The Foundation’s objective is to decrease distress, disability and the causes of depression and anxiety in the legal profession.

Since the Foundation’s inception in August 2008, the organisation has strived to create greater awareness of depression and anxiety amongst the legal fraternity.

Events
Event: ADR in Legal Education and Promoting Student Wellbeing Forum

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

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...
Event: UTS Law Students’ Society Mental Health Breakfast Forum

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

Event: 2011 Tristan Jepson Memorial Foundation Annual Lecture Invitation

Profit, Success & Happiness: Can you have it all?
Event: Mental Health Week 2011

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

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...