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Legal Increasingly Turns to Tech to Solve Hidden Problem: Mental Health

After experiencing or watching the pressures of legal work take a toll on attorneys, a growing number of legal professionals are launching mental health apps and resources to provide a helping hand.
4 minute read

Law.com

My Weekday Workout: Ballard Spahr's Juliana Carter

"When I decide that I'm just being lazy, I tell myself that the workout is a mandatory meeting with myself and that I'll be in big trouble if I don't show up."
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

A Young Dad's Perspective on Balancing Fatherhood With a Busy Legal Practice

If I were to sum up my impressions and observations about being a young father while also managing a busy legal practice, it would be a simple phrase—“challenging but rewarding.”
5 minute read

Legaltech News

Could a 'Right to Disconnect' Alleviate Lawyers' Stress?

A French law codifies employees right to disconnect from their work after their workday is over. Such a measure might assist in de-stressing lawyers practice, but only if there is widespread buy-in.
4 minute read

Law.com

Progress, Not Perfection, Is Key to Law Firms' Mental Health Programs

Do we have a very long way to go? Of course. But it is imperative that we don't allow our collective perfectionism or skepticism to become the enemy of the good by minimizing gains made.
6 minute read

Law.com

Bon Appetit, Counselor! Eat Some Fat.

Fat is no longer a four-letter word. Here's what you need to know.
5 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Strike a Balance. Or Don't.

The Path to Lawyering Isn't Always Straight
4 minute read

Law.com

From Frozen Eggs to Flextime, Women Lawyers Fight for Family

More women lawyers are demanding alternative work arrangements from their employers, but the issue of balancing the dueling demands of parenthood and the partnership track goes beyond workplace policies.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

From Frozen Eggs to Flextime, Women Lawyers Figuring Out How To Balance Jobs and Family

In March, the New York Law Journal reported on a growing trend of young women attorneys freezing their eggs and embryos so that they can focus their full attention on their careers without having to give up the possibility of motherhood.
8 minute read

Daily Business Review

The Importance of Having a Mentor in the Legal Profession

In the legal profession, I cannot emphasize enough the importance of having a mentor. Law school teaches you to understand and apply the law, but it does not prepare you adequately to practice law.
4 minute read

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