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KLAP KYLAP TO HOST NEW LAWYERS IN RECOVERY MEETING IN HAZARD BEGINNING IN NOVEMBER; RECOVERY MEETINGS The Kentucky Lawyers Assistance Program (KYLAP) is excited to announce a new Lawyers in Recovery meeting! A monthly meeting (open to lawyers, law students, and judges) will begin in Hazard on December 2 at 6:30 p.m., at the Hazard City Hall, 700 Main Street. For more information on upcoming meetings in Hazard, please contact the KYLAP office at (502) 564-3795, ext. 266. The Kentucky Lawyer Assistance Program CONGRATULATES KYLAP Commission Chairman ASA P. "PETE" GULLETT The Kentucky Lawyers Assistance Program offers weekly open recovery meetings for lawyers, law students and judges in Lexington and Northern Kentucky. The Northern Kentucky Lawyers in Recovery meeting is held 7:30 a.m., on Tuesdays at Lakeside Christian Church, 195 Buttermilk Pike, Lakeside Park, (Erlanger). The church is located off I-75 exit 186 for Kentucky 371/ Buttermilk Pike. The facility will open at 7:15 a.m. Please bring your own coffee. The Lexington Kentucky Lawyers in Recovery meeting is held at 7:30 a.m. on Wednesdays at the Alano Club downtown, 370 East Second Street, Lexington, KY 40508. All meetings are open to law students, lawyers and judges who are already involved or who are interested in a 12-step program of recovery, including but not limited to Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, Overeaters Anonymous and Al-Anon. Come meet other attorneys and network. All meetings and contacts are confidential. SCR 3.990. For additional information, please visit www.kylap.org, call (502) 564-3795, ext. 266, or email abeitz@kylap.org. KLYAP OFFERS SUPPORT/COUNSELING GROUP IN LOUISVILLE The Kentucky Lawyers Assistance Program offers a Lawyers with Depression support/counseling group in coordination with Bradford Health Services and The InnerView of Louisville. The meetings are held 6-7:30 p.m., every Monday at The InnerView at 4229 Bardstown Road, Louisville. The group, which is led by certified mental health professionals, serves Kentucky law students, lawyers and judges who suffer with depression or other mental health issues. The weekly cost is $40 per person. Insurance can be filed for possible reimbursement but is not required to participate. Those who wish to pay privately may do so. A mental health assessment is required for participation. Assessments may be provided by your health care provider, or may be performed by the professionals at The InnerView. Lawyers from around the state are invited to participate in this wellness opportunity. For more information, contact Kathy at the InnerView office at (502) 499-8010 or the KYLAP office at (502) 564-3795. Winner of the American Bar Association's Commission on Lawyer Assistance Program's John W. "Jack" Keegan Award for Outstanding Service to a Lawyer Assistance Program The award is given to a program volunteer in recognition of distinguished efforts, who has been an example for all to follow, who has brought honor to the lawyer assistance movement and who has demonstrated exceptional achievements or superior service to a lawyer assistance program. CONGRATULATIONS TO PETE ON THIS NATIONAL RECOGNITION 39 The Louisville Lawyers in Recovery Open 12-Step Meeting will no longer meet. Any lawyers in the Louisville area who are interested in a lawyers, judges and law students-only recovery meeting, are invited to the recovery meetings in Northern Kentucky on Tuesday mornings or in Lexington on Wednesday mornings. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call the KYLAP office at (502) 564-3795, ext. 266. B&B; • 11.13