This book provides a novel contribution to the wider bodies of literature on student and
academic wellbeing by including a series of rich and nuanced discussions of specific aspects of
the wellbeing of legal academics. It contains original research contributions on this topic
drawing on insights from law education and psychology and throws a spotlight on an emerging
field of interest. In particular it focuses attention on the need to understand the
implications of workload communication competence and community for academic wellbeing with
the collection providing insight as to the amelioration of stress linked to these themes.
Reference will be made to the key factors which influence each of these themes such as the
neo-liberal academy the contours and staffing of the law school the impact of COVID-19 and
the role of values and ethics. Relevant theoretical perspectives relating to these themes
including self-determination theory and the notion of an ethic of care will also be discussed.
