Staying Informed - Law Institute of Victoria

Carolyn Ford 01 Nov 2019

New research has lessons for lawyers who have to keep many more secrets than the average person...

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

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

Ethics in practice: Here to help you

Carolyn Ford 01 Oct 2019

The revamp of LIV Ethics is part of the LIV’s new direction...

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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...

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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...

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Advocacy: Submissions

Law Institute Journal 01 Aug 2019

LIV Submissions: Contempt of Court and Royal Commission into Victoria's Mental Health System...

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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

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

Break out of the loop

Virginia Warren 01 May 2019

What to do when your emotions have hijacked you...

Health Wellbeing

How to refresh your health and wellbeing

LIV 18 Apr 2019

Juggling work, life and other commitments can get busy and stressful. As we reach the mid-point of the year, it is important to take stock of your health and wellbeing...

Health Wellbeing

From classroom to courtroom

Rebecca Johnston 01 Apr 2019

In 2013, I moved to Australia in search of an adventure and, like many of my compatriots, to escape from the austerity that had taken hold of Ireland. I arrived as a high-school teacher and believed that teaching was my career for life...

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