In this episode we sit down with Elizabeth Rimmer, CEO at LawCare and a passionate advocate for mental health in the legal profession.
Elizabeth highlights key shifts in legal mental health—more awareness, proactive culture, and empathetic leadership. She also shares insights on busting burnout myths, the need for better management training, and building healthier workplaces.
We're also delighted that Elizabeth is also a speaker Legal Wellbeing: London on September 11, hosting the session State of the Industry: Wellbeing and Mental Health in Law Firms'. The discussion will examine the evolving risks to mental health in the workplace as well as sharing insights and practical steps to build healthier, more sustainable workplace cultures that support wellbeing and mental health.
For the past several years, Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) criteria represented a clear, forward-moving consensus. That consensus has fractured. We have entered "The ESG Reset" - a fundamental reframing of the landscape driven by a potent mix of political whiplash, volatile investor sentiment, and persistent geopolitical crises.
The past year has shifted artificial intelligence in the legal sector from a theoretical "what if" to an urgent "what now." The initial excitement of generative AI has given way to the hard, complex realities of implementation, risk, client pressure, and a tangible fear of being left behind. We are no longer just "piloting" AI. We are in a full-scale race to integrate it, govern it, and prove its value.
The legal profession is standing at a new crossroads. Forces that once moved incrementally - client expectations, regulatory shifts, technology adoption, and firm culture are now accelerating in parallel. The cumulative effect is profound: law firms are being asked to reinvent how they serve clients, how they uphold responsibility in society, and how they organise themselves internally.
Highlights from Legal ESG: London 2025, where legal and ESG leaders explored risk, resilience, and the future of sustainable law and governance.
