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LawCare has once again been awarded the Helplines Standard, recognising the continued high-quality, trusted support we provide to the legal community through our helpline, live chat, and email service.
Working in law can be stressful, and many conversations about mental health focus on staying strong and pushing through. But there’s another powerful approach that often gets overlooked – benevolence. Small acts of support and compassion can make a big difference, not just for individual wellbeing but for teamwork and job performance too.
Being an in-house lawyer can be rewarding, but it can also feel lonely. Toby Hornett explores the pressures many face, how stress and isolation build up, and why connection and community are vital for both career and wellbeing. He also shares how Crafty Fest this June is a chance to recharge and feel supported.
This Mental Health Awareness Week, LawCare is urging people in the legal sector to take easy steps and make small changes to move more each day for better mental health.
Mental Health Awareness Week
(12 to 18 May 2025). This Mental Health Awareness Week, LawCare is celebrating the power of community – a vital tool for providing support, connecting different generations, and creating workplaces where everyone feels valued and can thrive.
Stand with us and make mental health a priority.
LawCare is launching the 25 Club – a new initiative bringing together organisations and individuals who are committed to building legal workplaces that support mental health and wellbeing.
Our Trustee, Rachael O’Connor, highlights the importance of everyone playing a role in supporting student wellbeing – whether in law schools, universities, or across the wider legal sector. So, what could you do to uplift, support, or inspire a law student or aspiring lawyer?
Our Trustee, Rachael O’Connor, highlights the importance of everyone playing a role in supporting student wellbeing – whether in law schools, universities, or across the wider legal sector.
So, what could you do to uplift, support, or inspire a law student or aspiring lawyer?
A chance for workplaces to celebrate and support people’s different backgrounds and experiences. Two LawCare Champions, Andrea and Julie, share what it means to them to be able to be themselves at work.
LawCare, the mental health charity for the legal sector in the UK, has published its 2024 impact report, revealing its busiest year ever with record numbers reaching out for support.
LawCare, the mental health charity for the legal sector in the UK, has published its 2024 impact report, revealing its busiest year ever with record numbers reaching out for support.