ХУУЛИЙН САЛБАРЫН МЭРГЭЖИЛТНҮҮДИЙН  СЭТГЭЦИЙН ЭРҮҮЛ МЭНДИЙГ ДЭМЖИХ ОЛОН УЛСЫН ТУРШЛАГА: МОНГОЛ УЛСАД ХЭРЭГЖҮҮЛЭХ БОЛОМЖ, INTERNATIONAL PRACTISES IN SUPPORTING THE MENTAL HEALTH OF LEGAL PROFESSIONALS: OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPLEMENTATION IN MONGOLIA

<jats:p>Legal professionals work in environments characterized by high responsibility, time pressure, adversarial conflict, emotionally demanding cases, and decisions that directly affect human rights, liberty, and human lives. Consequently, they are recognized as a highrisk occupational group regarding mental health challenges. International studies suggest that lawyers, judges, prosecutors, and law enforcement personnel may experience higher levels of stress, burnout, depression, anxiety, substance use disorders, secondary traumatic stress, and suicide risk compared with the general population (Krill et al., 2016; Organ et al., 2016). This article reviews international practices aimed at supporting the mental health and wellbeing of legal professionals, including Lawyer Assistance Programs and Employee Assistance Programs in the United States, Road to Mental Readiness in Canada, BlueHub-type psychological support models in Australia, psychosocial risk prevention approaches in the European Union, police psychological services in Germany, Trauma Risk Management and LawCare in the United Kingdom, and Practice Well initiatives in Singapore. The common features of these models include confidential counselling, early intervention, stress management training, peer support, organizational risk assessment, psychological education, and referral pathways to professional care. The article argues that Mongolia needs to establish a national wellbeing strategy for legal professionals, confidential psychological support services, evidence-based monitoring systems, resilience training, peer-support networks, crisisresponse teams, and specialized psychological service centers. The wellbeing of legal professionals is not merely a personal issue; it is fundamentally linked to the quality of justice, public trust, and the rule of law. </jats:p>