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2025 Potomac River Bench and Bar Peak Performance and Mental Wellness Summit
K&L Gates LLP 1601 K Street, NW, Washington, D.C.
“Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health is the most shocking and inhumane.” – Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Although we are living in a mental health crisis, we still do not prioritize our mental health in the same way that we prioritize our physical health. Unfortunately, not everyone has access to the same health resources or help when needed – even after a global pandemic. This is unacceptable. We must come together to drive change to enable better health outcomes across traditionally underserved and marginalized communities.
The APA Foundation and its Center for Workplace Mental Health; the American Psychological Association; DC Department of Behavioral Health; CHC: Creating Healthier Communities; DC Chapter, Association of Black Psychologists (ABPsi); the Rotary Club of Howard West; and the Bar Association of the District of Columbia are teaming up for the inaugural 2025 Potomac River Bench & Bar Peak Performance and Mental Wellness Summit (the Summit) on Friday, March 21, 2025, 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM, at K&L Gates LLP, 1601 K Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20006. The featured speakers and panelists consisting of psychiatrists, psychologists, judges, attorneys, and law students, include Chief Judge James E. Boasberg (USDC DC), Lynn Bufka, PhD, ABPP (American Psychological Association), the immediate past Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, the Hon. Donald M. Remy, Esq., Ian Kremer, JD (LEAD Coalition), Mena Mirhom, MD, FAPA (Columbia Univ. Med. Ctr.), and Jean Accius, PhD (CHC: Creating Healthier Communities) and have accepted our invitation to participate in the Summit.
The Summit’s learning objectives will include:
- Understanding Anxiety and Depression, and Substance Use: A Playbook for Wellbeing Across the Legal
- Stress, Burnout, and Wellbeing in the Workplace
- Representing Clients or Counsel with mental illness, including intellectual & developmental disabilities (IDD), and serious mental illnesses (SMIs)
- Developing Lifestyle Techniques to Promote Wellbeing and Peak Performance
- Understanding Microaggressions, Imposter Syndrome & John Henryism
- Navigating the Family Caregiver’s Burden as a Legal Professional
As part of the Summit, we will be recognizing one or more law firms, agencies, or departments with the BADC’s 2025 Constance L. Belfiore Quality of Life Award. This will be the 24th year that this award has been conferred on an area legal organization.