Cold, blue, crisis or seeking professional advice - you are all welcome at the Lawyers' Group of Ontario

Come out to share and listen.

Happy, curious donkeys.

Get that worry off of your back for an hour and a half on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month from 5:30-7:00. We are lawyers and paralegals ready to listen and support. We are not professional therapists. We just bring experiences and want to hear yours.

The Lawyers Group is independent of the OBA and the Law Society of Ontario. We are a group that respects confidentiality and privacy of members.

You are welcome. Lots more resources for lawyers.


20 Toronto Street, 2nd Floor - Ontario Bar Association
2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month from 5:30-7:00
(We thank the OBA for the space. They do not provide and are not responsible for any advice, therapy or the conduct of the Lawyers' Group of Ontario.)

Lawyers' Group Ontario now and tomorrow

The Lawyers' Group returns

Join us 5:00p.m. to 6:30p.m. at the OBA office – 20 Toronto St, Suite 200, (east of Yonge between King and Adelaide). We meet the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month.

If you want to join the mailing list please contact: 
coulsonmills@hotmail.com

The Lawyers’ Group was formed some years ago and held regular meetings where peers explored the interaction between the practice of law and a lawyer’s mental health, emotional balance and alcohol and other substance use.

OBA has very generously provided this space to us at no cost.

The Group is not therapy or treatment. It is a self-facilitated group that provides a safe, confidential and respectful place for lawyers to discuss as frankly as each may choose issues that impact personal wellness – whoever is seen in group and whatever is said in group stays in group.

The group is open to current and former lawyers, judges and law students as well as others within the justice system. Topics have ranged from depression among lawyers to substance abuse by lawyers and the group provides a wealth of personal experience and wisdom in these areas. We also canvass pragmatic practice issues and the impact they have on well-being. As an example, we have explored how procrastination around practice management issues can cascade into troubling personal consequences.

Please feel free to be with us. At the OBA headquarters.

Lawyers can ask for support...it's legal

Join  us at the Lawyers Group. We support and learn from each other. We don't give advice but we listen and share experiences. Bring your legal, professional, family, emotional, addiction, work-life balance and other issues.

OBA - 20 Toronto Street - NEW 5:30 - 7:00
We emphasize confidentiality and we do NOT judge.

The Lawyers' Group returns

July 13 and 27, 5:00p.m. to 6:30p.m. at the OBA office – 20 Toronto St, Suite 200, (east of Yonge between King and Adelaide).

The Lawyers’ Group was formed some years ago and held regular meetings where peers explored the interaction between the practice of law and a lawyer’s mental health, emotional balance and alcohol and other substance use.

OBA has very generously provided this space to us at no cost.

The Group is not therapy or treatment. It is a self-facilitated group that provides a safe, confidential and respectful place for lawyers to discuss as frankly as each may choose issues that impact personal wellness – whoever is seen in group and whatever is said in group stays in group.

The group is open to current and former lawyers, judges and law students as well as others within the justice system. Topics have ranged from depression among lawyers to substance abuse by lawyers and the group provides a wealth of personal experience and wisdom in these areas. We also canvass pragmatic practice issues and the impact they have on well-being. As an example, we have explored how procrastination around practice management issues can cascade into troubling personal consequences.

Please feel free to be with us. At the OBA headquarters.

Rebirth of Peer Support Group of Lawyers - The Lawyers' Group

The Lawyers' Group returns

July 13 and 27, 5:00p.m. to 6:30p.m. at the OBA office – 20 Toronto St, Suite 200, (east of Yonge between King and Adelaide).

The Lawyers’ Group was formed some years ago and held regular meetings where peers explored the interaction between the practice of law and a lawyer’s mental health, emotional balance and alcohol and other substance use.

OBA has very generously provided this space to us at no cost.

The Group is not therapy or treatment. It is a self-facilitated group that provides a safe, confidential and respectful place for lawyers to discuss as frankly as each may choose issues that impact personal wellness – whoever is seen in group and whatever is said in group stays in group.

The group is open to current and former lawyers, judges and law students as well as others within the justice system. Topics have ranged from depression among lawyers to substance abuse by lawyers and the group provides a wealth of personal experience and wisdom in these areas. We also canvass pragmatic practice issues and the impact they have on well-being. As an example, we have explored how procrastination around practice management issues can cascade into troubling personal consequences.

Please feel free to be with us.

Winding UP - March 19, 2014

***WE ARE BACK***

The Lawyers' Group has been a big part in my recovery over the years and has reached many people.

The group is a concept really. A concept in that the group has no legal existence, no rule book, no fixed address, no leader. Rather, the Lawyers' Group has been a series of meetings where lawyers Help lawyers.

We are winding up after the meeting this Wednesday March 19, 2014 at 5:30. I hope to see lots of you there.

This website will carry on but will be checked less frequently.

Next steps

If you have attended the group or are a lawyer just finding out about the group feel free to email this account or contact the Member Assistance Program through Homewood Human Solutions.

Or read about our other resources for lawyers.
Thanks, Tim

Upcoming meeting times

The Lawyers' Group will meet:

March 5 & 19  2014
5:30 - 7:00

We meet the first and third Wednesday of the month at the OBA Conference Centre at 20 Toronto Street, Toronto, Ontario. The Conference Centre provides an accessible, comfortable and confidential space for open sharing and support.

The Lawyers' Group will continue to help lawyers deal with stress, family, addiction, mental health and other issues in a peer support environment. Learn more about the Lawyers' Group.

The Lawyers' Group remains independent, confidential,  and open to all lawyers. Attendees do not have to be members of the OBA or any other organization.

Please share the new location widely as we have moved twice. This will be a long term location.


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