“The reality is that the billable hour requirement and need to always be ‘on-call’ for partners and clients makes it nearly impossible for associates to avoid anxiety-related and other mental health issues,” one associate said.
August 26, 2021 at 01:44 PM
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Midlevel associates at California-born Big Law firms are calling on firm management to revamp their billable hour policies with more consideration for mental health and non-billable work that disproportionately falls upon diverse lawyers.
California firms scored lower marks than last year across all 12 metrics of The American Lawyer’s 2021 Midlevel Associates Survey, based on responses from over 530 associates at the 10 California-born Am Law 200 firms that participated in the survey.
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