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Legal Education And The Threat Response, Jane Mitchell

The Journal of Law Teaching and Learning

Law students struggle with disproportionately high rates of depression, anxiety, addiction, and disconnection. This paper offers a novel explanation for these negative outcomes that thus far has been absent from conversations on the subject: Law schools fuel students’ sense of threat. According to psychology’s well-established cognitive appraisal model, students “appraise” stressful situations as either challenging or threatening. Educational environments appraised as threatening consistently lead to negative outcomes—lower student performance, decreased student engagement, and increased anxiety. Situations appraised as challenging lead to positive outcomes—improved academic performance, increased participation, and better overall health.

Law schools facilitate students’ threat response rather than a …

Law School News: East Meets West Law School Consortium Demystifies Admission Process 09-20-2023, Michelle Choate

Life of the Law School (1993- )

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Law Library Blog (August 2023): Legal Beagle's Blog Archive, Roger Williams University School Of Law

Law Library Newsletters/Blog

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High Anxiety: Racism, The Law, And Legal Education, Elayne E. Greenberg

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

Conspicuously absent from the United States’ ongoing discourse about its racist history is a more honest discussion about the individual and personal stressors that are evoked in people when they talk about racism. What if they got it wrong? The fear of being cancelled -- the public shaming for remarks that are deemed racist -- has had a chilling effect on having meaningful conversations about racism. What lost opportunities!

This paper moves this discussion into the law school context. How might law schools rethink their law school curricula to more accurately represent the role systemic racism has played in shaping …

Law Library Blog (October 2022): Legal Beagle's Blog Archive, Roger Williams University School Of Law

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Law Library Blog (October 2021): Legal Beagle's Blog Archive, Roger Williams University School Of Law

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Law Library Blog (April 2021): Legal Beagle's Blog Archive, Roger Williams University School Of Law

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Law Library Blog (November 2020): Legal Beagle's Blog Archive, Roger Williams University School Of Law

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Law School News: Faq For 1ls 04-16-2020, Roger Williams University School Of Law

Life of the Law School (1993- )

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Law School News: F.A.Q. Update: Covid-19 And Rwu Law 03-30-2020, Roger Williams University School Of Law

Life of the Law School (1993- )

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2019-2020 Annual Report: Roger Williams University School Of Law, Roger Williams University School Of Law

Life of the Law School (1993- )

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Law Library Blog (December 2019): Legal Beagle's Blog Archive, Roger Williams University School Of Law

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Combating Stress & Promoting Wellness At Uc's College Of Law, Rachel J. Smith

Faculty Articles and Other Publications

Lawyers are stressed out, and so are law students. For decades, we have been saying that law students arrive at law school with the same level of mental wellness as the general population, but by the time they graduate from law school, law students have surpassed the general population in depression, anxiety and stress. To counteract this trend at the University of Cincinnati (UC) College of Law, we offer an extra-curriculum mind-body class.

Law Library Blog (August 2019): Legal Beagle's Blog Archive, Roger Williams University School Of Law

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Law Library Blog (April 2019): Legal Beagle's Blog Archive, Roger Williams University School Of Law

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Law Library Blog (March 2019): Legal Beagle's Blog Archive, Roger Williams University School Of Law

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Law Library Blog (August 2018): Legal Beagle's Blog Archive, Roger Williams University School Of Law

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Law Library Blog (April 2018): Legal Beagle's Blog Archive, Roger Williams University School Of Law

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Law Library Blog (March 2018): Legal Beagle's Blog Archive, Roger Williams University School Of Law

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Law Library Blog (December 2017): Legal Beagle's Blog Archive, Roger Williams University School Of Law

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Law Library Blog (November 2017): Legal Beagle's Blog Archive, Roger Williams University School Of Law

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Law Library Blog (July 2017): Legal Beagle's Blog Archive, Roger Williams University School Of Law

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Law Library Blog (February 2017): Legal Beagle's Blog Archive, Roger Williams University School Of Law

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What Do Indiana Law Schools Do For Students In Need?, Inge Van Der Cruysse

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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Law Library Blog (April 2016): Legal Beagle's Blog Archive, Roger Williams University School Of Law

Law Library Newsletters/Blog

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Law Library Blog (March 2016): Legal Beagle's Blog Archive, Roger Williams University School Of Law

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Implementing Psychological Resilience Training In Law Incubators, M. Mark Heekin

Journal of Experiential Learning

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Law Library Blog (January 2016): Legal Beagle's Blog Archive, Roger Williams University School Of Law

Law Library Newsletters/Blog

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Lawyering And Its Discontents: Reclaiming Meaning In The Practice Of Law, Marjorie A. Silver

Touro Law Review

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Think Like A (Mindful) Lawyer: Incorporating Mindfulness, Professional Identity, And Emotional Intelligence Into The First Year Law Curriculum, Nathalie Martin

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

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