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  As part of the University of Utah’s MLK week celebrations, the S.J. Quinney College of Law held an event to discuss the importance of building relationships with the community around you, and how it applies to law student and lawyer mental health rates and concerns.  The event, titled “Community is Where We Go From...

A recent study found almost a quarter of women attorneys were considering leaving the profession due to bvrnout, stress and mental health concerns.

Mental health struggles and addiction are more common than we realize, especially among attorneys. In this episode, Brian Cuban, author of The Addicted Lawyer...

The legal profession has a drinking problem. Whether we like to admit it or not, students are often socialized into a drinking culture in law school, if not before. From where I sit as a law school dean, law students and members of the legal profession continue to struggle with mental health issues for which substance use can be a contributing factor.

Addiction specialists say treatment programs are over-enrolled in the wake of the pandemic, fueled by extended remote arrangements that offer a dangerous triad.

Approximately 20 percent of American workers have admitted to using recreational drugs while working remotely, and there has been an increase in working age Americans with substance use disorders since pre-pandemic.

From Bloomberg: Addiction specialists who treat mostly employed patients say their treatment programs are over-enrolled in the wake of the pandemic, fueled by extended remote or hybrid arrangements that offer a dangerous triad of steady paychecks, proximity to drugs and alcohol out of view from co-workers, and incentive to maintain day-to-day functionality.

On any given work day, Ray wakes up, brews coffee, smokes a cigarette, and then “takes a hit of pot” before sitting down to Zoom meetings.

About 20% of U.S. workers admitted to using recreational drugs while working remotely, according to one survey.

This is a worrisome trend.