Tag: mental health
Charity tells corporate law firms to ‘actively step in’ and protect lawyers mental health
Mindful Business Charter's open letter follows death of City partner
IBA releases guidance for law schools to safeguard student mental health
Wellbeing issues should not be sign of weakness, says International Bar Association
Surge in bullying reports to lawyer wellbeing charity
LawCare records one of its 'busiest years ever'
TC applications, exams and volume of work among top sources of stress for law students
Exclusive research: Profession's wellbeing efforts branded 'performative' in Legal Cheek mental health survey
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‘An open letter to my fellow lawyers — it’s time to be completely honest about mental health’
Lack of support coupled with poor work-life balance is creating a "perfect storm", warns doctor turned trainee solicitor Gavriel Sapir
Fewer than a quarter of burnt-out lawyers feel supported by their firm
Lack of help comes despite research showing vast majority have suffered exhaustion at some point in their careers
Law firms could face action over ‘unreasonable’ lawyer workloads, SRA warns
Solicitors' watchdog says firms should do all they reasonably can to protect staff wellbeing
Lawyer wellbeing charity LawCare sees spike in stress-related calls
Almost two-thirds of all contacts from trainee and junior lawyers
‘Toxic work culture’ impacting productivity, say half of legal workers
New research finds nearly two fifths feel less engaged with their roles as a result
Lawyers at risk of ‘burnout, breakdown, or leaving profession’
More than 7 out of 10 legal workers claim their job negatively impacts mental health, new research finds
‘The pressure to be mentally strong can be dangerous’
BTC student Natasha Kirkpatrick reflects on her own personal challenges ahead of the launch of bar mental health support network BLEMI
Over two-thirds of lawyers have suffered mental ill-health
Lawyer wellbeing charity LawCare calls for profession-wide change in new report
The burnout profession? Why City law culture needs to change
Ex-corporate lawyer Charlene Gisele reflects on her own mental health struggles while offering her top tips to prevent work-related exhaustion before it starts
Linklaters hands lawyers £300 to cover knitting, yoga and meditation classes
Spent via mood-boosting app
Junior lawyer mental health hit hardest by lockdown, research reveals
When compared with WFH experience of senior solicitors
Baker McKenzie tells lawyers to keep Wednesdays meeting-free to ‘combat Zoom fatigue’
And 1-2pm on other work days
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
JLD welcomes decision not to strike off struggling junior lawyer
Susan Orton binned documents 'in a moment of sheer panic'
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