Health, Wellness and Safety

Student Health and Well-Being

A healthy, balanced lifestyle is often challenging to maintain during law school, but it is imperative for law students to develop healthy habits in law school in areas such as stress management, physical health, and maintaining a healthy balance between law school and life outside of law school. To schedule an initial assessment or to learn more about available services, please email the counselor.

Available services include an initial assessment of needs, individualized treatment planning for reported concerns, initiating engagement in brief therapy, connection to group therapy services, medication management, and referral coordination. Services are offered both in-person and telehealth. Flexible hours are available.

Students are also encouraged to walk-in to CAPS main office if they need to speak with a therapist the same-day. Our CAPS office is open Monday- Friday year round, and offers initial visits between 9 am and 12 pm, or 1 pm and 4 pm. Students in crisis are welcome to come in anytime the office is open. No appointment necessary. CAPS 24/7 by phone: 919-966-3658.

Law School Counselor

Tora Taylor-Glover

Embedded Counselor

(919) 966-3658 | ttaylor-glover@unc.edu

Tora Taylor-Glover, LCSW, is UNC School of Law’s inaugural embedded counselor from UNC-Chapel Hill’s Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS). The CAPS embedded counselor program places counselors within a host academic department, allowing the counselors to learn the unique culture of the program and tailor services to meet the specific needs of the students.

Taylor-Glover provides one-on-one counseling for law students and works with law school staff on wellness initiatives. She has a background in mental health, criminal justice, and higher education, and specializes in knowledge of disorders related to substance use, trauma, crisis intervention, and providing clinical supervision. Taylor-Glover comes to Carolina Law from UNC-Greensboro, where she was a counselor in the Campus Violence Response Center. Previously she worked with the Compass Center for Women and Families in Chapel Hill and as a crisis counselor with the Chapel Hill Police Department. She is a board member of NAMI Orange County NC and has served on the Chapel Hill Building Integrated Communities Committee and the Orange County Diversity Facility Work Group.

Campus Health Services

Campus Health Services has been charged with providing ambulatory primary medical care, mental health services and wellness programs along with selected specialty services including obstetrics/gynecology, orthopedics, and dermatology to the eligible Campus Community. Those eligible for services include regularly enrolled students progressing toward a degree, spouses of enrolled students, postdoctoral fellows and spouses, former patients not currently enrolled but expected to return in the immediate future, and selected non-student patients seeking specialized CHS services.

Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS)

CAPS is committed to addressing the mental health needs of a diverse student body through timely access to consultation and connection to clinically appropriate services. CAPS offers psychological and counseling services including:

Wellness services provide education and health promotion programs in the areas of:

Fitness and nutrition
Academic success
Alcohol and substance use
Stress management
Sexual health
Relationships
Sleep
Veteran Health
Body image and eating disorders
Grief and loss
Medical conditions
ADD/ADHD
Meditation and Mindfulness
Suicide Prevention

If you are having a psychological crisis after hours, on a weekend, or university holiday, call 919-966-3658.

SAFE@UNC

Safe.unc.edu is a portal for everyone in the Carolina community looking for information and resources about discrimination, harassment, sexual violence, interpersonal violence and stalking.

BarCARES (NC Bar Association)

BarCARES is a confidential, short-term intervention program provided cost-free to law students at UNC School of Law. The program is there to help you by providing confidential assistance and brief, solution-oriented counseling. BarCARES is designed to offer no-cost assistance in dealing with problems that might be causing distress and can be used to help with:

Personal Issues: crisis intervention, depression/anxiety, substance abuse (drug or alcohol) and financial concerns
Family Issues: marriage/relationships, children/adolescents, parenting/family conflict
Work Issues: professional stressors, case-related stress and conflict resolution
Student coaching onstress/time management, etc.

Only you, your counselor and anyone you choose to tell will know if you use the BarCARES program. The counselors are licensed professionals, bound by the confidentiality requirements of their profession.

Although the North Carolina Bar Association, local bar groups and law schools provide funding for the BarCARES program and monitor its overall operation, they have no access to the names or other identifying information of any program user.

To learn more or to schedule a visit, call either 919.929.1227 or 1.800.640.0735 and ask to speak with the BarCARES Coordinator, or visit www.barcares.org.

NC LAP (NC Lawyer Assistance Program)

NC LAP is a service of the North Carolina State Bar which provides free, confidential assistance to lawyers, judges and law students in addressing mental health issues, including problems with drugs or alcohol, and other life stresses which impair or may impair an attorney’s ability to effectively practice law.

Includes assistance with:

Anxiety, stress, burnout and balance
Depression and suicide
Anger management
Compassion fatigue
Alcohol or drug problems
Process addictions (food, gambling, etc.)
Grief and loss
Over-Functioning

Please call 919.719.9267 for further information or assistance.

Accessibility Resources & Service

The goals of the Department of Accessibility Resources & Service is to assure that all programs and facilities of the University are accessible to all persons in the University community and to develop programs and services that permit students to, as independently as possible, meet the demands of University life.

All disabilities are medical conditions, but not all medical conditions are disabilities. To be eligible for services, students must provide documentation that provides information about a substantial limitation to one or more major life activities, specifically as it applies to meeting the demands of University life, in and/or out of the classroom.

Campus Recreation

Campus Recreation provides a diverse and intentional recreational program in a safe, inclusive, and accessible environment which enhances the social mental and physical well-being of the entire University community.

UNC and Town of Chapel Hill Safety

The UNC Police unit is an accredited agency dedicated to the welfare of the university community. Its staff members provide guidance on parking, transportation, special events and other police services.

A list of safety programs and tips can be found on the following websites:

Please know the increased number of alerts sent by Alert Carolina is intended to make the campus community more aware and informed about criminal activity.

Helpful Phone Numbers

Emergency or life-threatening situation, Dial 911

John Kasprzak, Assistant Dean of Student Development: 919.843.9076
UNC School of Law Front Desk: 919.962.5106
Kathrine R. Everett Law Library: 919.962.1321
UNC Main Campus Dean of Students Office: 919.966.4042
UNC Police/Public Safety (non-emergency): 919.962.8100
Chapel Hill Police: 919.968.2760
Campus Health Services: 919.966.2281
Counseling and Wellness Services (CWS): 919.966.3658
Compass Center for Women and Families: 919.968.4610
Orange County Rape Crisis Center (OCRCC business line): 919.968.4647
OCRCC 24 Hour Crisis Line: 919.967.7273 or text 919.504.5211