Dear Friends and Colleagues,

The consensus is that there is a mental health crisis in the legal profession. That is no doubt true. High-profile suicides, admissions of substance abuse and addiction, and wholesale exits from the profession plague and torture all of us who still hold onto the view that ours is a noble and worthwhile vocation. And we have responded by hiring wellness coaches, retaining therapists, hosting programs on resiliency and teaching meditation techniques. All of these measures are worthwhile and important and constructive.  But they also fall short, treating the symptoms but not the cause.