February 1, 2023: First Ever Study on Lawyer Well-Being in Massachusetts In 2019, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC), led by the late Chief Justice Gants, convened a Steering Committee to evaluate the wellbeing of lawyers in Massachusetts. Perhaps…
Written By LCLMA Executive Director Stacey A. L. Best, Esq. RELATED: We Are LCL. [Part 1] As anyone who has been to law school knows, if you didn’t know before you arrived, there is a flip side to every argument…
Written By LCLMA Executive Director Stacey A. L. Best, Esq. I don’t think myself an expert on issues related to identity, even my own. I am still learning. I am convinced, though, that one’s identity and choice to accept or…
Reflections on what leadership really requires, and how it starts. I wanted to be a lawyer since I was about nine years old because I wanted to “help people,” and lawyering was the only profession I could think of…
If you are having thoughts of suicide, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255 (TALK). You can find a list of additional resources at SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources. Everything a person says or does says something about them. The question is whether…