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Report of AALS Special Committee on Problems of Substance Abuse in LawSchools, Executive Summary

Substance Abuse in Law Schools: A Tool Kit for Law School Administrators is available through the ABA Commission on Lawyer Assistance Programs 

ABA Commission on Lawyer Assistance Programs Students in Recovery Listserve has been developed to provide a confidential email support system for law students who want to get, or stay, clean and sober while in law school.   For more information and to be added to the Listserve:  contact Donna Spilis, ABA CoLAP Director, at spilisd@abanet.org.

How To Maintain Your Health, Sanity & GPA, Ann D. Foster

Depression and Anxiety in Law Students: Are We Part of the Problem and Can We Be Part of the Solution, Ruth Ann McKinney

The Contemplative Lawyer: On the Potential Contributions of Mindfulness Meditation to Law Students, Lawyers and Their Clients, Leonard Riskin

Does Legal Education Have Undermining Effects on Law Students? Evaluating Changes in Motivation, Values, and Well Being , Kennon M. Sheldon, M.D. and Lawrence S. Krieger, J.D.

Law School Debt and the Practice of Law, Committee on Legal Education and Admission to the Bar, Association of the Bar of the City of New York

Effects of Stress Inoculation Training for 1st Year Law Students , Richard Sheehy and John Horan

The Law Professor as Fiduciary: What Duties Do We Owe to Our Students, Robert P. Schuwerk