A new study published in Georgetown Law Review finds that lawyers working in relatively low paying public-service fields, like public defense or Legal Aid, are more likely to report being happy (and drink less alcohol) than their partner-track counterparts at white shoe firms. Read the News
Study: Poor Lawyers Less Miserable Than Rich Ones
Lawyers More Prone to Depression Than Other Professions
In a video from Healthline.com, Dr Koplow and Steven Susan, Ph.D. discuss why lawyers are more prone to depression than any other profession. Watch the Video
Shedding the Stigma of Mental Illness
From Student Lawyer magazine, a story about a critical topic: the high rate of law student depression. Read the News
Anxiety Management for Lawyers
From the Anxious Lawyer website, bloggers Jenna Cho and Karen Gifford write, “Frequently, when we experience anxiety, our first reaction is to ignore, dismiss, or to deny. This reaction to our anxiety, may be temporary and make the feeling and somatic experiences go away, but long-term leads to unhappiness, depression and additional anxiety”. Read the Blog
Long Work Hours and Depression
According to Legal Week, 82 percent of partners and senior lawyers at leading U.S. and U.K. law firms think their long hours at work are hurting their health. Read the News
Is There a Health Dose of Pessimism for Lawyers?
Blogger Jayne Reardon writes, “For better or worse, negativity plays a huge role in the legal profession. With mental health and substance abuse issues skyrocketing in both the profession and law schools,” this blog examines when a healthy dose of cynacism is healthy and when it becomes a problem. Read the Blog
Out of the Darkness: Overwhelming Depression among Lawyers
A good overview of depression in the legal profession. Read the Story
Demanding Work Schedules Are Damaging Their Health, Say 82% of Surveyed Lawyers
The demands of work at leading law firms in the United States and United Kingdom are quantified in a new survey that found 22 percent of senior lawyers and partners work every weekend, and more than 10 percent work an average of 70 or more hours a week. Read the Story
Ex-city attorney sues Law Department charging she was fired over postpartum depression
The litigators have become the litigated. A former city lawyer has sued the city Law Department for wrongful terminationc charging that her supervisors engineered her ouster thanks to a diagnosed case of severe postpartum depression. Read the News
From the Career Files: Finding YOur Passion in the Law
Passion is a matter of perspective in, out and above the law. This blog focuses on lawyers who have found their passion IN the law. Read the Blog
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