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2008

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Legal Profession

Susan Daicoff

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Stalking The Walking Wounded: An Empirical Study Of Lawyer Distress, Work Satisfaction, And Decisionmaking Preferences, Susan Daicoff Feb 2008

Stalking The Walking Wounded: An Empirical Study Of Lawyer Distress, Work Satisfaction, And Decisionmaking Preferences, Susan Daicoff

Susan Daicoff

Abstract: Attorney distress is an empirically-documented phenomenon. Depression and alcoholism, for example, occur among attorneys at about twice the rate found in the general population. Empirical research also suggests that certain personality attributes and decisionmaking preferences distinguish attorneys from the general population. Previous research had investigated the relationship of lawyer dissatisfaction to certain personality attributes and decisionmaking preferences, as well as the relationship of law student distress to values. Focusing on practicing lawyers, this empirical study investigated the relationship between attorney distress, work dissatisfaction, and two decisionmaking preferences. This study found no relationship between the two decisionmaking preferences and attorney …


Why Are Lawyers So Depressed?, Susan Daicoff Dec 2007

Why Are Lawyers So Depressed?, Susan Daicoff

Susan Daicoff

No abstract provided.


Lawyer, Be Thyself: An Empirical Investigation Of The Relationship Between The Ethic Of Care, The Feeling Decisionmaking Preference, And Lawyer Wellbeing, Susan Daicoff Dec 2007

Lawyer, Be Thyself: An Empirical Investigation Of The Relationship Between The Ethic Of Care, The Feeling Decisionmaking Preference, And Lawyer Wellbeing, Susan Daicoff

Susan Daicoff

No abstract provided.