Episode 19 – Authenticity and Finding Your Own Path with Rachael Field
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Welcome back to the Happy Lawyer Happy Life podcast, and this week I am really thrilled to have interviewed a great lawyer in Rachael Field. Rachael has so far enjoyed an amazing career in Law Land, having spent 20 years with the QUT Law faculty, before becoming a professor at Bond Law School. She’s also founder of the Australian Wellness Network for Law, president of the Women’s Legal Service and, in 2013, was even named Queensland Woman Lawyer of the Year.
Rachael’s also an incredible believer in the power of wellness and the fact that there’s a place for everyone in the legal industry. Here, Rachael shares with me her journey, wisdom and why she regards authenticity as being so important.
In this episode we really get into:
- Research and teaching: Rachael’s two passions in life
- The many options that exist in law that aren’t taught in law school
- The Women’s Legal Service and Rachael’s role within the organisation
- Where Rachael thinks the legal profession could be taken in the future
- Why Rachael thinks we need to change legal education
- Promoting psychological well being in young people making the transition from college to career
- Rachael’s advice for any person considering pursuing a career in legal academia
- Rachael having been involved in the writing of four books
- Knowing who comes first when it comes to prioritising
- The changes that Rachael would like to see in the legal industry
- The Wellness Network for Law
- The shocking number of law students experiencing psychological distress
- Rachael’s Happiness Challenge
HAPPY LAWYER HAPPY LIFE
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