Legal education, wellness and Buddhism: A student’s response to Crowe

Abstract

In an article published in this journal in 2020, Professor Jonathan Crowe proposed that ‘well-being’ in legal education should be defined according to one’s participation in objectively good human values. In this article and drawing on my experience as a current law student, I propose an alternative definition of well-being. In particular, I seek to explain why Crowe’s approach does not appeal to me as a student with mental health issues, and to put forward the Buddhist conception of wellness as a better alternative.