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Annual Report released for Disability, Elder and Health Law Sections

Elder Law Section 02 Dec 2019

The Law Institute of Victoria (LIV) has released the annual report for the DEHL section, encompassing Disability, Elder and Health Law...

Disabled Persons Health

Mental health: Wellbeing in the workplace

Associate Justice Mary-Jane Ierodiaconou 01 Dec 2019

There are practical steps lawyers can take to improve mental wellbeing for themselves and their colleagues...

Health Wellbeing Workplace

Health and wellbeing: Mental first aid in practice

Chris Molnar 01 Dec 2019

It is common for workplaces to have a first aider for physical injuries but not mental illness, and yet mental health is no less important.

Health Wellbeing

Health and wellbeing: Checking in on mental health

Converge International 01 Nov 2019

At a time when community awareness is focused on supporting positive mental health, it’s a reminder to regularly check in on yourself and how you are feeling...

Health Wellbeing

LIV provides recommendations to Best Practice Guide for Practitioners in Relation to Elder Abuse

Elder Law Committee 22 Oct 2019

The Law Institute of Victoria has provided comment to the Law Council of Australia on their draft Best Practice Guide in Relation to Elder Abuse...

Health Human Rights Succession

Victorian Legal Services Board: Wellbeing is everyone’s business

Fiona McLeay 01 Oct 2019

The Victorian Legal Services Board and Commissioner hosted a lawyer wellbeing forum in August to discuss how the sector could work as a collective to address systemic challenges to lawyer wellbeing...

Health Wellbeing

Health and wellbeing: Challenging the way we work

Chief Justice Anne Ferguson 01 Oct 2019

Courts, legal employers and the Bar need to prioritise wellbeing in the workplace...

Health Wellbeing

LIV advocates for improved sexual safety in mental health services

Disability Law Committee 17 Sep 2019

In a letter to the Minister for Mental Health, the Law Institute of Victoria has advocated for improved safety in psychiatric inpatient services...

Health Women's Rights

Health and wellbeing: 10 habits of highly effective listening

Converge International 01 Sep 2019

Lawyers need to know how to listen – not only is it an essential professional skill it is valuable for all relationships...

Health Wellbeing

Royal Commission: LIV calls for 50 mental health fixes

Carolyn Ford 01 Aug 2019

For its Royal Commission submission The LIV drew on the expertise of lawyers who see how the mental health system’s shortcomings contribute to disproportionate entanglement with the justice system...

Health Wellbeing

Health and wellbeing: Why procrastinate?

Converge International 01 Aug 2019

Delaying high-priority tasks can lead to unnecessary stress but there are ways to break the habit of procrastination...

Health Wellbeing

In confidence

Jayr Teng 01 Jul 2019

The issue of medical privilege has been clarified by the Victorian Court of Appeal in Medical Board of Australia v Dr Geoffrey Kemp...

Ethics Health

Health and wellbeing: Beating the winter slump

Converge International 01 Jul 2019

Shorter days can adversely affect mood but there are ways to overcome A lack of energy and seasonal cravings...

Health Wellbeing

Take the pressure off

Claire Walczak and Phoebe Blank 01 Jun 2019

Building resilience is important for lawyers...

Health Wellbeing

First submission to Mental Health Royal Commission

Criminal Law Section, Health Law Committee and Disability Law Committee 19 May 2019

The LIV's first submission to the Royal Commission into Victoria's Mental Health System has identified 13 key areas of reform the Commission should focus on...

Health Human Rights

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