Video: 2011 Tristan Jepson Memorial Foundation Annual Lecture
The 2011 Tristan Jepson Memorial Foundation Annual Lecture was hosted by Julie McCrossin, freelance journalist and UNSW law alumna.
Event: ADR in Legal Education and Promoting Student Wellbeing Forum
This Forum will discuss the importance of including alternative dispute resolution (ADR) as a core component of legal education (20 February) and the need to promote the wellbeing of law students (21 February). Connections between these two themes will also be explored. For more information and to register please visit the Forum website at http://www.adrforum2012.com/....
Event: Mental Health Website Launch
Over the past 12 months, a dedicated team of young lawyers and law students has been building a mental health ‘resource centre’ for their peers. NSW Young Lawyers invites you to attend the launch of our Mental Health Website. Join the leaders of NSW Young Lawyers, members of the legal profession and associations dedicated to...
Video: 2011 Tristan Jepson Memorial Foundation Annual Lecture
The 2011 Tristan Jepson Memorial Foundation Annual Lecture was hosted by Julie McCrossin, freelance journalist and UNSW law alumna.
Lawyers continue to top the list as one of the most depressed professions
On Thursday 29 September 2011, the Tristan Jepson Memorial Foundation will hold its sixth annual lecture, with the aim of continuing to raise awareness about mental health in the legal profession. This year’s lecture will explore the question Profit, Success and Happiness – Can you have it all? and will feature Julie McCrossin, University of...
Event: UTS Law Students’ Society Mental Health Breakfast Forum
The UTS Law Students’ Society invites you to attend its inaugural Mental Health Breakfast Forum. It may come as a surprise, but lawyers are not the only individuals in the legal industry who may develop health issues from leading the highly stressed lifestyle of legal practice. Recent studies (conducted by the University of Sydney’s Sydney Brain and...
Event: 2011 Tristan Jepson Memorial Foundation Annual Lecture Invitation
Profit, Success & Happiness: Can you have it all?
ALSAtv Marie Jepson
The first vodcast in a special series about depression in law school. This channel is an initiative of the 2011 ALSA Depression and Mental Health Working Party for Law Week.
Event: Mental Health Week 2011
2011 Mental Health Week The Great Push: Investing in Mental Health Mental Health Week: 9-15 October 2011 Mental Health Week is an annual national awareness event held every year to coincide with World Mental Health Day, which is held on 10 October each year. Mental Health Week aims to raise awareness of the importance of...
Event: R U OK? Day
R U OK? Day Thursday 15 September, 2011 A national day of action that aims to prevent suicide by encouraging Australians to connect with someone they care about and help stop little problems turning into big ones. On that day we want everyone across the country, from all backgrounds and walks of life, to ask...
Finding support – Depression and anxiety in the legal profession
Finding support The Tristan Jepson Memorial Foundation aims to decrease distress, disability and the causes of depression and anxiety in the legal profession.
Video: 2010 Tristan Jepson Memorial Foundation Annual Lecture
Professor Pat McGorry, Executive Director of Orygen Youth Health and Australian of the Year 2010, delivered the 2010 Tristan Jepson Memorial Foundation Annual Lecture.
Lawyer depression: insurance uncertainty follows diagnosis
ALB Legal News, By Olivia Collings Despite greater awareness of mental illness and depression in the profession, many lawyers face financial uncertainty following a diagnosis. Legal professionals seeking to insure themselves against loss of income may find it either difficult, or very expensive, to have insurance following diagnosis or treatment. In fact, any Australian diagnosed with...