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PROMOTED, POOPED – Many new partners are feeling burned out, and they blame the billable hour. That’s according to the New Partner Survey from Law.com affiliate The American Lawyer. As Dylan Jackson reports, this year’s survey included two questions focused on mental health, in light of Law.com’s Minds Over Matters project, an examination of mental health in the legal profession. Sabbaticals and vacations were commonly proposed solutions for lawyers feeling stressed—with the caveat that they should be mandatory.