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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Mar 10, 2021

While lawyer wellness is often a topic in the media, there is now an academic article addressing the business case for promoting and prioritizing lawyer wellness. Written originally for the Villanova Law Review, the four-part article (1) provides an overview of studies demonstrating the prevalence of mental health and substance abuse issues among the legal profession; (2) looks at the personal and professional risk factors that contribute to mental health and addiction; (3) investigates why firms mostly turn a “blind eye” to attorney well-being; and (4) makes the business case for promoting well-being, highlighting the direct and indirect costs of not doing so. Read more from Georgetown University Law Center Associate Professor Jarrod F. Reich in The Practice from Harvard Law.