ABSTRACT

Bringing together the current international body of knowledge on key issues for educating for well-being in law, this book offers comparative perspectives across jurisdictions, and utilises a range of theoretical lenses (including socio-legal, psychological and ethical theories) in analysing well-being and legal education in law. The chapters include innovative and tested research methodologies and strategies for educating for well-being. Asking and answering the question as to whether law is special in terms of producing psychological distress in law students, law teachers and the profession, and bringing together common and opposing perspectives, this book also seeks to highlight excellent practice in promoting a positive professional identity at law school and beyond resulting in an original contribution to knowledge, and new discourses of analysis.

chapter 1|13 pages

The ethics of well-being

Psychological health as the vanguard for sociological change

chapter 3|15 pages

Values

The flip side of the well-being coin

chapter 6|15 pages

The information gap

A comparative study of the paradigms shaping perceptions of career success for law undergraduates and professional legal training students in Australia and the latent implications of non-professional legal career opportunities for law graduates in England

chapter 8|14 pages

Connectivity, socialisation and identity formation

Exploring mental well-being in online distance learning law students

chapter 11|15 pages

Resilience, positive motivation and professional identity

The experience of law clinic students working with real clients

chapter 12|14 pages

Meditation in legal education

The value added toward the well-being of law students