Knowledge and resources

In terms of religious festivities this April, the three main monotheistic faiths will each be observing a particular element which involves discipline and focus. Christians worldwide will be observing Easter. Members of the Jewish faith will be observing Passover.

“It’ll all be over by Christmas!” With that famous phrase in mind, we went into lockdown in March with a roughly three-month horizon. After six months – and still counting - we all face the reality and uncertainties of living with Covid-19 for an indefinite future.

With the court system creaking with the strain of under-resource and Covid-19, looking out for each others’ well-being is more important than ever.

From paralegal to partner – why you need resilience and how to find it

Comfortable chairs, birdbaths and Zoom workouts… small details create a better bigger picture

With mental wellbeing for family lawyers even more in focus now, it is worth remembering that despite the scary statistics, there are resources and strategies to hand…

Mark Randall uses his 40 years of experience using mindfulness based techniques to reset, refresh and re-calibrate himself whilst working in highly stressful, unpredictable and complex trading environments.

Elizabeth Rimmer shares practical tips on how to manage the day to day pressures of working in family law.

In this article from The Review, David Lister, Chair of YRes, reports back on the YRes Conference 2019.

This video was recorded in June 2019 and is presented by Robyn Bradey (expert social worker based in Sydney, Australia).

It was heartening to see Sir Andrew McFarlane, the new President of the Family Division, and Sir James Munby, the former President, open their discussion at the PSU ‘Future of the Family Division’ event in October by talking about the importance of wellbeing for family law professionals.

In this recording, Matthew Richardson, from Coram Chambers and Resolution's National YRes Committee, presented the session below on wellbeing for family lawyers. It was delivered at one of Resolution's Code in Practice events in October 2018.

Annmarie Carvalho (Carvalho Mediation & Therapy) and Lauren Guy (Family Law Partners) discuss the issues in wellness in family law.