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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.
It was wonderful to bring together our volunteers, Champions, and Trustees for a day of connection, inspiration, and energy.
Two directors from Gamlins Law, a North Wales law firm, have successfully completed their fundraising climb of Mount Kilimanjaro. Ron Davison, the firm’s Managing Director, and fellow director Dafydd Roberts reached Uhuru Peak, the highest point in Africa, after a gruelling seven-day trek to raise funds for LawCare.
“It is time to prioritise mental health in the workplace”
For World Mental Health Day, the 2023 cohort of trainees at Taylor Wessing have come together to embark on a significant challenge to raise money for LawCare.
We are holding a series of roundtable discussions and want to hear from a diverse range of voices in the sector to help us shape Life in the Law 2025.
The mental health challenges of working in law are starting to get national attention beyond the legal media. Our CEO was recently interviewed by the Guardian and contributed to this article called “Starting salaries are £180,000 – but do young lawyers believe the hours, stress and burnout are worth it?”