Download This PaperLaw Schools Should Take on Students' Mental Health and Substance Use from Day One
Your Voice column, ABA.com May 17, 2023
3 Pages Posted: 12 Sep 2023 Last revised: 3 Dec 2023
Date Written: May 17, 2023
Abstract
The legal profession has a drinking problem. Whether we like to admit it or not, students are often socialized into a drinking culture in law school, if not before. From where I sit as a law school dean, law students and members of the legal profession continue to struggle with mental health issues for which substance use can be a contributing factor.
Keywords: law students' mental health, bar admission, character and fitness
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Jaffe, David, Law Schools Should Take on Students' Mental Health and Substance Use from Day One (May 17, 2023). Your Voice column, ABA.com May 17, 2023, American University, WCL Research Paper No. 2023-07, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4569649
David Jaffe (Contact Author)
American University - Washington College of Law ( email )
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