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Lucinda Soon is a legal ethics solicitor of England and Wales, an organisational psychologist, academic, and independent consultant to the legal sector. Her work focuses on applying robust methods and insights from psychology to develop ethical and healthy working environments in law, adding a much-needed social science dimension to help lawyers and their organisations improve professional practice and wellbeing. Lucinda brings to her work over a decade of experience advising law firms and General Counsels on ethical issues and professional responsibility, with corporate clients ranging from start-ups to established UK, US and global entities. She has also advised professional bodies and regulators on ethical standards and policy development, in the UK and internationally. She now successfully combines her work in academia with independent consulting, working with organisations and policymakers on a range of research and advisory projects. Lucinda’s academic research focuses on behavioural ethics, workplace culture, and wellbeing in the legal sector. She is a doctoral researcher at Birkbeck Business School and lectures at The Dickson Poon School of Law, King’s College London, where she is the module lead for Psychology for Legal Practitioners on the MSc Law and Professional Practice programme. Lucinda is also a Trustee for LawCare, the mental health and wellbeing charity for the UK legal profession, Co-Chair for the International Bar Association (IBA) Professional Wellbeing Commission, and an officer of the IBA Academic and Professional Development Committee. More about Lucinda and her work may be found on her professional website at lucindasoon.com