Career and work
Vickers has worked as a lawyer, mental health advocate, and educator in Florida. In the late 1990s, she and fellow lawyer Ernst Mueller petitioned for mental illness awareness to be added to The Florida Bar’s continuing legal education rules. The proposal was approved by the Bar’s Board of Governors and later by the Florida Supreme Court. [2]
She has also taught mental health education programs for lawyers and participated in organizations and conferences focused on mental illness, law, and civil rights. [3][2]
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The Florida Bar News“June 1, 2025 Letters” A first-person letter in which Vickers describes herself as “an attorney living with bipolar disorder” and discusses the continuing need for mental illness education within the legal profession.
The Florida Bar News“Mental health education will serve lawyers well” A detailed profile covering Vickers’s 1988 manic episode, diagnosis of manic depression, counseling and medication, long-term stability, and effort to add mental illness awareness to Florida’s continuing legal education rules.
Psychiatric News“Judges Educate Colleagues About Mental Illness” Describes Vickers as a lawyer and mental health advocate with bipolar disorder and documents her work promoting mental illness education within the legal system.
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