ABA Law Student Division ~ Law Student Mental Health Day
October 10, 2023, is Law Student Mental Health Day
ABA Law Student Division on Social Media: From October 9th -13th, the ABA Law Student Division will feature law students from various law schools sharing fun ways they combat mental stressors, through their social media channels. Look for them on TikTok, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Facebook. Look for the following hashtags: #mentalhealth, #lawstudents, and #LSMentalHealthDay.
By the end of the week, the ABA Law Student Division will post a YouTube playlist of all the (video) media to the ABA’s website at: https://www.americanbar.org/groups/law_students/resources/mental-health/mental-health-day/
Virtual Law Student Mental Health Summit: Reed Smith has announced their virtual Law Student Mental Health Summit, an event designed to proactively address the mental health of aspiring lawyers. This summit takes place on Thursday, October 12th at 9am-3pm ET. More information can be found on their event page.
ABA COLAP CLE: Monday, October 16 at 1PM ET. “I.R.A.C. (Intention, Respect and Care); Law Student Successes on the Continued Path to Becoming Healthy New Lawyers” Webinar. This panel discussion will include 3 law students or recent law school graduates, a law school dean of students, and a lawyer assistance program professional (moderator/panelist) and will focus on the positive well-being and mental health experiences and support the panelists received from their respective law schools and their respective Lawyer Assistance Programs while in law school.
The panel will identify important ways law schools, law firms, lawyers, and other legal professionals can continue to help and support students and new lawyers as they transition to practicing attorneys. As time allows, this presentation will end with a Question-and-Answer section so that lawyers and legal professionals can voice their success stories or ask about solutions to challenges they are seeing.