Tag: Wellbeing

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

Latham sets lawyers’ Skype status to ‘away’ outside business hours to break ‘online 24/7 mindset’
Switch occurs automatically after 6pm

Lockdown issues trigger rise in calls to lawyer wellbeing helpline
Stress and anxiety among top concerns, LawCare stats show

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

IBA conference: Regulator has major role to play in junior lawyer wellbeing, argues Sheffield Uni law lecturer
Dr Emma Jones joins other top academics and charity LawCare to launch mental health research study

Over half of trainee solicitors ‘unable to cope with stress’ during lockdown
Report also finds most firms have struggled to train rookies remotely

Home-working: Older solicitors more likely to struggle with tech compared to younger colleagues, research finds
Do you know your Zoom from your Hangouts?

Female solicitors three times more likely to face workplace discrimination
New Law Society survey also shines spotlight on stress

Eversheds Sutherland launches chatroom app to combat lawyer loneliness during lockdown
Open House features range of discussion areas including wellbeing, hobbies and kidzone

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

How to manage your mental health as a junior lawyer
Lawyers and wellbeing experts offer up their tips and advice

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

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