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Counsel for Suspended Lawyer: 'Difficulties Don't Bypass Attorneys Just Because of Their Capabilities'

"I think there is this impression that because of the nature of the business or because of the nature of the education, these things are not as prevalent, but we're just as human as everybody else," said Kevin Lee Perry, who is representing suspended criminal and family law attorney Melissa Lynch Freeman.
6 minute read

Law.com

How to Make It: Will a Mindfulness Practice Benefit Your Legal Practice?

"Tibetan meditative tradition, there's a piece of advice they're very fond of giving. They say, 'Short moments, many times.' It's a valid way to practice, and it's a viable way for a busy lawyer who has their nose in their computer to practice mindfulness."
4 minute read

Law.com

Five States Still Don't Formally Consider Psychologists to Be 'Physicians' Under Rule 35. Will That Change?

Until last week, Massachusetts was one of the last holdouts in the country that did not formally consider a psychologist to be a "physician" under the…
6 minute read

The American Lawyer

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

Corporate Counsel

Implementing 'Wellness By Design' Into Your Legal Department: Free Survival Guide

As in-house leaders, you know the right legal team can have superpowers. Legal brings reason and analysis to complicated business problems and thrives…
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

Voices in Her Head: Renewed Focus on Attorney Mental Health After SNL Skit

"This woman is in jail, and the Supreme Court ordered her to do a whole series of generic tasks regarding her clients and her firm," said Matt Dietz of Disability Independence Group Inc.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

NYSBA Announces Mental Health Hotline, Free Counseling Hours in Wake of Attorney Wellbeing Report

The hotline service, manned by mental-health professionals, is confidential and is open 24 hours a day, 7 days per week, said the bar association. Lawyers can be directed to the free hours of counseling by calling the hotline.
3 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

Law.com

10th Circ. Dismisses Wrongful Death Lawsuit Over University's Allegedly 'Bogus Investigation' Into Claims of Professor's Misconduct

The wife of professor Michael Shively claimed the investigation intentionally eroded her husband's mental health, leading him to commit suicide in March 2019, according to the court's opinion filed Wednesday.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

How U.S. Bank's Legal Department Created Wellness Guidelines for Outside Lawyers

"We're not softening our requirements on them. Instead, we are saying that you need to take care of yourself to earn our business and to comply with the professional rules that require a duty of competency," said U.S. Bank deputy GC Benjamin Carpenter.
10 minute read

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