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Educating for Well-Being in Law: Positive Professional Identities and Practice – Strevens and Field

This book offers comparative perspectives across jurisdictions, and utilises a range of theoretical lenses (including socio-legal,...

Suffering in Silence: The Survey of Law Student Well-Being and the Reluctance of Law Students to See

This article reports the results of the Survey of Law Student Well-Being implemented in 2014 at fifteen US law schools. It explores the...

The Jury is in: Law Schools Foster Students' Fixed Mindsets

The legal education community remains concerned with the resiliency of law students and lawyers. This article describes an empirical...

Hong Kong Lawyer: Lawyer Well-Being: How to Practice Law Like An Olympian

An elite-level mind is what makes a lawyer successful. The quick wit and extreme focus to details in the midst of stress equates to a...

Jeena Cho, The Anxious Lawyer: An 8-Week Guide to a Joyful and Satisfying Law Practice...

The Anxious Lawyer: An 8-Week Guide to a Joyful and Satisfying Law Practice Through Mindfulness and Meditation Lawyers may be reluctant...

Jordana Alter Confino, 'Where Are We on the Path to Law Student Well-Being?'

'Where Are We on the Path to Law Student Well-Being?: Report on the ABA CoLAP Law Student Assistance Committee Law School Wellness...

Michael F. Melcher, The Creative Lawyer: A Practical Guide to Authentic Professional Satisfaction

Melcher breaks the process of finding and building a fulfilling career into bite-sized pieces that “even the busiest lawyer can find time...

Rachel Field, James Duffy and Colin James (Eds), Promoting Law Student and Lawyer Well-Being in Aust

The book reveals that clinical levels of distress are averagely higher in the legal profession than in other professions in Australia, to...

Heidi K. Brown, The Introverted Lawyer: A Seven Step Journey Toward Authentically Empowered Advocacy

The book is designed for introverted law students and lawyers to leverage their natural strengths: Quiet law students and lawyers: change...

Kathryne Young, How to be Sort of Happy in Law School (Stanford University Press, 2018)

The book contains information to increase your happiness in law school, the five main parts of the book are illustrated below: Getting a...

Anne Brafford, Well-being Tool-kit for the Legal Profession (American Bar Association, 2017)

The Toolkit contains information and resources to get started on the path to well-being, including: An Introduction to why lawyer...

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