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Wisconsin Lawyers Assi​stance Program​


​The Lawyers Assistance Program offers confidential well-being support to the legal community. WisLAP staff are available for consultations, mental health trainings, and well-being presentations. Additionally, WisLAP trained volunteers are available for individualized peer-to-peer support upon request. 

The Lawyers Assistance Program aims to develop a culture within the Wisconsin legal community that fosters work-life balance and destigmatizes mental illness and substance use disorders. WisLAP services are free as a benefit of your State Bar membership and available to everyone in the legal community.​

We do not provide legal advice or give lawyer referrals. Click here if you are seeking legal advice or need to find a lawyer.


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WisLAP Contact Information:

WisLAP Line: (800) 543-2625​ or​ callwislap@wisbar.org​

Program Manager: Amber Ault​, Ph.D., MSW (800)444-9404 ext. 6159​


How We Support​

  • ​Initial evalu​ation​
  • Referrals
  • Peer assistance
  • Consultation
  • Education, including CLE programs
  • Outreach

Who W​e Serve

  • Law Students
  • Bar applicants
  • Attorneys (in good standing, suspended, disbarred, re-instatement candidates)
  • Judges
  • Colleagues
​Research suggests that legal professionals sacrifice self-care for their job which often leads to dissatisfaction in their professional and personal life, and often at the expense of their health and well-being (2021 ​Wisconsin Task Force
​Report
​). If the demands of practicing law start to affect your personal time, energy levels, and mental health, give yourself permission to contact the Wisconsin Lawyers Assistance Program (WisLAP).

​​​It is the responsibility of the legal community to help our colleagues. WisLAP is based upon the premise of Lawyers Helping Lawyers and Judges Helping Judges. We have over 150​ trained volunteer lawyers and judges, who understand what you go through, to offer support and guidance.

WisLAP is exempt from reporting professional misconduct to the Office of Lawyer Regulation (OLR) under Wisconsin Supreme Court Rule 20:8.3(c)(2) and to the Judicial Commission under Wisconsin Supreme Court Rule 60.04(3). WisLAP​ does not require callers to disclose their identity.