Work-related stress often increases for attorneys sharply during
trial. This raises questions – and perhaps an opportunity.
What do attorneys do at trial to mitigate increases in short-term
stress? Could those practices help attorneys elsewhere in the
profession? And, if so, how?
We have all heard by now that job-related stress is common
within the legal profession. An individual's stress-load,
however, is rarely static. It ebbs and flows as work demands come
and go. Take trial, for example. Work-related stress often
increases for attorneys sharply during trial. This raises questions
– and perhaps an opportunity. What do attorneys do at trial
to mitigate increases in short-term stress? Could those practices
help attorneys elsewhere in the profession? And, if so, how?
