The role of employers in preventing vicarious trauma in law
As legislative and cultural shifts reshape the profession, legal workplaces are taking stronger steps to protect staff from vicarious trauma.
New podcast to investigate taboo topics in the legal profession
LSJ is launching a new podcast to shine light on dark issues that remain somewhat taboo topics of discussion among lawyers.
One too many
Studies have shown lawyers are more than three times as likely as the general population to be problem drinkers.
Back to our roots
Spending time among trees can offer humans access to the company of other living things like nothing else can.
Finding freedom beyond the bottle
Many lawyers will relate to Talitha Cummins’ story. The former Channel Seven newsreader graced Australian screens for 16 years, but behind the shiny façade she…
R U OK to start a conversation with a colleague about depression?
Law firms can keep the R U OK? conversation to support mental health support going throughout the year.
Are you burning out?
Picking up the early signs of burnout can avert a crisis from which it can take years to recover.
A day in the life of… Christine Morgan
As head of the Butterfly Foundation, Christine Morgan uses her legal skills to advocate for better services, research and knowledge of mental illnesses.
Lessons on vicarious trauma and wellbeing from a Royal Commission
Solicitor Anna Verney, who worked at the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse writes the Commission’s approach to vicarious trauma and the…
Section 32 Mental Health Act amendments fall short of recommended reform
Section 32 of the Mental Health (Forensic Provisions) Act 1990 was amended, extending the divisionary regime to those with cognitive impairment. By KAREN WEEKS.
Take a digital diet
Cutting back on the digital onslaught might help ease your mind, as well as free up time.