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.

August 21 - Lawyers' Group returns to the OBA Conference Centre

The Ontario Bar Association has kindly agreed to support the return of the Lawyers' Group to the OBA Conference Centre at 20 Toronto Street, Toronto, Ontario. The Conference Centre will provide an accessible, comfortable and confidential space for open sharing and support.

MEETINGS begin: August 21, 2013 --- 5:30-7:00

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 year. This will be a long term location


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Who comes to the Lawyers' Group?

Stories of how we came to the Lawyers' Group:

Stress and Depression

Some people at work told me to take a break from practice. I had dealt with depression for years but this time it was more intense. I was super nervous attending the first meeting and could barely talk. At the second meeting, I told the very welcoming members of the Lawyers' Group that I was planning on taking a month to recover. The group listened in a way that made me feel like I was not alone. I also got the space to understand that I needed to deal with underlying problems. 

- Tim, First year practitioner, Toronto 

Family, Work stress and Starting a New Practice

The work during my articles was going well, but I was facing a lot of personal family issues, which in turn started to affect my work. I started going to the Lawyers' Group and although it was difficult at first to walk in and talk to other lawyers, the feeling quickly went away and I felt understood and cared for by the group. 

I  have been attending the Lawyers' Group for many years now and it has had a tremendous impact on the way I practice law as well as on my personal well being. I have faced many challenges related to law, including working in a fast paced law firm and burning out, and the complexities of opening my own practice. The Lawyers' Group is a safe place where lawyers can walk in and share stories in complete confidentiality. 

- Mary, Toronto

Listening helps...we listen

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How did you find out about and decide to come to the Lawyer Group? Email us at lawyergroupont@gmail.com.

Basics of the Lawyers' Group

The Lawyers' Group has been wrapped due to changing time demands and needs of members. The website will remain as a resource and record. We especially recommend the resource page, which we will try to update on a semi-regular basis.

If you are dealing with difficult issues in your personal life or legal career, now is the time to seek help and to help others.

The Lawyers' Group is self-organized and independent of the Law Society of Upper Canada.

Confidentiality is at the heart of how the Group works.

We don't give advice but instead share our experiences and gain strength through the experiences of others.

Common topics and themes:

• addictions, 

• anxiety,

• stress/burnout, 

• work and family pressures, and 

• mental or physical health.

Do you have questions? Please email lawyergroupont@gmail.com