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Firms Must Pay More, Get Greener and Not Treat Restaurant Staff Like Dirt

If firms are serious about attracting and retaining talent, they would do well to look this week's news for examples of what to do - and what definitely not to do.
4 minute read

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How Lawyers Can Prevent Burnout

A former Big Law associate on her tips for avoiding burnout in the profession.
4 minute read

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Pandemic Anxiety Wanes, but Legal Industry's Mental Health Struggles Persist

The data from a Law.com and ALM Intelligence global survey shows that the legal industry may be coming to grips with the realities of the pandemic, and even benefiting from things like remote work. But historical triggers associated with law firm structures are still having negative effects.
11 minute read

International Edition

LawCare Expands Online Chat Function For Struggling Lawyers

The U.K. legal industry mental health charity is responding to the pressures rampant across the legal sector.
2 minute read

International Edition

How I Took Leave From and Returned to My Firm to Manage My Depression

Mike Kasdan shares his personal story of going through depression while working for law firms, which culminated in his taking a medical leave last year and then returning to his firm earlier this year. He shares his views on how we can change the legal industry for the better.
14 minute read

International Edition

'We're Terrified': Junior Lawyers Still Fear SRA Retribution Over Minor Mistakes

Amid a growing perception that 'mistakes are more tolerated at a senior level', junior lawyers are dismayed by recent regulator action against them.
7 minute read

International Edition

SRA Drops Action Against Junior Lawyer Who Lost Briefcase

The case has triggered widespread debate as to whether junior lawyers and more senior members of the profession are treated differently by the regulator.
4 minute read

International Edition

'Not the Type of Guy': We Need to Pay More Attention to the Mental Health of Old-School Men

Men of a certain era were often raised to 'tough things out' and 'shake it off,' and not necessarily express when something was bothering them, or look for help.
7 minute read

International Edition

US Litigator's Death By Suicide a Lesson For the Industry as We Emerge From Pandemic

"I think this is also a lesson to a lot of us, who may take this work more seriously than it needs to be taken, that we need to sometimes decompress and take a break," McLaughlin's partner Paul Lauricella said.
6 minute read

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A Great Time to Be a Junior Lawyer, Right?

NQ salaries in London are topping £160,000 but junior lawyers are not having everything their own way.
4 minute read

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