Confronting the Mental Health Crisis in the Legal Profession

Law.com's Minds Over Matters project seeks to shed light on the mental health challenges in the legal profession. In this episode of Legal Speak, you'll hear from Law.com journalists who have covered news involving lawyers suffering from mental health problems and their takeaways from handling those stories.

May 12, 2019 at 06:00 AM

2 minute read

Leigh Jones
Deputy editor-in-chief, Law.com

Vanessa Blum
VP, Innovation

The original version of this story was published on Law.com

Why are depression and alcoholism rates higher among lawyers than other professionals? Why are lawyers afraid to get help when they need it? Why does practicing law have to be so stressful?

In Law.com's Minds Over Matters project, we are seeking to shed light on the mental health challenges in the legal profession and address these questions and more. During the next 12 months, we'll publish a series of articles, columns, podcasts, videos and online chats about mental health issues that are affecting lawyers, students, judges and legal educators.

In today's podcast, you'll hear from Gina Passarella, editor-in-chief of Law.com affiliate The American Lawyer, who shares her goals for the Minds Over Matter series, as the leader of the editorial initiative.