Lawyer Mental Health 2026: Why Real Voices Change the Numbers culture leadership mental health well-being Oct 09, 2026

Saturday, 10/10 is World Mental Health Day, and this year’s theme is the one I’d choose for the legal profession if I could choose only one: “Lived Experiences Heard: Real Voices, Real Change.”

Here is why those words matter so much in law.

What the Profession Just Learned Abou...

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Well-Being Is a Shared Responsibility. Here's What That Actually Means. cognitive performance culture leadership performance well-being Aug 05, 2026

Something important is happening in the way this profession talks about well-being.

I noticed it on the very first day of the Professional Development Consortium Summer Conference in Atlanta last week, sitting in a session where "shared responsibility" came up. I remember thinki...

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Glue Work: The Hidden Labor That Holds Legal Teams Together culture emotional intelligence leadership retention Apr 22, 2026

Every legal team has someone who holds it together.

Not the person with the highest billable hours or the biggest book of business. The person who makes everything else work. The one who onboards the new hire without being asked. Who notices when a colleague is struggling and qu...

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