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29 Legal Educ. Rev. 1 (2019)

handle is hein.journals/legedr29 and id is 1 raw text is: ALERT BUT NOT ALARMED: A RESPONSE TO PARKER'S CRITIQUE OF WELLBEING SCHOLARSHIP IN LAW CLAIRE CARROLL* I INTRODUCTION Over the last century, dialogue about wellbeing has been plentiful, and in recent decades there has been a strong focus on evidence-based research. In North America, there have been consistent claims that wellbeing is impaired for both law students and lawyers. 1 The legal profession has been described as 'high paid misery',2 with law students portrayed as 'the walking wounded'. 3 Legal education has been comprehensively critiqued, for undermining the fundamental Faculty of Law, Monash University. See, eg, G Andrew H Benjamin et al, 'The Role of Legal Education in Producing Psychological Distress Among Law Students and Lawyers' (1986) 11 American Bar Foundation Research Journal 225; Susan Daicoff, 'Lawyer, Know Thyself: A Review of Empirical Research on Attorney Attributes Bearing on Professionalism' (1997) 46 American University Law Review 1337; Susan Swaim Daicoff, Lawyer, Know Thyself A Psychological Analysis of Personality Strengths and Weaknesses (American Psychological Association, 2004); Martin E P Seligman, Paul R Verkuil and Terry H Kang, 'Why Lawyers Are Unhappy' (2001) 23 Cardozo Law Review 33, 36; Lawrence S Krieger, 'Institutional Denial About the Dark Side of Law School, and Fresh Empirical Guidance for Constructively Breaking the Silence' (2002) 52 Journal of Legal Education 112, 114; Kennon M Sheldon and Lawrence S Krieger, 'Does Legal Education Have Undermining Effects on Law Students? Evaluating Changes in Motivation, Values, and Well-Being' (2004) 22 Behavioral Sciences and the Law 261; Elizabeth Mertz, The Language ofLaw School: Learning to 'Think Like a Lawyer' (Oxford University Press, 2007); Kennon M Sheldon and Lawrence S Krieger, 'Understanding the Negative Effects of Legal Education on Law Students: A Longitudinal Test of Self-Determination Theory' (2007) 33 Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 883; Lawrence S Krieger, 'Human Nature as a New Guiding Philosophy for Legal Education and the Profession' (2008) 47 Washburn Law Journal 247, 266; Lawrence S Krieger and Kennon M Sheldon, 'What Makes Lawyers Happy?: A Data-Driven Prescription to Redefine Professional Success' (2015) 83 George Washington Law Review 554. 2 Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic, 'Can Lawyers Find Happiness?' (2008) 58 Syracuse Law Review 241, 247; Jerome M Organ, 'What Do We Know About the Satisfaction/Dissatisfaction of Lawyers? A Meta-Analysis of Research on Lawyer Satisfaction and Well-Being' (2011) 8 University ofSt Thomas Law Journal 225. 3 Note, 'Making Docile Lawyers: An Essay on the Pacification of Law Students' (1998) 111 Harvard Law Review 2027, 2027.

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