Legal professionals are thought to have higher levels of mental health issues and lower
levels of wellbeing than the general population. Drawing on qualitative data from new …

Extensive research shows that both law students and lawyers suffer from statistically
increased mental ill health. Despite the research, there is a disconnect between support for …

How as a society can we find ways of ensuring the people who are the most vulnerable or
have little voice can avail themselves of the protection in law to improve their social, cultural …

The legal profession is the last of the human services to recognise the need to become
trauma-informed by preparing lawyers for exposure to the trauma of their clients …

There is compelling evidence that law students in the UK, USA, and Australia are subject to
low levels of wellbeing. There is also compelling evidence that university students in the UK …

Key Directions in Legal Education identifies and explores key contemporary and emerging
themes that are significant and heavily debated within legal education from both UK and …

Recent years have witnessed growing concern internationally in the topic of wellbeing and
mental health across the legal community, an interest reflected in the emergence of a …

Student well-being in tertiary education contexts is an important issue because the
psychological health of students is a critical component of their capacity to learn effectively …

This book integrates research on the causes, responses and protective strategies for
vicarious trauma that are recognised in a range of human services and argues their …

This chapter will focus upon the move from education to practice. It will explore the position
of those law students who are unable to secure employment within the law, reflecting on the …