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Wellness Resources

Introduction

This guide provides an overview of resources relating to wellness and well-being for law students and lawyers.

Overview

Duquesne Resources

Wellbeing Resources Page, Law School Dean of Students Office
Wellbeing Resource Guide, Gumberg Library
This resource guide includes information on campus-wide wellbeing resources

American Bar Association Resources

ABA Law Student Mental Health Day Page
Well-Being Toolkit for Lawyers and Legal Employers
Created By Anne M. Brafford for use by the American Bar Association
American Bar Association's Report from the National Task Force on Lawyer Well-Being (2017)

List of Mental Health Resources
From the American Bar Association's Before the Bar blog
Well, the New York Times Wellness News Resource and Email Newsletter
ABA Journal: Lawyer Wellness Articles

The Path to Law Student Well-Being Podcast Series
A podcast series sponsored by the American Bar Association Commission on Lawyer Assistance Programs and Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar.

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Association of American Law Schools: Balance in Legal Education Bibliography
"The Section on Balance in Legal Education seeks to investigate, discover, and inspire those practices that support the well-being of law students, lawyers, and judges."--Website
Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers, Pennsylvania Chapter
helpline for law students and lawyers that provides free peer counseling, resources and support
Jordana Alter Confino, Where Are We on the Path to Law Student Well-Being?: Report on the ABA CoLAP Law Student Assistance Committee Law School Wellness Survey, 68 J. LEGAL EDUC. 650 (2019).
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Guide originally created by Julie Tedjeske, updated by Jenna McGreevy.

Last Updated: June 25, 2022.