In serving clients, the profession,
and the system of justice, lawyers bring intellect, passion, and
skill, carry significant workloads, and work long hours in close relationship
with others solving difficult problems. Lawyers seek not only justice
and successful resolution for clients and others, but also fairness, meaning, and
intrinsic and external rewards for themselves. These aspects of a lawyers’ work
including bias can cause chronic stress, resulting in burnout, poor physical health,
or other health challenges such as anxiety, depression, substance use,
addiction, and mental illness. Effectively managing workplace stress is critical
to lawyer health, competence, and ethical responsibility. The stigma attached
to burnout and other physical or mental health concerns as well as implicit
and explicit bias can fuel burnout and make it difficult for lawyers to
get help. This program explores what burnout is, how our work as legal
professionals and bias contributes to burnout, and how to head off burnout,
break the stigma, and get help to regain our spark and enjoy our lives.
This CLE is approved for credit through December 19,
2025.
Presenter:
Judith Rush | Outreach Manager | Lawyers
Concerned for
Lawyers
CLE Credits:
1.0 Elimination of Bias CLE Credit approved |
Event Code: 497271
Cost:
MSBA Members: $29.95
Non-MSBA
Members: $64.95