COLORADO LAWYER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

COLAP provides free and confidential assistance to the Colorado legal community for personal and professional issues.

COLAP staff are lawyers, legal professionals, and licensed clinicians with expertise in well-being, stress management, mental health, substance use, and addiction issues.

Overwhelmed? Coping strategies not working? COLAP provides individualized education and practical next steps, plans, and resources for legal professionals.

CONFIDENTIALITY

INCLUSION & WELL-BEING

Presentations

Learn more about COLAP’s free Ethics CLE presentations (Currently available in virtual format).

Articles

Access articles on a variety of well-being topics, tailored to the legal community.

Volunteer

Learn more about our trained ambassadors who are here to support the legal community, and learn how you can get involved.

Task Force

Learn about what Colorado is doing to support well-being in the legal profession.

Community Resources

Other resources available to the Colorado legal community.

Confidentiality

All communications with COLAP are privileged and held in the strictest confidence.

Members of the legal community can be reluctant to seek assistance for behavioral health, well-being, and career-related issues. The Colorado Supreme Court addressed this concern by making COLAP a separate and independent agency.

In addition, pursuant to Rule 254, the court mandated that all communications with COLAP are “privileged and held in the strictest confidence.”

COLAP is prohibited from disclosing any information without a signed release from the individual it pertains to, and information shared with COLAP cannot be used as evidence in complaints, investigations, or in legal or disciplinary proceedings. Reaching out to COLAP cannot negatively impact your license, career, or personal relationships; but not reaching out might.