WHEREAS the Legal Profession/Jurists Assistance Conference (LPAC) was established by Council at the 1990 Mid-Winter Meeting in Saint-Sauveur;
WHEREAS the Board of Directors of LPAC struck a special committee to review its By-law, with a view to improving the effectiveness of its governance and operations;
WHEREAS the recommendations of the by-law committee were adopted at a special meeting of LPAC members in March 2003;
BE IT RESOLVED THAT:
1. Article 7(7) of the CBA Regulations be repealed and replaced with the following:
“Legal Profession Assistance Conference
The Legal Profession Assistance Conference (LPAC) recognizes that personal problems, mental health issues and addiction significantly affect a person’s ability to function personally and professionally. It is the responsibility of the legal profession to assist its members and their families who experience, or are at risk of experiencing, such difficulties.
The objects of LPAC are:
A. To promote, support and assist in the establishment and continuation of local provincial and territorial programs designed to recognize and identify alcohol, drug and other chemical substance abuse problems, stress, burnout and other personal and emotional problems, and to assist in the rehabilitation of law students, lawyers, judges and related professional staff, through prevention, loss prevention and wellness.
B. To coordinate the assembly and exchange of information among local programs and to provide technical and professional information to local programs.
C. To raise the awareness at the national level of the incidence of alcohol, drug and other chemical substance abuse problems, stress, burnout, and other personal and emotional problems, and to provide assistance to local programs and to professional and regulatory bodies relating to these problems and to the control and prevention of, and recovery and rehabilitation from, them. ”
2. The By-laws of the Legal Profession/Jurists Assistance Program be repealed and replaced with Annex 1.
Certified true copy of a resolution carried by the Council of the Canadian Bar Association at the Annual Meeting held in Montreal, QC August 16-17, 2003.
John D.V. Hoyles
Executive Director/Directeur exécutif