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Dealing with the Grind

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By Kevin Hambly

So you studied diligently for the bar, passed, and now you are a new lawyer.  Now, you find yourself experiencing more anxiety and stress in the practice of law.  From a fellow new lawyer to another, here are a few of tips for managing stress.  While these tips are not exhaustive (as simple things like adequate sleep, eating, and proper exercise can also help), hopefully these tips will give you some insight on how at least one lawyer, me, manages stress. Read More

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Burnout: A Necessary Part of Lawyers’ Lives?

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By Randall Christison

Talking to a lawyer-friend recently, one in practice for many years, I asked how he was.  “Working harder; enjoying it less.”  Far from flippant, he was deadly serious.  Everything in his voice and body language suggested he was at the end of his rope.  I asked what he does after he leaves his office each day: “home to my networked computer.”  In essence he’s in the office many hours and telecommutes the rest.  I asked about his résumé, down at the bottom, where we put hobbies and personal information, what did he have there?  With a mirthless laugh he responded, “You mean those things I haven’t done in decades?  That was a different lifetime.”  Maybe more accurately, that “was when I had a life, before the law sucked it out of me.” Read More

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Stride, Not Stress, to Success

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By Lori Pope

Congratulations, you have picked a career where feeling stressed is the baseline on any given day. This stress does not just affect our physical and mental health, but our ability to perform our duty to represent our clients diligently and competently.  As new attorneys, we are learning every day in a field that is constantly changing around us, and we have to constantly adapt while staying on top of our always growing caseload.  Not stressful at all. Read More