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Although it’s hard to feel sorry for lawyers as a class, years of
being the butt of bad shark jokes seem to be taking a toll. A front
page article in today’s Boston Globe highlights a number of local shylocks
who are abandoning the barrister business altogether, citing long-term
trends such as corporate consolidation and a chronic oversupply of
new lawyers exacerbated by the country’s long economic slump
and declining public-sector revenues.
"Generally speaking, being a lawyer today has become much more
demanding, much more stressful, and there is less satisfaction from the
work," said Boston lawyer and former Massachusetts Bar Association
president Thomas F. Maffei.
Counselors at Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers, which helps attorneys dealing
with alcoholism, depression, and other personal problems, say they are
seeing more and more clients whose problem is that they are lawyers. "We’re
seeing stress and burnout in more lawyers than we ever have before," said
executive director Bonnie Waters.
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the Boston Globe
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