Attorney Wellness: Being Fit to Practice

This session will explain the role of NLAP in assisting attorneys with developing healthy habits in order to prevent attorneys from developing unhealthy habits which may impair their ability to perform in a competent and professional manner.

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Credit Ethics:2.0

Tag(s) Ethics, Wellness

Description

*Nebraska MCLE #159955. 2.0 hrs Ethics CLE (OnDemand credit)

The Role of NLAP When It Comes to Supporting Attorney Wellness
The role of NLAP incudes helping lawyers, judges and law students troubled by substance abuse problems, cognitive decline, stress, depression and other types of disorders. A way NLAP is able to do this is through education and prevention programs which support attorney wellness. This session will explain the role of NLAP in assisting attorneys with developing healthy habits in order to prevent attorneys from developing unhealthy habits which may impair their ability to perform in a competent and professional manner.

Energy Reboot for More Productivity
Most people, including lawyers, want to live with vitality - to live a higher quality of life longer. Yet, the law is a jealous mistress! It wants all your time. Unfortunately, that gets in the way of self-care.

What you put on your fork, how you use your feet, who you connect with, and how you feed your soul are keystones to better living, more productivity, and a healthier you. This session will nudge you in the right direction to upgrade your energy, focus and productivity by providing a self-assessment and goal setting to help lawyers reboot to be stronger, healthier, and happier.

At the conclusion of this session, lawyers will be able to:

Enhance holistic wellness through health-boosting foods, physical activity, well-being, and sleep quality.
Assess his/her own status in meeting nutrition and activity recommendations to reduce risk of chronic disease development and other health problems.
Develop three goals to improve nutrition and activity to reduce risk of chronic disease development and other health problems and increase energy and productivity.
Identify proven practices to live a higher quality of life.
The Path to Lawyer Well-Being: Practical Recommendations for Positive Change

In 2017, the ABA organized a National Task Force on Lawyer Well-Being who subsequently released the report The Path to Well-Being: Practical Recommendations for Positive Change. This session will examine these recommendations directed to legal employers and discuss best practices for legal employers in the area of attorney wellness.

Chris Aupperle, Director, Nebraska Lawyers Assistance Program, NSBA: Chris Aupperle assumed the role of Nebraska Lawyers Assistance Program (NLAP) Director in May of 2017. Prior to joining NLAP, Chris worked in both private practice and as in-house counsel in Omaha. He has been a member of the NLAP Committee since 2001 and previously served as chair of the NLAP Committee. He also serves on the Advisory Committee for the Independence Center at Bryan Medical Center in Lincoln. Chris is a graduate of Creighton University School of Law.

Judy Barbe, MS, RDN, LD: Judy Barbe, an award-winning registered dietitian, has been bringing realistic health solutions to tables since 1992. She serves as a food thought leader, stimulating an informed conversation about nutrition, health, and agriculture.

Ms. Barbe had a 21-year career as a senior director of health and wellness with a regional dairy council, overseeing their nutrition programs. She is the author of Your 6-Week Guide to LiveBest, Simple Solutions for Fresh Food & Well-Being and LiveBest Seasonally, a Fresh Approach to Living with Vitality, and married to a practicing lawyer. She shows people how to make better-for-you choices through her website, original recipes, speaking engagements, newspaper columns and webinar series. Judy is a past chair of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics’ Food and Culinary Professionals Dietetic Practice Group and a member of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Nutrition Seminar Speaker’s Bureau. Her recipes and recommendations have been featured on Prevention.com, Casper Star Tribune CookingLight.com, ReaderDigest.com, Time.com, WomansDay.com, MensFitness.com, WomensHealthMag.com, Shape.com, FitnessMagazine.com, and Walnuts.org.

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