The legal industry is engaged in a critical conversation about lawyers’ mental health, but current attorney well-being programs primarily focus on helping lawyers cope with the stress of excessive workloads, instead of examining whether this work culture is even fundamentally compatible with lawyer well-being. Jonathan Baum at Avenir Guild raises the concern that these efforts might be overlooking the root causes of the stress endemic to the profession. Baum’s commentary suggests that a deeper analysis of the excessive workloads and high-pressure environments, which dominate the legal landscape, could yield more effective strategies for improving lawyer mental health.
To read more, Jonathan Baum’s detailed examination of these issues can be found on Law360.