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  • Nebraska Lawyers Assistance Program

  • Confidential help for all lawyers, judges and law students
  • See our impact

    • Lawyer Well-being Research Highlights

    • Based on recent comprehensive studies of lawyer and law student well-being, the following risks were identified:

    • Lawyers

      • 28%   screened high risk for depression.
      • 19%   screened high risk for anxiety.
      • 12%   contemplated suicide during their career.  Lawyers have a suicide rate three-times greater than the adult US population.
      • 21%   are considered problem drinkers because their drinking has become hazardous and indicates dependency.
      • 23%  were experiencing abnormally high levels of stress.

    • Law Students

      • 17%  were considered high risk for depression.
      • 37%  were considered high risk for anxiety, including 14% who showed signs of severe anxiety.
      • 27%  exhibited signs of eating disorders (18% male and 34% female).
      • 6%  had seriously considered suicide during past 12-months.

Emergency Information

  • If you are having a mental health crisis or having thoughts of harming yourself or others, please call 911 or go to your nearest emergency room.
  • Dial or Text 988 for the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline or visit the 988lifeline.org website. Available 24/7.

Who We Are

Lawyers and judges helping their colleagues in need.  Confidentially and without judgement.

 

What We Offer

The Nebraska Lawyers Assistance Program (NLAP) offers confidential help to all Nebraska lawyers, judges and law students troubled by drug or alcohol dependence, mental health disorders (including depression, anxiety, bi-polar, OCD), cognitive loss, stress, burnout and other types of conditions which may impact an individual’s professional and personal life. 

NLAP also assists people who are concerned about a lawyer, judge or law student and want to encourage them to get help.    We can coach you on how to communicate with someone you are concerned about or NLAP can take the imitative to proactively offer help.

 

Confidentiality

Because of the sensitive and personal nature of these problems, lawyers, judges and law students who need help are often very reluctant to seek it.  Communication with NLAP is governed by strict confidentiality rules that state that the communication with the NLAP Director or an NLAP Volunteer receives the same protection as communication between an attorney and client. 

See Nebraska Rules of Professional Conduct §3-501.6(c) and  §3-508.3(c)

 

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