Law school too hard? Why the struggle could be a good one

As law teachers, we have plenty of hopes for our students. Upon graduating, we want them to have a good grounding in legal knowledge and to be creative thinkers. We also hope they will come out of law school with good mental health and wellbeing. Unfortunately for many law students we know that starting their studies is the first step towards a downward psychological spiral. In a discipline where students are implicitly promised status, success and power, our goal is to make students experience of legal education grounded in meaning, purpose and values. For law students to be psychologically healthy, engaged and motivated, they need to embrace the idea of struggle and change