News & Events

We’re pleased to announce that our very own Andy Darnton is stepping into an enhanced role as Volunteer Manager at LawCare.

It’s been a year since we published Life in the Law 2025, our research into mental health and wellbeing across the legal sector.

A year might have passed, but the findings and recommendations are still very relevant. The issues people told us about, including excessive workloads, poor mental wellbeing, management and workplace culture, are still affecting people working in law today.

We’re delighted to introduce David Gardner, a barrister at No5 Barristers’ Chambers, and Laura Keith, a junior solicitor at Tozers LLP, who will be taking on the TCS London Marathon for LawCare next year.

The Law Society of England and Wales has announced three more years of funding for LawCare, helping us continue our work to support better mental health across the legal sector.

CITMA Student Representative, Mark Dainty and the Engagement and Relationship Manager at LawCare, Niamh Warnock as they explore various early career scenarios and how to navigate workplace relationships, particularly with a manager.

Grace Smyth looks at psychological safety for junior lawyers and what can make it difficult to ask questions, speak up or admit when something has gone wrong. She also shares some practical ways managers can make a difference.

LawCare has launched a new free online course, Supporting legal workplace wellbeing, to help people across the legal sector create healthier, more supportive places to work.

In this webinar Niamh Warnock, Engagement and Relationship Manager at LawCare, and Stella Chandler, Director at Focal Point, join IP Inclusive’s Lead Executive Officer Andrea Brewster to look at Life in the Law 2025’s key findings about training and valuing managers, and what organisations can do to act on them.

We have been informed that Beacon CRM (customer relationship management), used by LawCare to manage information about our callers, supporters, donors, volunteers and fundraising contacts, has experienced a cyber-security incident involving unauthorised access to its systems.

Karen Aitchison reflects on the language we use to describe workplace culture and why some well-intentioned expressions may have unintended consequences. She explores how organisations can foster genuine belonging while maintaining healthy professional boundaries.

Prof Simon Gilbody FMedSci explores what evolution can teach us about anxiety, why our brains sometimes mistake everyday situations for genuine threats, and how overcoming avoidance can help us move forward.