Mental Health Literacy for Lawyers with Jennifer Mohamed

An innovative CLE scheduled for May 31 will help attorneys boost their emotional IQ and learn to better handle clients’ mental health issues.

Jennifer Mohamed, a practicing attorney, yoga teacher, and wellness retreat leader, is scheduled to be one of the presenters at the May 31 event.

“Clients who challenge us emotionally can have a real effect on our relationship with them and our positivity for the work,” Mohamed said.

“We have to understand not only the big facts and the big picture but the nuances, the ‘Why’ and the motive,” Mohamed said. “Understanding where our clients are coming from or where we are in terms of our own emotional balance is important.”

How mental health frameworks can make you a better lawyer

Lawyers often work on highly charged emotional cases, with clients who are profoundly affected by the situations that motivate them to seek legal services. Yet, law school may not have provided education on how the mental health of clients affects legal processes and outcomes. Familiarity with fundamental clinical frameworks in mental health — particularly personality disorders, mood disorders, and trauma — gives lawyers a deeper understanding of their clients in mediation, arbitration, civil litigation, and criminal proceedings. Understanding mental health can contribute significantly to attorneys’ competence and professionalism, as well as better outcomes for clients.

Mental Health Literacy for Lawyers offers insights into narcissistic, borderline, and anti-social personality disorders and how to work effectively in situations shaped by their traits. You will learn how anxiety, panic, acute stress and post-traumatic stress can interfere with your clients’ ability to function in legal proceedings and how you can help overcome these challenges to create better legal and personal outcomes.

Plus, you’ll find out what lawyers need to know about suicidality and risk assessment processes for their clients’ benefit and their own safety, along with considerations from various legal angles of Wisconsin’s Chapter 51 standards for mental health emergency detentions and civil commitment evaluations.

Register at https://marketplace.wisbar.org/store/...

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