Law Students

TLAP works with the nine law schools in Texas to develop programming to raise awareness about alcohol and drug abuse, mental health issues and wellness. Crisis counseling, referrals and peer assistance are services that are available to law students.

If you are a law student and are interested in getting more information, please call us anytime at 1-800-343-8527. Your identity and our communications are confidential.

Resources for Law Students [PDFs]

• TLAP for Law Students Brochure
  
• How to Maintain Your Health, Sanity AND Your GPA
  
• How to Succeed in Law School and Beyond. Posted with permission from Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers of Massachusetts.
  
• Substance Abuse in Law Schools: A Tool Kit for Administrators
  
• The Law Professor as Fiduciary: What Duties Do We Owe to Our Law Students. Posted with permission from Professor Robert P. Schuwerk.
  
• Uncommon Counsel: fighting depression and suicide among law students

Websites

Board of Law Examiners

• About Persons with Probationary Licenses
  
• BLE Rules on Character and Fitness

Student Recovery Centers

• SMU Center for Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention
  
• Texas Tech Center for Addiction and Recovery
  
• University of Texas Center for Students in Recovery

Bar Associations

• Law Student Division of the State Bar
  
• ABA Law Student Division – National Mental Health Day

Articles

• Don't Be Stressed About Stress. Posted with permission from The National Jurist, March 2008.
  
• Remember the Students – The Bencher (Inns of Court Journal) 2011. Posted with permission from the American Inns of Court.
• Seeking Help for Substance Abuse Before the Bar Become a Bar
  
• The Law Student’s Guide to being a Happy, Healthy and Honorable Lawyer
  
• TYLA’s Survival Guide for Young Lawyers

Videos

• Emotional Health 101
  
• Getting Healthy, Staying Healthy
  
• Strategies on Managing Stress (podcast)
  
• Stress Recess – quizzes, games, videos for stress reduction
  
• Ten Minute Mentor for Law School
  

Managing Student Loans

• Educational Debt Relief
  
• Income Based Repayment Information

Online Self Assessments

• ULifeline’s Self Assessment Tests

Laws Students Mental Health Resources

• LawLifeline

Other Resources

ABA Commission of Lawyer Assistance Programs' Students in Recovery Listserv
The listserv is a confidential email service for law students who want to get, or stay, clean and sober while in law school. Students can connect, and share their experiences, with peers throughout the U.S.

If you wish to be added to the listserv, interested law students should contact Niki Irish, directly at nirish@dcbar.org. Students should be prepared to talk a bit about their history and about their need and desire to communicate with other law students facing similar challenges. Ms. Irish will make the final determination to add the student to the Listserv and will provide each student with the rules and regulations regarding use of the "Student in Recovery Listserv". When a student graduates and is admitted to the bar, he/she will be removed from the Listserv. This service is confidential.