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Wellbeing and Transitions in Law

Legal Education and the Legal Profession

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Editors:
  1. Emma Jones

    1. School of Law, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK

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  2. Caroline Strevens

    1. Portsmouth Law School, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK

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  • Explores the relationship between transitions and wellbeing within law

  • Covers the legal lifespan, including both legal education and the legal profession

  • Features a wide range of contributors and perspectives on wellbeing and transitions

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction: Synthesising and Developing Work on Wellbeing and Transitions

    • Emma Jones, Caroline Strevens
    Pages 1-15

  3. Wellbeing and Transition to Law School: The Complexities of Confidence, Community, and Belonging

    • Imogen Moore, Verona Ní Drisceoil
    Pages 17-41

  4. The Transition to Law School: A Case Study

    • Louise Hague
    Pages 43-61

  5. A Broken Profession Both Mentally and Physically: Is Wellbeing the Foundation to a Healthy and Resilient Future?

    • Paul McKeown
    Pages 63-86

  6. The Virtual Happy Hour for Contract Law Students: Reflecting on an Unplanned Transition

    • Thorsten Lauterbach, Heather Fulford, Mia Agnew
    Pages 87-106

  7. Lessons from Online Pandemic Pedagogy in North American Law Schools: Toward Law Student Wellbeing

    • Audrey Fried
    Pages 107-135

  8. Student Transition, Sense of Belonging and Habitus

    • Emma Jones, Gilly Sharpe, Vickie Barrett
    Pages 137-160

  9. Transitioning to an Understanding of the Autonomic Nervous System in Law

    • Mary O’Rawe
    Pages 161-179

  10. The Law School and the Psychology of Belonging

    • Antoinette Moriarty, Rory O’Boyle
    Pages 181-204

  11. From Student to Practitioner: Exploring the Transition into Legal Practice and the Opportunity Offered by Self-Coaching in the Management of Rejection

    • Caroline Strevens, Yi-Ling Lai
    Pages 205-223

  12. Wellbeing and Vicarious Trauma: Personal Reflections on Support for Students, Practitioners and Clinicians in Family Law

    • Callum Thomson, Kayliegh Richardson
    Pages 225-251

  13. Trauma-Informed Legal Education: Rejecting the Stigma in Caring for Self, Client and Workplace

    • Colin James
    Pages 253-278
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About this book

This book examines transitions from law school to the legal profession, and their impact on wellbeing. There is a significant body of evidence that suggests law student wellbeing is particularly problematic, partially due to the distinctive nature of law as a discipline. Similarly, there is a growing body of international evidence demonstrating poor levels of wellbeing within the legal profession, with lawyers suffering higher levels of stress, anxiety and depression than the general population. To date there has been no detailed consideration of the impact of these transitions on wellbeing, or discussion of the best ways to ameliorate any negative effects. This edited collection will explore a range of transitions, from entry into law school through to progression to managerial roles within the legal profession. Rather than focusing on discrete areas or chunks of time, this book focuses on the process of transitioning holistically. 

Reviews

“Wellbeing and Transitions in Law edited by Emma Jones and Caroline Strevens is a significant contribution to the developing literature on the wellbeing of law students and legal professionals, by drawing attention to the concept of transition. … This integral volume articulates how experiencing change during one’s legal education or by working in the profession can have a destabilising impact on one’s wellbeing.” (Aysha Mazhar, The Law Teacher, November 23, 2023)

Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Law, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK

    Emma Jones

  • Portsmouth Law School, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK

    Caroline Strevens

About the editors

Emma J. Jones is Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Sheffield, UK.

Caroline Strevens is Head of Department at the Portsmouth Law School, Portsmouth University, UK.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Wellbeing and Transitions in Law

  • Book Subtitle: Legal Education and the Legal Profession

  • Editors: Emma Jones, Caroline Strevens

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-27654-5

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-27653-8Published: 10 August 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-27656-9Due: 24 August 2024

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-27654-5Published: 09 August 2023

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 278

  • Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Higher Education, Law, general, Employee Health and Wellbeing

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