NAMI to Present Conference Plenary on Mental Health in the Workplace

This fall’s Legal Services Statewide Conference will offer attendees a focus on mental health and legal practice as they gather with colleagues to reconnect, learn, and earn CLE credit. On Friday morning, November 4th, conference participants can attend two sessions presented by Kay King, community educator with the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI Minnesota).

NAMI Minnesota is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of children and adults with mental illnesses and their families. For over 40 years, NAMI Minnesota has worked to promote the development of community mental health programs and services, change public attitudes about mental illnesses, improve access to services and increase opportunities for recovery.

In King’s plenary for the legal services community, attendees will learn the five things they can do to create a workplace that values good mental health. Participants will learn how to promote good mental health (including dealing with stress), the common symptoms of a mental illness, how attitudes and language impact people with mental illnesses, and accommodations for a mental illness. King will also present a breakout session on mental health “first aid” prior to the plenary.

Stay-tuned for more information about this year’s conference, Mental Health and Legal Practice: A Holistic View, at Arrowwood Resort and Conference Center, November 2 - 4, 2022. Registration will open in early September.