Mental Health and the Legal Professional
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2 Substantive Hours
OABP is dedicated to raising Mental Health awareness in the Legal Profession with a focus on erasing the stigma and spotlighting how Mental Health significantly impacts legal professionals, how they can access support and incorporate healthy habits in their personal and professional daily lives.
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In partnership with UDocs, OABP presents Project Cold Days, a CPD accredited course. The overall objective of this course is the promotion of work/life balance and wellness principles, regarding mental health, substance use and addiction awareness for professionals. (LSO Accredited for 2 hrs Professionalism). This course is completed entirely online and participants receive CPD certification after completion.
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To supplement the course and bring a greater focus to the intersection of Mental Health and race, OABP held a webinar on September 18, 2021 from 10am-12:30pm. Moderator, Royland Moriah, took a deeper dive with panelists Dominique Dennery, Tameka Francis and Daniel Stein. Law Society of Ontario Treasurer Teresa Donnelly brought opening remarks.