Work-life Balance: Causes and Solutions!
By: Dhanvir Sohal What is Work-Life Balance? The author of a book, Peter Block, defines work life balance as “about more balance between engaging in what has meaning to the individual and doing things that…
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A Lawyer’s Work, Life & Work-Life
By: Jason E Lau It is no mystery that the typical day of work for a lawyer is laden with long hours, sleepless nights, and unrelenting amounts of stress. Although lawyer’s work often consumes…
The Struggle for Work-Life Balance
by: Adam Bustamante The concept of work-life balance is one that, while easily understandable, is difficult to master in practice. Enjoyment and Accomplishment A common element of this balance, as mentioned in an article about…
Can You Really Have it All? Balancing your legal career and your family life.
By: Rashida Forbes In the 1950’s the structure of the family is what we call today a nuclear family. This is the traditional family structure that consists of two parents, a mother and a father…
Work/Life Balance: A Struggle for Women
By: Nicole Salemi Maintaining a work life balance in the legal field is proven to be a challenging one. Being an active part of a family seems next to impossible when most legal professionals bank…
Dealing with All the Baggage
By: Alyssandra Dunn The lives people, male and female, in any demanding profession can prove to be very taxing and exhausting. The road to getting to these professions can be just as stressful. There are…
Choosing a Path in the Legal Field While Balancing a Personal Life
By: Ashlin Kenuck My biggest weakness that I will completely take full responsibility for is my own poor time management skills. Coming into the field of law I knew that this was going to be…
A Balanced Work-Life
By Vicky Medeiros The legal industry is extremely competitive; individuals dedicate hours of hard work and commitment to adhere to the occupational pressures. Thanks to television shows like Suits, the legal profession is portrayed as…
Working Hard or Hardly Working? Finding the Balance for Long-Term Success…
By: Ali Golabgir Avoiding professional burnout and personal resentment is not easy for the legal professional. Days are long, firms are demanding, but balance is attainable if you put in a little effort. As a…
The Fallency and Impracticality of Work-Life Balance
By Leo Tam PRLG 722 Sec 101 Posted on:Â Jun 15, 2014 Work life balance is the effort to separate pressure from work from interfering with personal lives of individual employees. The ultimate goal of…
Just Existing or Thriving? Its All in a Day’s Work
“In order for businesses and individuals to thrive we must transition to a “renaissance” time of mindful living and working.†– Arianna Huffington Photo Credit: Four Ways to Make Work-Life Balance Work By: Paralegal student…
On work-life balance, and what that means.
by Lester Tong In the legal profession, long, grueling hours are expected on the road to success, and the balance between professional and personal lives is frequently regarded as whether or not you have enough time…