SBA and ABA host Mental Health Week

April 1-6

Join activities designed to provide a quality study break and help raise awareness and contribute to the national dialogue among law faculty, staff, and students about stress, depression, anxiety, chemical dependency, substance abuse, and other mental health conditions and impairments that exist among law students.

While students enter law school suffering from clinical stress and depression at a rate that mirrors the national average, the rate sharply increases during the first year of law school. Over the course of that first year of law school and through the duration of their legal education, the rates of law students grappling with mental health problems increase dramatically and carry into their professional careers.

The habits we develop now will remain with us post-law school, so make those habits healthy. Start by participating in one or all of the following activities!

April 1-6
Share with others how you take time to relax by writing it on the poster board on the easel downstairs.

Monday, April 1:
4:00 p.m.
Student Lounge
STIR talk with Law-Psychology Professor Brian Bornstein, presenting “Mental Health and Well-Being in the Legal Profession” downstairs in common area.
Refreshments begin at 4:00 p.m. and talk begins at 4:30 p.m.

Tuesday, April 2:
12:10 p.m.
Room 111
“Meditation and Yoga Discussion” with Professor Lawson

Thursday, April 4:
12:00 p.m.
Puppy Play Day & Ice Cream Social
Puppies outside in the courtyard on north side of law school (next to library)
Ice cream in the student lounge
5:00 p.m.
ELSA Yoga
Student Lounge

Saturday, April 6
9:00 a.m.
East Campus
SALDF dog-friendly 5K Walk/Run

Also, take advantage of the massage therapists at the City Campus Rec Center. All massage appointments are discounted 20% on the first Monday of each month. To book your appointment visit http://crec.unl.edu/massage/specials and click “schedule massage now”.