Journal Article: Fighting the Stigma Attorney's Dissertation looks at Mental Illness among Lawyers

July 24, 2014

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Mathis, J. (2014, July 21). Fighting the stigma: Attorney’s dissertation looks at mental illness among lawyers. Ingham County Legal News, p. 1.

“As a law clerk in the 30th Circuit Court several years ago, Michael McCue met several lawyers he was convinced were struggling with mental illness. In at least one case, the attorney ended up in jail on drug charges. Because mental illness typically strikes in young adulthood, McCue wondered if things would have been different had they received treatment while in law school. The Wayne State University Law School graduate is now a PhD student in Michigan State University’s Higher, Adult, and Lifelong Education program. And he had no trouble choosing a topic for his dissertation.”

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