Vicarious Trauma and Burnout in Law

Managing Psychological Stress to Promote Safety, Performance, and Wellbeing in Legal Practice
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-0-367-54909-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)

Buch, Englisch, 398 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 830 g

This book integrates research on the causes, responses and protective strategies for vicarious trauma that are recognised in a range of human services and argues their relevance to the legal profession.

Examining related conditions that are common among lawyers - including burnout, compassion fatigue and secondary trauma stress – the text reveals how lawyers’ vulnerability to trauma is aggravated by stigma against mental health concerns in workplaces with poor leadership, weak supervision, and an adversarial “law-as-business” approach. The author proposes adaptions to legal education and practice management to help lawyers cope with stress and trauma, use their work experiences to improve their self-awareness, maintain their wellbeing, and ultimately to thrive in their work. Rich in evidence-based practices, strategies and tools, this book serves to help individuals, workplaces and law schools become trauma-informed.

An indispensable guide for lawyers, law firm managers and supervisors, as well as legal educators and students seeking to enhance their resilience, self-awareness and wellbeing in readiness for legal practice.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Professional, Professional Practice & Development, and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

James, Colin

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse
• Rechtswissenschaften Berufs- und Gebührenrecht freie Berufe Rechtsanwälte und Notare
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizinrecht, Gesundheitsrecht
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Medizin- und Gesundheitsrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction to Trauma Theory

2. Trauma in Legal Practice 

3. The Trauma-Informed Legal Workplace

4. The Trauma-Informed Lawyer

5. Legal Education for a Traumatic World

Über Autor(innen)

Dr Colin James has qualifications in law, psychology, history, and education and is a Solicitor and Senior Lecturer ANU College of Law at the Australian National University.