WA Lawyers Assisting Lawyers
(WaLAL) is a free, confidential, independent, 501(c)(3) that
provides peer support (not treatment) for all legal professionals and
professors, including law students, lawyers, and judges.
WaLAL’s goal is to meet the challenges facing law students
and legal professionals today. Roughly 1 in 3 law students will face mental
health or substance use challenges during their lifetimes - all will face a
challenging career. WaLAL wants that career to be fulfilling, successful, and
long-lived. The organization offers a practical, trusted way to meet that need
- through trained lawyer peer counselors, who are all current or past attorneys
with lived experience meeting the challenges of this career and overcoming the
challenges listed above.
WaLAL offers more than one-on-one peer counseling. They
provide workshops, free CLEs, and other ongoing support to students and staff. WaLAL
is supported by WSBA (BUT ENTIRELY
INDEPENDENT of it), accredited for CLEs, and aligned with ABA Standards 303
and 508 on student well-being.
Students, you are invited to take WaLAL’s wellness
tests and reach out to WaLAL directly for
confidential peer support. Please visit www.walal.org for
more information.
