Yesterday was world mental health day. Richard Martin talks about mental illness in the legal profession and why lawyer-managers need to do more for their staff.
There are various possible explanations for why lawyers seem to suffer disproportionately – not all of them unique to lawyers: The constant demand for excellence and perfection; The knowledge that clients are depending upon you; The ever-shortening timescales within which to provide advice (client service agreements requiring responses within timescales that are too short in themselves and which ignore the demands of other clients); The expectation that one puts one’s client first; The ever-increasing chargeable hours targets.
http://www.lawgazette.co.uk/analysis/comment-and-opinion/light-up-purple/5058204.article
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