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LawCare: getting fit for law

15 January 2020
Issue: 7870 / Categories: Legal News , Profession
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LawCare, the legal wellbeing charity, and academics at the University of Sheffield and The Open University, have launched a free, online resource on emotional competency and professional resilience

Fit for Law takes 2-4 hours in total to complete but is broken down into smaller sections, and includes videos from legal professionals discussing wellbeing issues as well as a range of interactive activities. Elizabeth Rimmer, CEO of LawCare, said Fit for Law would help professionals ‘understand and develop key emotional competencies such as emotional self-awareness, self-reflection and better strategies for emotional self-regulation’. For more information visit www.fitforlaw.org.uk.

Issue: 7870 / Categories: Legal News , Profession
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