Comments on the Latest Developments in Mississippi Civil Litigation
Something the Mississippi Supreme Court and Mississippi Court of Appeals have right is how they release opinions.
The Supreme Court issues opinions at 1:30 pm. every Thursday except for a few weeks a year (holidays, bar convention). The Court of Appeals issues its decisions at 1:30 pm. on Tuesday. I don’t know if they are…
A lot of attorneys have shared their stories with me since I started writing here about issues related to attorney mental health. There are two things I hear the most:
The sleep problems that I hear…
This James Clear article on Lifehacker about the evolution of the human brain and anxiety rings true. The premise of the article is that human society has outrun the evolution of the human brain. We live in a world that our brains were not designed to thrive in.
From the article:
Thousands of years ago,
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Last week a friend emailed me this CNN article about this Journal of Addiction Medicine Article regarding substance abuse and mental health problems in the legal profession. From the CNN article by Patrick Krill, lead author of the study:
The law has always been a magnet for hard-working, self-reliant, and competitive people who often prioritize
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Judge Primeaux offered some great practice advice in this recent post on his blog. The topic is dealing with stress. The post opens:
Stress takes its toll in the form of burnout, substance abuse, failing relationships, depression, and even suicide.
Judge Primeaux offers seven tips for dealing with stress in the legal profession. In addition…
Recently I’ve been following The Anxious Lawyer website and blog. The authors tackle head-on the anxiety producing aspects of practicing law.
A recent article covered dealing with career setbacks. It includes an honest assessment of practicing law:
Let’s start with a basic truth: The law is a very difficult profession. Few clients visit a
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Here’s an article from the New York Times last week with the headline “Lawyers with Lowest Pay Report More Happiness.”
The article is unsurprising, even if the headline is a bit misleading. From the article:
Researchers who surveyed 6,200 lawyers about their jobs and health found that the factors most frequently associated with
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If you read a lot of different sources on a given subject, you start to see patterns. One pattern I’ve noticed when reading veteran lawyers talking about practicing law is the pervasiveness of fear in the legal profession.
Most lawyers would be afraid to admit that fear is a constant companion in their practice. Probably,…
I wrote last summer about the issue of lawyers being more prone to commit suicide than the general population. CNN had a great story on the issue last week here. The video report is excellent, and identifies Mississippi as one of the states where there is an ongoing issue with lawyer suicides. Turns out…
A Business Insider article last week examined why so many lawyers are unhappy with their jobs. Reasons given included:
My Take:
All these reasons have merit–at least from a litigation attorney’s perspective. I’ve always assumed that non-litigators…