Victorian Legal Services Commissioner links inadequate supervision to wellbeing risk for early career lawyers

The Victorian Legal Services Commissioner's June 2026 update names inadequate supervision as a significant risk in its Risk Outlook 2026, with direct wellbeing consequences for early career lawyers. Research from the Legal Services Research Centre shows young and emerging lawyers experience higher rates of workplace incivility than more senior colleagues. The Commissioner is offering a CPD-approved webinar on June 9 exploring "kindness as a form of social capital and a lever for performance and quality improvement" — positioning relational quality in supervision as both a wellbeing and regulatory compliance matter.