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How Lawyers Can Maintain Their Sanity in the Age of (Nonstop) Email

From Google Voice to good old-fashioned face-to-face discussions, a panel at the ABA TechShow offered their tips for balancing technology and well-being in the legal industry.
4 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

New Jersey Law Journal

Measuring Up After Two Decades

I understand now that, for me, investing in my career means fusing my personal and professional lives. In my younger years, I hated this concept.
8 minute read

The American Lawyer

Work-Life Balance Woes? Try Balancing Big Law With the Olympic Trials

In a field deep with talented distance runners, these women made it to this weekend's Olympic Marathon trials while holding down full-time careers as associates.
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 Business Review

Attorney Pushing Florida Change Backs NY on Mental Health Admissions Question

New York drops a mental health question for bar applicants as Florida addresses demands for change.
3 minute read

Law.com

Lawyers Reveal True Depth of Mental Health Struggles

ALM's latest Mental Health and Substance Abuse Survey shows that the problems of depression, anxiety and substance abuse among lawyers and legal professionals may be worse than realized. At the same time, more people in the profession seem open to addressing it.
13 minute read

The American Lawyer

Are Women Getting Snookered By Those Latest Fertility Perks?

It seems half of the female lawyers I know are having babies through IVF or thinking about it.
4 minute read

Law.com

My Weekday Workout: Freeborn & Peters' Robert Stines

"Nothing releases stress like defending against someone who is trying to break my arm. After a training session, most of my stress melts away."
3 minute read

Law.com

For Desk-Tethered Lawyers, 5 Simple Stretches

Motion to skip self-care denied.
2 minute read

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