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New Jersey Law Journal

Bar Application Shouldn't Inquire Into Mental Health

The current question of New Jersey's bar application form is similar to the question that New York has now discarded. We respectfully urge our Supreme Court to join in this movement.
3 minute read

Law.com

Time Flies When You're Practicing Law. Here's How to Slow Things Down.

If you're not careful, time will start moving so fast that the next decade of your life will become an indistinguishable blip marked only by fuzzy memories of late nights at the office.
8 minute read

The Recorder

Eastern District Prosecutor and Wife Dead in Apparent Murder-Suicide

A spokesperson for the Placer County Sheriff's office indicated investigators believe that Timothy Delgado, an assistant U.S. attorney in the Eastern District of California, shot and killed his wife Tamara before killing himself.
2 minute read

Law.com

Do You Have to Give Up Alcohol to Be Healthy?

The bottom line is alcohol is high in calories and low in most nutrients and it's tough to lose body fat, increase muscle or improve athletic performance while drinking a lot of the stuff.
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

Reed Smith Launches Mental Health 'Stop the Stigma' Campaign

The new campaign aims to take on the harmful misconceptions surrounding mental illness that may hold back some from seeking help.
3 minute read

Law.com

Once Optimistic, Addicted in the End: What We Can Learn from One Partner's Demise

Journalist Eilene Zimmerman, the ex-wife of a Wilson Sonsini partner who died of a drug overdose about five years ago, shares what she learned about Big Law culture in researching her new book "Smacked: A Story of White-Collar Ambition, Addiction and Tragedy."
1 minute read

Texas Lawyer

The Mental Challenges Judges Face

"As lawyers we have to realize judges are people and are impacted by the weight of the cases they decide, particularly when paired with problems they may experience in their lives off the bench," writes Butler Snow partner Scott K. Field.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

'A Good Start': Ending Mental Health Question on NY Bar Application May Remove Stigma

Legal educators and students stressed the value of seeking help while in law school. It can give prospective lawyers important tools for success in the profession and in their personal lives, the dean of Cardozo Law School said.
5 minute read

Law.com

My Weekday Workout: Dechert's Nazim Zilkha

"[There's] an important mental health benefit that comes with regular exercise, and this balance is critical for thriving in a fast-paced, challenging field, such as corporate law."
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Straight Talk About a Judicial 'Dirty Secret': Chief Justice Calls for Mental Health Measures

"Our own dirty secret is that the job of dealing with society's problems, in addition to our own, sometimes takes its toll. We are often not healthy ourselves," Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Harold Melton said to judges, legislators and state officials gathered at the Capitol.
7 minute read

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