Photo: Shutterstock.comLaw Firms Tackle Mental Health, One Initiative at a Time
Forty firms out of the Am Law 200 offered details on the steps they're taking to improve mental health and wellness among attorneys and staff.
June 17, 2019 at 07:00 PM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.com
Long before the American Bar Association challenged the country's law firms last September to do more to support attorney mental health, legal industry experts had been sounding the alarm over high rates of depression, substance abuse and suicide in the profession.
Has Big Law answered the call?
Nine months after the ABA launched its program, the number of signatories has grown to over 90 law firms, in addition to more than 20 corporate law departments and law schools.
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