Barbara Mills KC, chair of the Bar Council, sets out her plans to pilot reflective practice—an approach used successfully by doctors, social workers and other stress-ridden professionals—at the Bar, in this week’s NLJ.
Pilots will run between May and November for three cohorts: family and criminal; commercial and chancery; and employed barristers. Improving mental health and wellbeing is one of Mills’ priorities for this year.
Mills explains the reasons she values a proactive approach rather than ‘crisis management’, and how reflective practice, where barristers have regular, confidential check-ins with a professional, works to benefit practitioners.RELATED ARTICLES
