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Judges: They're Just Like Us ... Only Harder on Themselves

"It's not always easy to get honest feedback from your colleagues because there's a kind of closedness—a 'you don't want to look bad' kind of thing. You don't think it's safe or appropriate," said Jeremy Fogel, the executive director of the Berkeley Judicial Institute, speaking as part of a web presentation Wednesday.
5 minute read

International Edition

Eight Law Firms Among UK's Top Family-Friendly Employers

Both Pinsent Masons and DWF have reached the top 10, while Allen & Overy did not make the list for the first time since 2015
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

No More 'Second-Class' Conditional Bar Membership: Florida Supreme Court Scraps Rule

The ruling deleted a bar rule in an effort to reduce the stigma for lawyers who are conditionally admitted to the bar because of a disability.
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

Miami Lawyer Moves to Limit Investigations Into Bar Applicants' Mental Health and Substance Use

"If any of these things were done by a similarly situated employer, they would be in front of the EEOC [Equal Employment Opportunity Commission] so fast that, before they even hired somebody, they would probably have a charge," Miami attorney Matt Dietz said.
5 minute read

Law.com

'The Practice of Law Can Be Really Lonely': How Two Litigators Are Providing Podcast Therapy to Fellow Lawyers

In this week's episode, Philadelphia trial attorney and podcaster Bob Levant talks with Law.com Editor in Chief Zack Needles about the psyches of lawyers, what life's been like as a litigator in quarantine, the lessons he's learned from guests on his "Iron Advocate" podcast and the feedback that he and his co-host are getting from listeners.
2 minute read

International Edition

Lawyers Are Suffering From Blurring of Work and Private Lives, Poll Finds

Nine out of 10 U.K. legal professionals feel the pressure of work interfering with their personal life during lockdown.
4 minute read

Law.com

How to Stay Productive While Working From Home

Staying productive is critical to a lawyer's success. After all, a lawyer's time is, quite literally, money. The ability to manage one's time, and more importantly, one's attention, is the key to becoming not only efficient but effective.
8 minute read

International Edition

Nearly Half Of Legal Workers Are 'Dreading Going Back To The Workplace'

Most respondents in a survey of UK legal professionals said that remote working had improved their work-life balance.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Mental Health: The First Step Is To Talk About It

So long as our profession remains siloed, we will fail to help attorneys at every age and every professional level from improving their lives and the lives of those who care for them deeply.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Superior Court Cracks Open the Door for Discovery of Mental Health Records

The Pennsylvania Superior Court has carved out an exception to the discovery of mental health records in C.L. v. M.P.
7 minute read

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