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The Mississippi Lawyer Winter 2016 7 Roy D. Campbell III President of The Mississippi Bar 2015-2016Continued on next page Confidential Professional Assistance for Lawyers and Judges T his issue of The Mississippi Lawyer is dedicated to the Bars Lawyers and Judges Assistance Program or LJAP. There is something here for all of us. Substance abuse and mental health issues are a growing problem for our pro- fession. The topic at the last meeting of the Charles Clark Inn of Court was The Epidemic of Lawyers Depression Substance Abuse Disorders. Addiction or mental illness is involved in fifty to seventy-five percent of lawyer discipline matters. Last year in Mississippi seven lawyers committed suicide. And while research shows that addiction and depression rates are far higher among lawyers than in the general population we have spouses children staff and friends who suffer. If you think you know no one affected remove your head from the sand. There was a time when discipline for impaired lawyers was both swift and severe. Revealing even their identities jeopardized the hard-earned reputations and livelihoods of lawyers and certainly of judges. Worse still those willing to seek help and risk the consequences of exposure had no professional safe haven. Fortunately those days are long gone. LJAP provides confidential help individually to judges lawyers and law students who may have substance abuse or mental health problems. The pro- gram also monitors and provides aftercare services. It arranges and implements formal interventions for your partners who need help but refuse to acknowledge it. And for all of that participants are charged not one dime. Chip Glaze is LJAPs Director. Chip is a lawyer a licensed therapist and a recovering alcoholic. Chip approved that message. Chip has walked the walk. His experience personally and professionally in behavioral health counseling family therapy and crisis interventions is deep. He is a superb resource. If the help you need is nothing more than an opinion on the location of an AA meeting that best suits your needs call him. If you want to know about the reliability of a treatment facility for your child call him. And certainly if you think you are finally ready to admit that you have an addiction problem call him. He even lists his cell number on the Bars website. Take full advantage of his consider- able knowledge and grace.