Do you want to make a difference to the mental health of the legal community?
It is an exciting time to join the LawCare board, as we have just launched our Life in the Law 2025 report, deepening the understanding the culture and practice of law and how this impacts mental health. The board will be developing our new strategy to take the recommendations of the report forward.
What are we looking for?
We are looking for trustees from across the UK, all branches of the legal sector and from a range of roles, both legal and support, with the time and energy to devote to LawCare; a strong commitment to the value of mental health and healthy workplace culture is essential. You will play a vital role in providing leadership, scrutiny and support to ensure delivery of our mission. We are particularly interested in hearing from people with skills and experience in at least one of the following areas:
- Income generation
- Legal education, practice and regulation
- Management and supervision in the workplace
- Issues that affect the mental health and wellbeing of people in the legal sector
- Social mobility, inclusion and diversity
- Risk Management
- Perspectives of the users of LawCare’s support
- Legal practice at the Bar
However, we are keen to hear from anyone who has the skills and expertise to take on this role and would like to work with us to drive change in legal education, practice and regulation to create a mentally healthy legal community.
For more information see the role description and download the Trustee application pack on our vacancies page.
Our commitment to inclusion
We are committed to creating an inclusive charity that promotes and values diversity. Organisations that are diverse in age, gender identity, race, sexual orientation, physical ability, ethnicity and perspective are better organisations. We welcome applications from everyone.
Recruitment process
Complete the application and monitoring form and return these to [email protected] by midnight 14 December.
All applications will then be considered by the nominations committee. Applicants shortlisted for interview will be notified week of 16 January, interviews will be held by Zoom, 2 to 12 February 2026, following which the nominations committee will recommend final candidates to the board for appointment. Trustee induction will take place online during March. New trustees to take up their role with effect from 28 April 2026.
Trustees are appointed for a four year term, which can be renewed for a further four years. The position is unremunerated but travel and subsistence expenses will be paid.