The Junior Lawyers Division (JLD) has published a series of daily blogs to mark Mental Health Awareness Week (14-20 May). The first three blog posts focus on mindfulness. Other blogs will look at life after a bereavement and the benefits of cultural change for better wellbeing. Mental ill-health and stress are serious issues for junior lawyers. A 2018 survey by the JLD on resilience and wellbeing found more than 82% of participants had experienced negative stress in the previous month, with 26% describing the stress as ‘severe’ or ‘extreme’.
18 May 2018
Mindfulness at work?
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Bell Yard Kysen—Liz Giles
Bell Yard Kysen appoints senior legal PR and ex-government communications adviser, Liz Giles
Clarke Willmott—Lee Edwards
Clarke Willmott boosts Southampton commercial property team with addition of partner Lee Edwards
Lime Solicitors—four promotions
Lime Solicitors announces four promotions
NEWS
The Attorney General, Ellie Reeves KC MP, and Solicitor General, Andy Slaughter KC MP, marked the 25th anniversary of Pro Bono Week by joining lawyers, charities, students and parliamentarians at events celebrating voluntary legal work
A polished legal defence may owe more to artificial intelligence than legal merit—and creditors risk paying the price in delay and expense
Witness evidence can be compromised by AI before a solicitor sees the draft, leaving safeguards focused on authorship incomplete
Should a conviction stand when a later ruling reveals that the law underpinning it was wrong? The answer exposes a clash between finality and justice
The Environment Agency can prosecute offences beyond environmental legislation where proceedings support its statutory functions, the Divisional Court has confirmed
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