RESOURCES

Inevitably, some of the subject matter of this website can be quite triggering. Below is a list of support services and other resources if you need help. Please don't suffer in silence. 

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​Samaritans - call 116 123 for free or email jo@samaritans.org

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If you need urgent help for your mental health but it's not an emergency, call NHS 111 for further advice. 

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The Mind website has a range of information and advice pages on a variety of mental health issues.

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If you're a barrister, visit the Wellbeing at the Bar website for: advice if you need help; advice on how to support a colleague who needs help, and personal stories from other barristers about their own struggles with their mental health. 

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The LawCare helpline is available from 9:30am-5pm, Monday to Friday, at 0800 279 6888.

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Claiming Space offers support to junior lawyers who work with vulnerable clients around the effects of vicarious trauma. A free monthly meet-up takes place on the first Monday of every month. 

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Do you have a colleague who needs help? Read Helen Conway's piece for The Law Society Gazette on how to "talk" to a depressed colleague. 

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Are you struggling with juggling childcare and work in lockdown? Charlotte Bradley of Kingsley Napley has written an unflinchingly honest piece on her own experiences of being a mother, solicitor and home-school teacher during COVID-19. 

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Mary-Rachel McCabe of Doughty Street Chambers has written an article on the importance of junior lawyers being able to say 'no' to work. 

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Lloyd Rees from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has written about his own mental health struggles, the road to recovery, and the importance of being able to speak openly about mental health. 

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Tips from Charlotte Parkinson, the Chair of the Junior Lawyers' Division, on managing your mental health during COVID-19. 

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