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Why Embracing Self-Care is the Best Way to Avoid Professionalism & Ethics Pitfalls:

Putting on our Own Oxygen Masks Before Helping Others

5-6:30 pm

NJWLA Zoom CLE

Join NJWLA and NJLAP for a panel discussion including the following topics:

  • The 2917 Task Force Report. The Path to Lawyer well-being
  • The interconnectedness of well-being and ethical conduct
  • How an emphasis on self-care can improve professionalism
  • Managing stress from a legal practitioner standpoint
  • Summary of employment laws (NJ LAD, FMLA, ADA) and
  • Removing the stigmas associated with mental health and substance abuse

Meet Our Panelists:


Susan Schleck Kleiner
OGC Solutions
Moderator & Panelist

Anna Levine
N.J. Lawyers
Assistance Program

Jewel McGowan Watson
The Prudential Insurance
Company of America

Kirsten Scheurer Branigan
KSBranigan Law P.C.

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This event has been approved by the Board on Continuing Legal Education of the Supreme Court of New Jersey for 1.5 hours of Total CLE credit. Of these, 1.5 qualify as hours of credit for ethics/professionalism.

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