THE SHEERAN- CROWLEY
TRUST
WHAT WE DO
HUNDREDS OF
TEXAS LAWYERS
HAVE BEEN HELPED
BY THE SHEERAN-CROWLEY TRUST.
THE TRUST
The Sheeran-Crowley Lawyer Wellness Trust provides financial help to Texas attorneys, judges, and law students who need treatment for substance use, depression, and other mental health issues. These attorneys often find themselves without health insurance and without the means to pay for services.
Created in 1995, the trust is administered by volunteer trustees who are members of Texas Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers, an organization that works closely with the Texas Lawyers’ Assistance Program of the State Bar of Texas.
Applicants must be receiving services from TLAP and demonstrate financial need. Once the trustees approve an individual’s application for assistance, a grant is made payable directly to the treatment provider. All applicants are asked to make a moral commitment to repay the grant.
THE HARD TRUTH
32%
OF LAWYERS 30 YEARS OLD
OR YOUNGER HAVE A DRINKING PROBLEM
28%
OF LAWYERS STRUGGLE WITH SOME LEVEL OF DEPRESSION
11%
OF LAWYERS HAVE HAD SUICIDAL THOUGHTS AT SOME POINT
IN THEIR CAREER
The Sheeran-Crowley Trust is the only one in existence that serves both substance use and mental health needs of Texas lawyers. It is funded solely by individual and firm donations and organizational grants. The State Bar of Texas has provided several significant grants to make these services available. All contributions (other than bookkeeping fees) go to providing assistance to Texas lawyers, law students, and judges.
Since 2014, the trust has provided funding for treatment of more than 350 Texas lawyers, law students, and judges. On average, the trust provides such funding more than once per week.