Family Law and Practice
PRMCLE Meeting
DuPage Judicial Center - ARC
January 21, 2020
11:40 AM – 12:05 PM Welcome/Introductions
Henry Kass – Family Law Section Chair
Case Law Updates - Presented by Leah Setzen, Grunyk Family Law
12:05 AM – 1:05 PM Program
The Mindful Lawyer
Dr. Diana Uchiyama, JD, PsyD, Lawyers’ Assistance Program
See attached for bio.
Presentation Summary
The Mindful Lawyer explores the science behind mindfulness,
identifies why attorneys are a vulnerable population to maladaptive
coping skills, and integrates evidence-based strategies for coping with
stress inherent to the legal profession. Skills covered by this program
include recognizing the impact of stress on decision making, learning
to use mindfulness techniques to become less reactive when facing
stressors and adversity, and learning new mindfulness techniques an
individual can utilize to limit the negative impact of stress on personal
resiliency and wellbeing.
Next Meeting: February 18th – Ethics and Civility – Joseph P. Glimco, Law Offices of
Joseph P. Glimco
DCBA Events: January 24th – DCBA/DBF Memorial Program – ARC
February 5th – Lawyers Lending a Hand CPR Instruction – Bar Center
Classroom
February 28th – 45th Annual Judges’ Nite – COD McAninch Center
Earn CLE Online!
DCBA OnDemand CLE is Now Powered by IICLE The Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal
Education (IICLE®) and the DuPage County Bar Association (DCBA) are excited to offer a new
IICLE®Share collaboration to provide DCBA members a high quality and reliable online
learning experience. Members can find the link to The Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal
Education (IICLE) on the DCBA website under “Legal Community”→OnDemand CLE →Online
CLE Catalog. You must be logged into your DCBA Membership Profile in order to view courses
for free or at a reduced price.
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Manage Profile -> Professional Development (under content & features) and choose the icon to
the left of each meeting to print your certificate directly or choose to have them emailed to you
to save to your computer (you MUST be logged in to view this feature)
Dr. Diana Uchiyama, JD, PsyD, CAADC—Executive Director at the Lawyers’ Assistance Program Dr. Diana Uchiyama is the Executive Director of the Illinois Lawyers’ Assistance Program (LAP). Prior to joining LAP, she was the Administrator of Psychological Services for DuPage County where she oversaw a DASA licensed outpatient substance use treatment program, including a Mentally Ill Substance Abuse (MISA program) and Seeking Safety program for individuals with substance use problems, who were also trauma survivors. While at DuPage County she also ran a 26-week Domestic Batterer Intervention Program for a court mandated population of clients. Dr. Uchiyama has also worked for the Kane County Diagnostic Center, as both a Staff Psychologist and Juvenile Drug Court Coordinator, and has an extensive background doing court ordered evaluations including psychological, sanity, fitness, fitness to
parent, and sex offender evaluations. She is a licensed sex offender evaluator in the State of Illinois. Dr. Uchiyama also conducts therapy with adults and adolescents. She has implemented numerous changes to court ordered programs both in Kane and DuPage County and is a SAMSHA certified trauma informed care trainer. She also has an Advanced Mindfulness Training Certificate in an effort to increase wellbeing among her clients. Prior to obtaining her masters and doctorate in Clinical Psychology, Dr. Uchiyama was an Assistant Public Defender in Cook County working in various felony courtrooms at 26th and California in Chicago for over a decade. She obtained her law degree from Pepperdine University School of Law.
FLYING TOO CLOSE TO THE SUN
The DuPage County Bar Association presents The 45th Annual Judges’ Nite
Friday, February 28, 2020Cocktails and Heavy Appetizers at 5:30 pm Show at 7:00 pm
The Belushi Auditorium at the College of DuPage
A DuPage Legal Assistance Foundation Fundraiserdirected by NICK NELSON music by JUDGES’ NITE BAND stage manager PAM TROJAN
produced by CHRISTINA MORRISON artwork by ANNA PIRO DESIGN
To purchase tickets go to dcba.org or call 630-653-7779
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www.illinoisLAP.org
312-726-6607
Wellness in the Legal Profession
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"To be a good lawyer, one has to be a healthy
lawyer. Sadly, our profession is falling short
when it comes to wellbeing…the current state of
lawyers' health cannot support a profession
dedicated to client service and dependent on the
public trust."
ABA National Task Force on Lawyer Well-Being
(August 14, 2017)
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What is Lawyer Wellbeing?
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Wellbeing is a continuous process in which
people develop deeper self awareness and, with
that knowledge, take action to strengthen their
resilience and improve their overall health.
2016 National Study
of 12,825 Licensed Employed LawyersFunded by ABA, Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation
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21%
28%19%
23%
2016 ABA-HBF Study
Alcohol Depression Anxiety chronic stress
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Reported Treatment Rates from Study
37%
63%
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Health services,
treatment or help
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No
7%
93%
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services, treatment or
help
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No
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Resilience Defined and why it is so
important for Legal Professionals
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• The process of adapting in the face of
adversity, trauma, tragedy, threats, or
significant sources of stress but…
• Problems lawyers are asked to resolve take a
long time and involve a lot of conflict
• Success in practicing law requires a large
amount of energy on problems that are not
our own
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Legal Professionals as Problem
Solvers
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Wellbeing and Ethics
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Rules of Professional Conduct:
– Zealously Advocate
– Competent Representation
– Prohibits Neglect of Matters
– Depression/Stress/ Anxiety impacts Executive Functioning
– Mental Health/Substance Use Problems impact Cognitive Functioning
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Increasing Resiliency
Effective Stress Management
Better Advocate for
Clients
Why Mindfulness?
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Positive effects on our psychological well being
including:
• Improvement in mood
• Increase in positive emotions
• Decrease in anxiety
• Decrease in emotional reactivity
• Decrease in job burnout
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Why Mindfulness?
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Physical Conditions it can improve:
• Lowers blood pressure and increases heart
health
• Decrease cognitive decline from aging or
Alzheimer’s
• Can increase attention
• Can improve immune response
Why Mindfulness?
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• May reduce cell aging
• May help in addiction recovery
• May help in weight loss/stress eating
• Improve sleep
• Lower stress
• Manage chronic pain
• Prevent depression relapse
• Increase brain gray matter
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What is Mindfulness?
• Moment to moment…
• Non-judgmental
• Awareness
“Cultivating present moment awareness without
judgment to the experiences that are arising
inwardly and outwardly—for the purposes of
living a skillful and healthy life.”
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Developing Personal Mindfulness
Practices
First Foundation of Mindfulness:
Breath and the Body
• Awareness of the breath
• Awareness of the body-forms, feelings, mind/perceptions
• Postures of the body—sitting, standing, walking, lying down
• Bodily activity—learning to be skillful in our everyday actions
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Guided Practice
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What did you notice?
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Body awareness: “Never let the mind
leave the body” --Ahjan Cha
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Stress versus Performance
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Why LAP?
• Free
• Confidential
• Familiar with legal environments
• Services tailored to judges, lawyers and law students (i.e.
support groups)
• Peer Support
• Referrals for ARDC & Character and Fitness issues
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Talking to Someone about LAP
• Call or email LAP. We will coach you on what to say to your colleague
• Show them the LAP website/social media
• Highlight LAP’s guaranteed confidentiality
• Say:
“Calling LAP is easy, free and totally confidential. No one has to know.”
“Let’s call LAP together right now.” (and dial the phone)
“Do you want me to call LAP for you?”
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What Happens Next
• If the person is willing to come in or be contacted an assessment will be done and a treatment/action plan created
• If the person is not willing, then LAP will:
– Reach out to the person and invite them to come in.
– Contact trained LAP Volunteers (bound by confidentiality) who may already have a relationship with the person to see if they can help connect the person with LAP.
– Intervention
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ILLINOIS LAWYERS’ ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
Always Free + Confidential
Services tailored to the legal profession:
› Short-term counseling
› Support Groups
› Referrals
› Interventions
› Help with ARDC Concerns
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WE CAN HELP WITH
Stress – Anxiety – Grief
Depression
Career Transitions
Addiction – Substance Abuse
& Much More
CONTACT US// Email// [email protected]
Phone// 312-726-6607
STOP BY OUR OFFICE// 20 S. Clark St., Suite 450
Chicago, IL 60603
www.illinoislap.org
LAP is only able to serve those in need as a result
of the efforts of our staff, and the financial
contributions of those within our
legal community.
All donations are tax deductible. All donations go
towards helping Illinois attorneys’ in need.
Illinoislap.org/mental-health-donations
LAWYERS’ HELPING
LAWYERS’
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