LawCare
Spike in lawyers questioning their career choice
Majority of callers to wellbeing charity LawCare are trainee or junior
‘The overall culture in law is damaging many junior lawyers’, JLD chair warns
Mental Health Awareness Week prompts renewed calls for change as wellbeing charity LawCare extends online support
Lawyer wellbeing charity LawCare sees spike in stress-related calls
Almost two-thirds of all contacts from trainee and junior lawyers
Lawyers pound the pavements for charity
Over 8,000 walkers went the distance at yesterday’s London Legal Walk
Over two-thirds of lawyers have suffered mental ill-health
Lawyer wellbeing charity LawCare calls for profession-wide change in new report
Lockdown issues trigger rise in calls to lawyer wellbeing helpline
Stress and anxiety among top concerns, LawCare stats show
Home-working: 3 out of 4 solicitors experiencing feelings of isolation and lack of motivation
Cracks beginning to show in WFH model, particularly among juniors, report finds
Not being allowed to work from home among top COVID-19 concerns to lawyer-wellbeing helpline
LawCare stats released to mark start of Mental Health Awareness Week
Taylor Wessing extends meditation app to future trainees as it ramps up wellbeing support for home-working lawyers
City outfit set to launch virtual yoga and Skype choir sessions
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What went down at LegalEdCon North 2020
Last month’s Manchester conference marked the beginning of some important conversations centering around the SQE, Sophie Currie reports
Calls to lawyer wellbeing helpline continue to rise with stress, depression and bullying among top concerns
Over half of callers to LawCare were trainees, pupils or junior lawyers
Mental health charity LawCare teams up with Sheffield and Open University academics to launch wellbeing course
Free for law students and lawyers
Legal mental health charity to create army of ‘wellbeing advocates’
LawCare scheme launches on World Mental Health Day
Manchester innovation in legal education conference launched
30 January event will bring together firms, northshoring hubs and law schools ahead of introduction of the SQE
The best social media snaps from the London Legal Walk
15,000 walkers go the distance for charity
Mental health charity pilots online messenger service in bid to reach more young lawyers
LawCare’s announcement comes at the start of Mental Health Awareness Week
Calls concerning bullying and harassment up 80%, says lawyer helpline
Majority of callers to LawCare women
‘How are you, really?’ City firms and chambers on board as leading wellbeing charity gears up for mental health week
Lawyers met last night to discuss pressures facing students and juniors
‘I returned to my desk and broke down in tears’: Magic circle junior lawyer opens up about battle with depression and anxiety
Three-part blog is frank account of City solicitor’s journey
Don’t forget about mental health in the diversity debate
LawCare speaks to junior lawyers struggling with stress, depression and drink problems on a daily basis. CEO Elizabeth Rimmer says the legal profession is due a culture change — and that this will have a positive impact on diversity
Number of lawyers calling mental health helpline at record high
One half are trainees and junior lawyers