Season 4: Episode 16 - Law Life Balance: Prioritising Mental Wellbeing in the Legal Industry - Caitlin McFee

This week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Robert Hanna welcomes Caitlin McFee onto the show.

Caitlin is a Pro Bono Associate and the Founder of Law Life Balance, a mental health and wellbeing platform for lawyers. 

After facing her own struggles whilst doing her training contract at a Magic Circle firm, she set up the project to drive forward positive cultural change in the industry.

In addition, she's also a Project Lead at the Association of Mental Health Providers. She recently became a fellow podcaster, having set up her fantastic 'Law Life Balance' podcast just last month. 

Topics discussed include:

The entertaining reason why she decided to become a lawyer, and how she achieved a top training contractHow her own mental health difficulties as a trainee solicitor resulted in her starting Law Life Balance, and what the platform aims to achieve in the sector's mental health & wellbeing spaceHow law firms and individuals can work together to help tackle the industry's mental health crisisWhy law firm managers still fail to pay enough attention to employee satisfaction and happinessThe tools she uses to manage her own wellbeingHer advice for aspiring and junior lawyers

Out now on the Legally Speaking Podcast website and all major podcast apps. 

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