For Lawyers

Judges

Judges occupy a unique and powerful force within the legal profession. They see attorneys in action and can quickly identify an attorney who may be impaired. As such, judges are in a position to act to promote positive change in the lives and careers of lawyers in crisis. Judges are also among the few who are positioned to help other judges who may be challenged by substance use and mental health disorders. As with lawyers, TLAP maintains a list of volunteer judges who are interested providing peer support to other judges in crisis.

TLAP also operates the ABA's National Hotline for Judges Helping Judges (800-219-6474) for jurists who are seeking help for themselves or other judges. All communications are confidential by statute.

Resources For Judges [PDFs]

• National Helpline for Judges Helping Judges
• Dealing with an Impaired Lawyer
  
• Identifying and Assisting Lawyers and Judges with Cognitive Impairments. Posted with permission by Hon. Sharon Stone, JD, MD.
• Judges Can Save Lives, testimonial by Robert J. Seerden, Chief Justice of 13th Court of Appeals (retired)
  
• Judges Helping Judges and Lawyers: TLAP's Judicial Initiative Subcommittee
  
• Letter from J. Woodfin Jones regarding Judicial Initiative Subcommittee of TLAP
  
• Substance Abuse and Ethics: The Judicial Duty to Respond
  
• Ideas for Overcoming a Judge’s Stressors
  

Links [Websites]

• ABA Judicial Assistance Initiative
  
• Addressing Addictions in Court: Rethinking Recovery and Relapse by Hon. Michael Mayes: Part One, Part Two, Part Three. Posted with permission from In Chambers Online Magazine.

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