A Community of Care: Wellness Resources for Law Students

To do your best work in law school and prepare for your legal career, all students need to take care of their mental health and well-being. Below is a list of mental health and wellness resources within your reach that can help you succeed.

Law School Programs and Resources

• UMass Law Student Services
• UMass Law Academic Support Services
• UMass Law Academic Success & Bar Success Programs
• Annual Orientation Session on Professional Identity Formation, including Wellness for Law Students, held each August
• Massachusetts Bar Association and the SJC Standing Committee on Lawyer Well-Being Annual Presentation on Law Student Wellness and Well-Being in Law School, held each September
• Annual presentation by the Executive Director, Massachusetts Board of Bar Examiners, Kandace Kukas, Esq., held each October
• Annual Professionalism Workshop with discussion of wellnesss
• Student Bar Association Wellness Week, held each semester
• Academic Fellows Program
  • Peer Assistance Program for first-year students
  • Fellows’ Workshop on student wellness before final exams
• Annual UMass Counseling Center Presentation on Law Student Well-Being and Mental Health
• Weekly Meditation led by UMass Law faculty members
• UMass Law Career Closet, located in the Career Services Office
• UMass Law Lactation Room, located in the lower level of the law school building

University Resources (available to all law students)

• UMass Dartmouth Counseling Center
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