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The Key To Law Student Well-Being? We Have To Love Our Law Students, David Jaffe Jan 2018

The Key To Law Student Well-Being? We Have To Love Our Law Students, David Jaffe

David Jaffe

This article is an effort to close the gap in the care provided to law students — offering concrete suggestions to take each of us beyond merely agreeing that more needs to be done to making a commitment to action.


The Path To Lawyer Well-Being: Practical Recommendations For Positive Change (The Report Of The National Task Force On Lawyer Well-Being), Part Ii, Recommendations For Law Schools, David Jaffe Jul 2017

The Path To Lawyer Well-Being: Practical Recommendations For Positive Change (The Report Of The National Task Force On Lawyer Well-Being), Part Ii, Recommendations For Law Schools, David Jaffe

David Jaffe

This Report, the result of the contributions of a number of individuals from national committees, presents recommendations for the health and well-being of law students, lawyers and judges in the United States. David Jaffe was lead author for the section on law schools. More information is available here: https://www.americanbar.org/groups/lawyer_assistance/task_force_report.html


Suffering In Silence: The Survey Of Law Student Well-Being And The Reluctance Of Law Students To Seek Help For Substance Use And Mental Health Concerns, David Jaffe, Jerome M. Organ, Katherine M. Bender Ph.D. Dec 2015

Suffering In Silence: The Survey Of Law Student Well-Being And The Reluctance Of Law Students To Seek Help For Substance Use And Mental Health Concerns, David Jaffe, Jerome M. Organ, Katherine M. Bender Ph.D.

David Jaffe

This article reports the results of the Survey of Law Student Well-Being (SLSWB) implemented in spring 2014 at fifteen law schools around the country. The SLSWB is the fi rst multischool study in over twenty years to address law student use of alcohol and street drugs, and the fi rst-ever multischool study to explore prescription drug use and the mental health concerns and helpseeking attitudes of law students. The results of the study indicate that roughly one-quarter to one-third of respondents reported frequent binge drinking or misuse of drugs, and/or reported mental health challenges. Moreover, the results indicated that signifi …