Emerging Litigation Podcast
Emerging Litigation Podcast
Tom Hagy
Mental Wellbeing and Fulfillment for Litigators: Sara Lord Interviews Gary Miles
35 minutes Posted May 18, 2024 at 10:00 pm.
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This episode is dedicated to Mental Health Awareness Month -- May 2024 -- in which we explore some of the keys to achieving wellbeing as a human litigator. Lawyers contemplate suicide at "an exceedingly high rate." Whereas 4.2% of adults have reported contemplating suicide, that figure is 10-12% among lawyers. According to a study published by MDPI, lawyers are prone to mental health issues, including anxiety, depression, and substance abuse. "[O]ur findings suggest the profile of a lawyer ...