Welcome to your February wellbeing spotlight
Each month we’ll put a spotlight on wellbeing news, thoughts, events and support from across the Bar and further afield:
Spotlight
What is trauma-informed practice? Find out about the basics and hear from experts on how it can help your practice as part of our video series.
Former barristers, Rebecca Norris and Camilla Wells share the impact trauma has in legal practice and explain the neurological impact of stress and trauma on practitioners, staff and clients.
The pair have a combined 35+ years’ experience as barristers (covering family, general/white collar crime, commercial, contentious regulatory and financial services litigation) and 20+ years’ experience working with trauma and distress
News
Mental health charity LawCare receives majority of calls from solicitors, 2025 report reveals
In its Impact Report 2025, legal mental health charity LawCare revelated it had supported 753 people in 2025 – more than in any previous year including the pandemic in 2020.
More than half of those who contacted the charity were solicitors while 7% were barristers or pupil barristers.
Thoughts
- Listen to LawCare’s Engagement and Development Manager Rose Donnelly on Lanyon Bowdler’s The Legal Lounge podcast to explain how the charity started (on Spotify and Apple podcasts)
- Bar Council 2025 Chair Barbara Mills KC shares her story of coming into the world of wellbeing (please note the trauma-informed training dates have now passed)
Events
Thriving in your first years of practice: starting your practising period as a pupil barrister – Tuesday 3 March
Join the Bar Council’s webinar on what to expect as you transition from first to second six, including what Wellbeing support is available.
Support
Got a wellbeing event coming up? Want to share your story? Contact us