Thread by @inspiredcat

AND, given the current HIGH rate of high stress/anxiety amongst law students, should we not be considering upstream causes as well?

Apparently, we've known since the 1960s that the way we educate lawyers is fraught.

Yet, here we are. Educating lawyers like it's the 1960s.

https://twitter.com/TheLSSSE/status/1464689488098123783

"The study of mental health of law students can be traced back to the late 1960s when research published in the Wisconsin Law Review found that 'failure anxiety' has been a serious impediment for first-year law students’ ability to study.

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Research from the 1980s all the way to 2016 has shown that the stress and anxiety is not only a problem found among 1Ls, but also one that continues throughout the law school journey."

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"In a 2016 study, it was found that the number one reason for students not seeking mental health treatment, which can be classified as 'secondary prevention,' one that is practiced after the illness has been diagnosed but before it has become symptomatic,

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is the potential threat to bar admission."

What does primary prevention of addiction and mental illness look like in the context of legal education?

Knowing what we know, how can we continue to avoid asking this question?

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