Starling Marshall, president of the board of the Dave Nee Foundation, recently appeared on The Docket on MSNBC to discuss mental illness in the legal profession and the need to break down barriers to treatment. The Foundation’s mission is to eliminate the stigma associated with depression and suicide. Above the Law joins the conversation in an article focusing on the issues surrounding character and fitness questions that inquire into a bar applicant’s mental health history.
Watch the MSNBC The Docket segment, “The ‘constant fight’ of lawyers’ depression,” and read the Above the Law article, “Lawyers and Depression: An Interesting Issue,” here.