Lawyers spend their time trying to solve their clients’ problems. With that work comes stress that can disrupt their personal and professional lives. May 1-5, 2023 is Well Being Week in Law, when legal organizations highlight mental health issues attorneys face and ways to deal with them.
https://lawyerwellbeingma.org/well-being-week-in-law-2023
Social Law resources on lawyer well being include:
Rule the rules of workplace wellness programs / Barbara J. Zabawa, JD, MPH and JoAnn M. Eickhoff-Shemek, PhD
Zabawa, Barbara J.,
PRINT | American Bar Association, Health Law Section | [2021] | Second edition.
Available at 4th floor Reading Room (Call number: KF3515 .Z33 2021)
http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1153741
Harnessing the power of mindfulness while dealing with the stress, anxiety & social isolation of COVID-19 : the 60-minute lawyer / faculty, Filippa M.Anzalone, Esq
Anzalone, Filippa M.
PRINT | MCLE New England | 2020.
Available at 5th floor MCLE (Call number: KF298 .H37 2020)
http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1152413
Taking control of your well-being : mental health and wellness for attorneys 2021 / Jeffrey H. Bunn, Laura Snodgrass
PRINT | Practising Law Institute | [2021]
Available at 4th floor Reading Room (Call number: KF3540.A75 T35 2022)
http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1154670
The best lawyer you can be : a guide to physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual wellness / [edited by] Stewart Levine
PRINT | [2018]
Available at 4th floor Reading Room (Call number: KF297 .B47 2018
http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1149315
Finding and maintaining balance while practicing law / sponsored by Dispute Resolution Section ; co-sponsored by Solo/Small Firm Law Practice Management Section
PRINT | Massachusetts Bar Association | [2020]
Available at 5th floor States (Call number: KFM2477.5.H4 F56 2020)
http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1153392
The flourishing lawyer : a multi-dimensional approach to performance and well-being / Heidi K. Brown
Multi-dimensional approach to performance and well-being
Brown, Heidi K. (Heidi Kristin), 1970-
PRINT | American Bar Association, ABA Publishing | [2022]
Available at 4th floor Reading Room (Call number: KF300 .B755 2022)
http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1155354
Lawyers, anger, and anxiety : dealing with the stresses of the legal profession / Rebecca Nerison
Dealing with the stresses of the legal profession
Nerison, Rebecca.
PRINT | American Bar Association | c2010.
Available at 4th floor Reading Room (Call number: KF300 .N46 2010)
The lawyer's guide to balancing life & work : taking the stress out of success / George W. Kaufman
Balancing life & work
Kaufman, George W., 1938-
PRINT | ABA, Law Practice Management Section | c2006. | 2nd ed.
Available at 4th floor Reading Room (Call number: KF300 .K38 2006
http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1103261
Rest assured : the sabbatical solution for lawyers / by Lori Simon Gordon ; presented by the American Bar Association Career Resource Center
Sabbatical solution for lawyers
Gordon, Lori Simon, 1957-
PRINT | American Bar Association | c2002.
Available at 4th floor Reading Room (Call number: KF297 .G67 2002)
http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1074871
The anxious lawyer : an 8-week guide to a joyful and satisfying law practice through mindfulness and meditation / Jeena Cho, Karen Gifford
8-week guide to a joyful and satisfying law practice through mindfulness and meditation
Cho, Jeena.
PRINT | American Bar Association | [2016]
Available at 1st floor Non-core (Call number: KF298 .C47 2016)
http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1143019