Australian Chapter
Welcome to the Australian Chapter of MILS!
We are a growing community of legal professionals - lawyers, judges, academics, law students, legal support staff and affiliated professionals working within the legal profession - dedicated to integrating mindfulness and wellbeing into the practice of law in Australia.
We believe a more mindful legal profession supports a more mindful legal culture, promotes compassionate enquiry, enhances lawyer wellbeing and results in excellent client service, upholding the rule of law and supporting our communities.
About Us
The Australia Chapter seeks to foster a more mindful and values-aligned legal community across our diverse legal systems and institutions. Whether through meditation, contemplative practices, or other tools for self-awareness and emotional intelligence, we support legal professionals in cultivating well-being, reducing stress, and promoting ethical decision-making.
Our vision is to normalize mindfulness and mental health practices in legal education and workplaces throughout Australia.
We welcome all lawyers, academics, law students and allied professionals from across Australia to join MILS and contribute to the pursuit of our vision.
Whether you're new to mindfulness or an experienced practitioner, we invite you to join us in cultivating a more mindful legal profession.
Upcoming Events
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Monthly Mindfulness Sits
Guided monthly mindfulness sits and meditations, allowing you to drop in and out as needed, to reflect and enhance your own practice. Online only.
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Mindfulness Training & Support
Contact us to learn more about the mindfulness training, workshops and support we can offer you and your teams.
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In Person Networking Events
We will be hosting a series of events across Australia, bringing the legal mindfulness community together.
Meet Our Chapter Co-Chairs
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Emily Knowles is an organisational psychologist specialising in workplace wellbeing, with particular expertise in lawyer wellbeing. Her work integrates mind and body to promote, protect, and respond to the human experiences at work: and of work.
With dual qualifications in law (LLB Hons) and psychology (Masters), Emily is the founder of wel·law. As a lawyer-turned-psychologist for lawyers, she combines lived experience with evidence-based practice to support lawyers, teams, organisations, and the legal profession more broadly.
Emily is Wellbeing Manager at the Law Institute of Victoria, co-founded and previously lectured the class Wellbeing in Law School at Swinburne University of Technology, and serves on the Institute for Well-Being in Law Research & Scholarship Committee.
A registered psychologist, yoga teacher, and mindfulness practitioner, Emily takes a humanistic, client-centred approach informed by Western psychology, contemplative studies, and Buddhist psychology. She is committed to supporting holistic wellbeing across the mental, emotional, physical, social, spiritual, and environmental dimensions of health. Emily also serves as National Convener of the Buddhism & Psychology Interest Group for the Australian Psychological Society.
www.emilyknowles.com.au
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Artemis Evangelidi is the Founder of Aipeia Consulting, where she serves as a Conscious Leadership Consultant & Executive Coach, the Founder & CEO of the Centre for Conscious Leadership and the Head of Learning Transformation at the Law Institute of Victoria.
With degrees in Science, Law, and Psychology from Monash University, she possesses over 20 years of experience as a corporate and commercial lawyer, encompassing private practice, in-house counsel roles, and her own consulting firm.
She is a Teacher of Presence & Mindfulness, having trained with Eckhart Tolle, Dr. Tara Brach, Dr. Jack Kornfield and more, adding to her list of complementary trainings and certifications where Eastern traditions, ancient wisdom and philosophy intersect with science.
Her first book ‘Life. Thoughts That Make The World Go Around’ was published in the UK in 2019 and she has contributed to prominent publications such as Thrive Global, Australian Lawyer’s Weekly, the Law Institute Journal, Holistic Bliss Magazine, and Business Fit Magazine.
Her commitment to fostering mindfulness and integrity in the business world is further reflected in her board position with the Mindfulness in Law Society, and with NGOs where she advises on Conscious Leadership principles and their impact.
Artemis is also the host of the podcast: 'Emergence. Leading from the Field'.
www.artemisevangelidi.com
www.centreconsciousleadership.com
Email us at:
emily@emilyknowles.com.au
aevangelidi@aipeia.com
Mindfulness
Articles & Readings
Resources & Links
Lawyer Wellbeing Theory of Change - VLSB+C
The Lawyer Wellbeing Systems Theory of Change framework builds on an existing body of research into lawyer wellbeing, and draws on the expertise and experience of Victorian lawyers to identify the system-level factors driving poor wellbeing.
NSW Law Society - Mindfulness in the Law
The Law Society of NSW’s Mindfulness in the Law resources and hub can be accessed here.
Additionally you can access the Law Society’s Mental Health and Wellbeing Hub for information, resources and articles to support lawyer wellbeing.
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