Texas Lawyers Assistance Program director Bree Buchanan has won national accolades for her work to find practical solutions to the legal profession’s addiction and mental health epidemic.

Buchanan won the 2018 Excellence in Community Leadership Award from the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, a drug and alcohol addiction treatment provider that runs a Legal Professionals program that focuses on helping lawyers and judges. The award recognizes extraordinary service for lawyers with substance use and mental health disorders.