Partnership with Students for a 'Whole of Law School' Approach to Wellness

Abstract

This paper will discuss the author's experience in implementing a whole of law school approach to wellness, focusing on aspects involving partnership with student associations for meaningful change. By deliberately cultivating strong relationships with students and student associations over a sustained period, it is possible to generate partnerships between students and faculty to facilitate transition and to support student wellbeing during their degree. Melbourne law School (MLS) utilises formal and informal mechanisms to support student partnership in key aspects of their learning experience, including wellness. Over time, this has led to important policy and process change, better commun..