Each year, there are judicial discipline cases that illustrate the adverse effect of mental disorders on individual judges and the judiciary. 1 These proceedings also demonstrate the need for the judiciary to address judges’ wellness issues sooner, when remediation may be possible, rather than later, when removal may be unavoidable. The Path to Lawyer Well-Being: Practical Recommendations for Positive Change, released by the National Task Force on Lawyer Well-Being in 2017, 2 included several recommendations specifically for the judiciary: • Communicate that well-being is a priority; • Develop policies for impaired judges; • Reduce the stigma of mental health and substance use disorders; • Conduct judicial well-being surveys; • Provide well...
Every day in courtrooms around the globe, judges face a regular diet of difficult and emotional case...
The benefits of mindfulness practices for lawyers have been the subject of broad discussion within t...
All speakers today have emphasized the necessity of doing everything valid that we can do to sustain...
Each year, there are judicial discipline cases that illustrate the adverse effect of mental disorder...
At their swearing-in ceremonies, most judges are filled with a sense of meaning, pride, and happines...
Justice Douglas\u27s retirement ended months of speculation about his health and ability to remain o...
Issues raised by the influx of defendants with serious mental illnesses are some of the most importa...
Maine\u27s courts constantly deal with litigants with mental health issues. Historically, our decisi...
Historically, mentally ill individuals have been subject to inhumane treatment. However, the late 17...
One of the most important developments in the past two decades in the way that criminal defendants w...
Attorneys leave law school with limited knowledge and skillsconcerning the issues that arise in ment...
Judges in the United States preside in many different courts, both on state and federal levels. Judg...
ARTICLES 60 Judges’ Well-Being and the Importance of Meaningful Work. 74 One Judge’s Journey to Why—...
One of the most important developments in American law over the last decade has been the exponential...
Although risk management has been studied in a variety of contexts, risk management has not been tra...
Every day in courtrooms around the globe, judges face a regular diet of difficult and emotional case...
The benefits of mindfulness practices for lawyers have been the subject of broad discussion within t...
All speakers today have emphasized the necessity of doing everything valid that we can do to sustain...
Each year, there are judicial discipline cases that illustrate the adverse effect of mental disorder...
At their swearing-in ceremonies, most judges are filled with a sense of meaning, pride, and happines...
Justice Douglas\u27s retirement ended months of speculation about his health and ability to remain o...
Issues raised by the influx of defendants with serious mental illnesses are some of the most importa...
Maine\u27s courts constantly deal with litigants with mental health issues. Historically, our decisi...
Historically, mentally ill individuals have been subject to inhumane treatment. However, the late 17...
One of the most important developments in the past two decades in the way that criminal defendants w...
Attorneys leave law school with limited knowledge and skillsconcerning the issues that arise in ment...
Judges in the United States preside in many different courts, both on state and federal levels. Judg...
ARTICLES 60 Judges’ Well-Being and the Importance of Meaningful Work. 74 One Judge’s Journey to Why—...
One of the most important developments in American law over the last decade has been the exponential...
Although risk management has been studied in a variety of contexts, risk management has not been tra...
Every day in courtrooms around the globe, judges face a regular diet of difficult and emotional case...
The benefits of mindfulness practices for lawyers have been the subject of broad discussion within t...
All speakers today have emphasized the necessity of doing everything valid that we can do to sustain...