Drinking Is a Problem for 1 in 3 Lawyers, Study Finds (New York Law Journal)

New York Law Journal, February 5, 2016

Drinking Is a Problem for 1 in 3 Lawyers, Study Finds

More than a third of practicing attorneys in the United States are problem drinkers and 28 percent struggle with depression, according to a new study conducted by the American Bar Association and the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation….“This report confirms what we’ve already known for a very long time: the incidents of these problems are very high in the legal profession,” said Eileen Travis, director of the New York City Bar Association’s Lawyer Assistance Program. Travis, who has headed the city bar’s program since May 1999, said there were 83 referrals in the first seven months of her tenure. Today, the program receives between 350 and 400 referrals a year, and “we know there’s a lot more out there.”

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