“I have found great joy in the gift of sobriety and am passionate about using my personal and professional experience to advocate for recovery related issues and promote joy and well-being in the legal profession.”
– ED SCHAFER
Advocacy Goals
- Establish a statewide task force on lawyer well-being
- Reduce stigma around addiction and mental health issues in the legal profession
- Joyful Justice Podcast
- Recovery and life coaching
- Mental Health/Substance Abuse/Wellness CLE presentations
- Motivational speaking:
- Overcoming Addiction
- Happy, Joyous, and Free
- Well-being paradoxes
- Lobbying for recovery related issues
- Educate lawyers and law firms on ways to support lawyers struggling with addiction and/or mental health issues
- Educate lawyers and law firms on how to support other lawyers in recovery

“Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles of any kind come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy.”
– James 1:2
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