Routledge Educating for Well-Being in Law: Positive Professional Identities and Practice (Emerging Legal Education)

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. About the Author Caroline Strevens is Reader in Legal Education and Head of the Law Department at the University of Portsmouth and Chair of the Association of Law Teachers. Caroline’s academic career was preceded by a career in legal practice as a Solicitor. She established the suite of qualifying law degrees and was appointed the first Head when the Department was formed in 2008. Caroline’s primary research area is legal education. Recently, she has been investigating links between motivation, well-being and ethical decision-making. Her most recent publication entitled ‘Perceptions of Wellbeing in Law Teachers’ has been published in the Law Teacher. Caroline continues to work with international collaborators to promote well-being in legal academics and junior lawyers. Rachael Field is a Professor in the Law School at Bond University, co-director of the Bond Dispute Resolution Centre, a member of the Executive of Bond’s Centre for Professional Legal Education and co-founder of the Australian Dispute Resolution Research Network. She is an Australian Learning and Teaching Fellow and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. In 2010 Rachael established the Australian Wellness Network for Law, which holds annual Forums on well-being issues in legal education and legal practice. Rachael volunteers at the Women’s Legal Service in Brisbane and has been president of the Service since 2004. In 2013 Rachael was named Queensland Woman Lawyer of the Year.