Tag: mental health

Mental health charity LawCare teams up with Sheffield and Open University academics to launch wellbeing course
Free for law students and lawyers

Embattled barristers ‘masquerading as sociopaths’ and stressed-out solicitors who don’t want to be ‘seen as weak’
Radio show puts lawyer wellbeing under spotlight

Law students to be taught meditation to prepare for workplace stress
New initiatives will also include online 'mindfulness' module

Taylor Wessing lawyers open up about mental health
Partners and associates share experiences of handling stress at work

Mental health: a once taboo subject for City lawyers
Taylor Wessing litigation partner and head of the firm’s Wellbeing Network, Laurence Lieberman, chats to Legal Cheek's Aishah Hussain

Legal mental health charity to create army of ‘wellbeing advocates’
LawCare scheme launches on World Mental Health Day

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

Three more high profile speakers announced for Future of Legal Education and Training Conference 2019
Hardwicke’s PJ Kirby QC, Brighton Uni LLB lead Zoe Swan and Frances Bennett, pioneer of Burges Salmon's legal apprenticeships scheme, to appear at Kings Place London on 22 May

How do we tackle the legal profession’s mental health problem?
Many lawyers appear to be ‘surviving but not thriving’, says Newcastle University's Professor Richard Collier

Why I went public with my mental health struggles
Freshfields lawyer Lloyd Rees on the reaction to his blog, the road to recovery and raising awareness

Modernising the Mental Health Act
KCL postgrad Emma Diack looks at the changes ahead

Improving junior lawyer wellbeing requires a cultural change, taskforce tells law firms
Long hours and billing targets among biggest contributors to poor mental health

Baker McKenzie chief goes on leave due to exhaustion
Firm’s global chair Paul Rawlinson follows doctor’s advice to take a break

8 City law firms pledge to improve lawyer wellbeing
On World Mental Health Day
Why lawyers need to loosen the ‘stiff upper lip’
Macho demonstrations of 'resilience' are overrated
Why lawyers are particularly vulnerable to mental health issues
Elizabeth Rimmer, CEO of LawCare, shares her tips on how to thrive, not just get through the day
Hull law student goes public with battle against mental health problems
Celine Ballantine says her selfies show her descent into depression, and urges people to be more open about their struggles
A good day at work? Not likely if you’re a lawyer
It's not just Trump and Brexit which are getting us down