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Lawyer Assistance Programs Face New Trials Amid COVID-19 (Law360)
Law360, May 7, 2020
Lawyer Assistance Programs Face New Trials Amid COVID-19
Doing assessments and keeping track of the state of lawyers’ mental health can also be difficult when the attorneys are no longer being seen in person. The video component has been crucial, experts say. It’s not perfect, but it allows for clinicians to look for signs that something is amiss. ‘There is a lot as a clinician you learn in training about body language. That’s definitely something that gets tremendously lost when you’re doing it over the phone,’ said Eileen Travis, director of the New York City bar’s LAP.
