Work–family conflict

And so I do think that recognizing that almost half of lawyers are experiencing high or very high levels of burnout is something the profession's going to need to think about and respond to in a way that is maybe a little bit more intentional than prior efforts.

There appears to be a significant relationship between burnout, work-family conflict, and mental health.

Can you explain that?

Yeah, so that's actually going back to your prior question in terms of what we added.

That's another important point.

Uh, this establishes the first national estimate of the prevalence of work-family conflict among lawyers.

It's important to note that what that instrument was really measuring was really conflict between someone's personal life and their professional obligations.

So you don't actually have to have a family at home to experience work-family conflict.