We are very excited to announce that Jennifer Gros is JLAP’s new Clinical Director! She has been on JLAP’s Professional Clinical Team as a full-time Clinical Case Manager since 2014. Jennifer is a Louisiana native, born and raised in Baton Rouge. She received her Bachelor of Arts from Louisiana State University in 2004. Thereafter she attended the University of North Texas where she was accepted into the National Scholars Honor Society and graduated Cum Laude with a Master of Science in Rehabilitation Counseling in 2007. Jennifer is a Master Addiction Counselor and a Licensed Professional Counselor in Louisiana.

Prior to her tenure at JLAP, Jennifer’s broad professional experience includes having practiced in both outpatient and inpatient mental health settings, providing group therapy and psychosocial assessments to patients with chronic mental illnesses. She has also served as the Clinical Director for a Residential Treatment Facility for substance use disorders.

In 2012 Jennifer was honored by the Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse for the Greater New Orleans area and received its “Excellence in Treatment” Award.

Since 2014, Jennifer has been providing outstanding clinical assistance and support to JLAP’s clients in all categories including totally confidential cases, cases referred to JLAP by the Louisiana Supreme Court’s Committee on Bar Admissions (COBA), and cases involving disciplinary matters referred to JLAP by the Office of the Disciplinary Counsel (ODC).

Please join us in congratulating Jennifer on her new role at JLAP!

On May 5-7^th 2017 LAP Directors from across the country and Canada came together in Atlanta, GA, for the first ever Independent Annual Retreat for LAP Directors and Assistant Directors. The event was organized by the Louisiana, Colorado, Delaware, Montana, New Jersey, Mississippi and Montana programs

Attendance was limited to LAP Directors and Assistant Directors only, and this one-and-one-half day seminar was a closed, confidential forum for LAPs’ Staff to discuss internal operating challenges and share experiences on how to address them. LAP Directors came to Atlanta from as far away as Vancouver BC and even the Hawaiian Islands.

Several presentations were made, including Louisiana’s presentation wherein the Michigan and Louisiana Directors made a presentation on Louisiana’s JLAP Performance Audit and answered questions about the Audit. The attendees were very grateful that the Louisiana Audit was available to them. Many other presentations and topics were covered by various State LAPs over the course of the weekend and it was a great success. LAP Directors are already committed repeating the seminar next year.