mental health and neuroscience
Breaks mental health neurodiversity ceilings in law
In 2023, 30% of Australian law students said neurodivergent peers struggled with mental-health barriers, showing that neurodiversity directly shapes wellbeing in legal education. Neurodiversity reframes cognitive differences as strengths, not illnesses, and that shift changes how students experience stress, anxiety and support. Yet many institutions still cling to outdated metrics