Core EQ

11/09/2024

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Is it harder to stay upright in a legal career?And if you fall over do you become invisible, irrelevant? Simply not up to it. So easy to blame the individual rather than look at the systemic issues. Bullying, gendered violence, intersectionality issues and "the boys club" to name some.Do any of your...

05/08/2024

05/08/2024

16/06/2024

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female lawyer working bee with burn outBeyond Burnout - the Unsafe Legal WorkplaceBurn out creeps up on us lawyersThe symptoms of Burn Out are the same for all of us. Your wings lose their uplift, your feelers lose their ability to sense danger. Your eyes dull as exhaustion overwhelms your good sens...

15/06/2024

It is time to Joust. Get on our horse and challenge the prevailing medieval view that lawyers' wellbeing is irrelevant to the daily grind. Check out my blog post https://wix.to/nLI43M6

lawyer worker bee burn outWe have a problemBurn out creeps up on us lawyersThe symptoms of Burn Out are the same for all of us. Your wings lose their uplift, your feelers lose their ability to sense danger. Your eyes dull as exhaustion overwhelms your good sense. Your carry on until you can no longe...

09/06/2024

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And so the predictable pattern continues. What power to silence the advocate's voice proposing a revitalised approach to lawyers professional development. By simply closing ranks. What irony that one of the most important roles for a lawyer is to be the advocate for a right to be heard.There is no r...

09/06/2024

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Chapter Two - Stoicism What Happened Next to the Worker Bee Lawyer?The locum doctor who came that night said he thought I was experiencing an acute work stress episode. And recommended I go and see my local doctor which I duly did. However a lack of awareness on her part and perhaps a closed viewpoi...

31/05/2024

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CLE and CLE - Twins or Distant Cousins?What does the abbreviation CLE mean in legal education? Is it Clinical or Continuing or both? For law students it refers to Clinical Legal Education. For most practising lawyers it stands for Continuing Legal Education. In both cases legal education is claimed....

31/05/2024

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CLE and CLE Twins or Distant CousinsWhat does the abbreviation CLE mean in legal education? Is it Clinical or Continuing or both? For law students it refers to Clinical Legal Education. For most practising lawyers it stands for Continuing Legal Education. In both cases legal education is claimed. Ye...

28/05/2024

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A New DayIt is 7.15 am. My horses are out of their stables. Munching on their hay. I can just see them from my office window as I sit and decompress from this morning and yesterday. My husband of 40 years, as he reminded me this morning, suggested I stay home today and look after our 2 horses and 3....