and watch the world go by, or maybe even choose to be part of it. From June 1 to August 31, 2016, that’s exactly what I did. And it was probably the best decision of my career. I want to share how I did it so that, if inclined, you might try it, too.” Read more of our article, “Three Months of Saturdays—One Busy Lawyer’s Most Excellent Summer Sabbatical”, here:

By Chris Connelly Imagine every day is Saturday. The week is over, the successes and failures of the week are yesterday, the prospect of another week—stress, demands, egos, self-importance—is days away. Do what you want, where and when you want. Sit back and watch the world go by, or maybe even ...

06/30/2025

You’ve already been at the office for nine hours. The senior partner is on your case about a research memo you haven’t had a chance to begin. That difficult client who insists on calling several times a week to complain about everything under the sun is at it again. Oh, and you’ve got a brief due tomorrow, and you have no idea how you’re going to finish it on time. You’re exhausted and overwhelmed. It’s only Monday! Read the article, “The Enlightened Lawyer: Overcoming Stress and Creating Balance”, here:

You’ve already been at the office for nine hours. The senior partner is on your case about a research memo you haven’t had a chance to begin. That difficult client who insists on calling several times a week to complain about everything under the sun is at it again. Oh, and you’ve got a brief ...

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