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Mental Health and the Legal Profession

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Host Tom Blakely talks to Shailini Jandial George about mental health and wellness in law school and the profession, how deeply embedded cultural and structural issues can contribute to competition and stress among students--and what we can do about it. George is Professor of Legal Writing at Suffolk University Law School and author of The Law Student's Guide to Doing Well and Being Well, and recently spoke at BC Law at the panel "Resilience: Living Well in the Face of Adversity."