ALCOHOL AND DEPRESSION IN ENGLISH AND AMERICAN LAWYER DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS

This paper gives a comparison of the approach of the US courts and of the Solicitor's Disciplinary Tribunal in England to disciplinary proce edings concerning lawyers suffering from alcohol dependence and/or dep ression. A richer case law in the USA indicates a more sophisticated a pproach, higher standards as to evidence and better support systems fo r lawyers in recovery. Useful lessons could be learned from the Americ an experience and the experience of doctors and dentists by English la wyers.