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Student Services Student Wellness
Temple Law School's Student Services Office offers programming and services to help students maintain their health and over-all wellness while in law school. Take advantage of their programs and resources to balance your academic, professional, financial, and personal life.
How to Deal with Law School Stress in Healthy Ways
How to Deal with Law School Stress in Healthy Ways, New England School of Law.
Essential tips and strategies for keeping everything in perspective.
Library Resources Beyond Books and Databases
The Law Library has technology items -- noise-canceling headphones, a hand-held pen scanner, etc. -- to support tranquility and well-being. These devices and other convenience items are available for short-term loan. Ask for these materials at the library desk.
Understanding Tea and How It Can De-stress You
John Smagula, Assistant Dean of Graduate & International Programs
View this presentation to learn all about tea -- from types to health benefits -- and how to make it part of your de-stressing routine.

American Bar Association

The American Bar Association and allied organizations have acknowledged the challenges to health and well-being for legal professionals. In 2017, a collection of professional associations formed the National Task Force on Lawyer Well-Being. This group researched and issued the report, "The Path to Lawyer Well-Being: Practical Recommendations for Positive Change." The report recognized the elements of toxicity in the legal profession, how this has the potential to affect justice and client service, and proposed actions to integrate well-being into the profession.

The Path to Lawyer Well-Being
The Path to Lawyer Well-Being: Practical Recommendations for Positive Change (2017).
Institute for Well-Being in Law
The National Task Force on Lawyer Well-Being has evolved to become the Institute for Well-Being in Law (IWIL). It is dedicated to the betterment of the legal profession by focusing on a holistic approach to health and well-being and effects this change through advocacy, research, education, technical and resource support, and partnerships.
The Path to Law Student Well-Being Podcast Series
The report prompted this podcast series. Episodes cover the report's findings and how law schools are addressing stress and anxiety in students.
Wellness, Mindfulness, Work-life Balance
The ABA's Commission on Lawyer Assistance Programs gathers articles from national and local groups on a variety of wellness topics.

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