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This past year has been one of transition for LAPBC. Milestones like that have a way of prompting reflection - not only on where we've been, but on what we hope to carry forward.

Every year around the end of August, I have the same thought: Happy New Year.

LAPBC thanks Shari R. Pearlman for her service and dedication to our legal community.

After many years of dedicated service, we announce the retirement of Derek LaCroix as Executive Director of the Lawyers Assistance Program of British Columbia

It’s been such an honour and privilege to serve the legal community as the ED of the Lawyers Assistance Program of BC.

With sadness and a fond farewell, we acknowledge and honour the passing of Patrick Walker.

While some of us can be good at physical self-care – our intellectual self-care program can’t be neglected.

Attending to your emotional well-being is very likely to increase your quality of life.

Here's a glimpse of the types of help LAPBC provides and how our Lawyer Counsellors respond to the needs of the community and spend their time. 

The Lawyers Assistance Program of British Columbia is hiring a Lawyer Counsellor to work full-time with lawyers, their families and staff in the field of counselling assistance.

Warm wishes for Susan Burak in her retirement. We will miss Susan and we wish her well in the next stage of her life. 

At LAPBC, we rely heavily on the kindness and generosity of our volunteers and we wouldn't be the organization we are without them.

International Women’s day is upon us and some of us have joined in to pledge our support for women everywhere.

Working remotely and practicing physical/responsible distancing from friends and family is teaching me a lot!

We are thrilled to have Shari R. Pearlman join the LAP team as the newest Lawyer-Social Worker.

It is with a heavy heart that we must inform you that Laurie Stewart passed away peacefully last week.

The LAPBC Administrative Executive leads all administrative and operational functions and reports directly to the Executive Director.

As the summer winds down, parents and children look ahead to perhaps the most unusual "back to school" year of our lifetimes.

The research shows us that there is a strong correlation between how we think, or “appraise” a difficult event and what emotions arise, or how we “feel” about the event.

Taking time to take stock and increase self-awareness is a helpful way to make use of and reduce the stress in this uncertain time.

Resilience is a popular concept at the best of times. During this difficult and uncertain period brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s now being used to describe everything from supply chains to toddlers.

On June 14, 2019, members of the legal community were invited to attend the 19th Annual Gratitude Luncheon.

A few weeks ago, I attended and spoke at the inaugural Women Thriving in Law CLEBC conference...