Legal Education for Wellbeing

Dr Emma Jones is Senior Lecturer of Law at the University of Sheffield School of Law. Her research focuses on the role of wellbeing and emotions in legal education and the legal profession. She is Chair of the Association of Law Teachers and an International Bar Association Wellbeing Commissioner.Caroline Strevens is Professor of Legal Education at the University of Portsmouth Law School. Her research focuses on the wellbeing of Law staff and students including investigating how principles of positive psychology may influence or promote flourishing.

• Introduction – Legal education for wellbeing: design, delivery and evaluation 1. Law-students wellbeing and vulnerability 2. “I was able to ask for help when I became stressed rather than sitting alone and struggling”: psychology and law students’ views of the impact of identity and community on mental wellbeing 3. “Make glorious mistakes!” Fostering growth and wellbeing in HE transition 4. Is using the term wellbeing with students a mistake? Evaluating a wellbeing intervention in a UK Law School - suggestions for repositioning strategies to address the impact of deficit-discourse 5. Influences on students’ interest in a legal career, satisfaction with law school, & psychological distress: trends in New Zealand 6. “Hell is other people”: rethinking the Socratic method for quiet law students 7. Feeling feedback: screencasting assessment feedback for tutor and student well-being 8. The role of employer/educator collaboration in improving the wellbeing of lawyers 9. Harnessing the winds of change