Emotional wellbeing within the legal profession

• 1 What does emotional wellbeing at work mean to you and do you think it is important?

• 2 How would you describe the emotional wellbeing of those working in your sector of the legal profession? Which sector or sectors do you think are most likely to give rise to issues in terms of threatening emotional wellbeing?

• 3 Have these levels of emotional wellbeing changed in recent years? If so, why?

• 4 What do you think are the key factors which influence the emotional wellbeing of legal professionals?

• 5 What sources of support and guidance are you aware of currently in relation to emotional wellbeing in the legal profession?

• 6 To what extent do you think employers in the legal profession seek to promote an emotionally healthy working environment?

• 7 To what extent do you think the regulators and other bodies within the legal profession (such as the Law Society and the SRA for solicitors) seek to promote an emotionally healthy legal culture?

• 8 What you do think legal professionals currently focus on when undertaking continuing professional competence activities?

Emotional self-regulation and competencies

• 1 What approaches do you think individual legal practitioners in your sector tend to take to dealing with emotions?

• 2 What (if any) emotional competencies would you see as relevant to your sector of the legal profession?

• 3 Can you give any examples of good practice within the legal profession in terms of encouraging emotional competencies and wellbeing?

• 4 The Open University and LawCare are currently developing a set of online materials focusing on emotional wellbeing.

  • a. What type of content would you like to see included?

  • b. How would you like this to be delivered?

• 5 Is there anything specific which would encourage you to use these online resources and/or recommend them to others?

• 6 Are there any topics or content which you think should be avoided?

• 7 Can you give us one piece of advice to bear in mind when developing these online activities?