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Brian Quigley knows, the general counsel and deputy executive director of the New Jersey Assembly Majority Office, shares insights on the law-making process in Trenton.

The New Jersey Lawyers Assistance Program is a free, confidential service that provides attorneys, judges, law school students, and law school graduates with resources for handling mental health or substance abuse issues that could impact their professional and personal well-being. On this edition of Sidebar, Denise Golonka, NJLAP’s clinical manager, discusses the importance of mental health, how NJLAP can help the legal community practice self-care and makes the case for why wellbeing is a part of a lawyer’s ethical duty of competence because it affects their ability to make positive, responsible decisions for themselves, their families, and their clients.

Hear from Shawn M. LaTourette. He is chief of staff at the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. He is the 2019-2020 Chair of the LGBT Rights Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association. And he is the father to 8 ½-year-old twins.

In the latest episode, the NJSBA sits down with Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia Valdes for a wide-ranging discussion.

Hear from Judge Glenn A. Grant, the acting administrative director of the courts, about how the Judiciary operates and some of the key issues facing the legal system.