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7 Stress Management Tips for Busy BigLaw Attorneys

Check out these 7 tips for managing stress for BigLaw Attorneys. Read the Blog

Three Important Questions About Lawyers, Emotional Intelligence, Professionalism, and Continuing Legal Education

This blog addresses the important topics of emotion and emotional intelligence in the practice of law. Read the Blog

Stress Is What Makes Lawyers Act Like Lawyers

Lawyers aren’t naturally overcritical, risk-adverse people who are emotionally dead inside. It’s stress that makes lawyers behave this way according to a survey in the ABA Journal. Read the Blog

Burnout: A Necessary Part of Lawyers’ Lives?

Lawyers frequently work harder and enjoy it less. What can be done about it? Read the Blog

Simple Tips for a Less Stressful Lawyer Life

Great ideas from lawyer coach Jennifer Alvey about important things you can do to cut down on chronic stress. Read the Blog

A Skinnerian View of Why Lawyers Don’t Change

Kenneth Grady writes, “‘Why oh why won’t lawyers change?’ I hear and read this lament daily. It fills discussions at conferences among those who advocate for change and it populates the tweets of legal industry pundits.” Read the Blog

Is It More Stressful to Work In-House than at a law firm?

Attorney Susan Moon examines this question. Read her Blog

A Necessary Conversation for JDs

Researchers from the University of Missouri-Columbia and Florida State University propose the controlling, institutional culture found in law schools has a corrosive effect on the well-being, values and motivations of students. Read the News

Law School Quadruples the Changes of Depression for Tens of Thousands: Some Changes That Might Help

Kate Mayer Mangan reports in The Huffington Post about the disturbing connection between learning to “think like a lawyer” in law school and the high rates of depression in its students. Read the News