Law Society targets professional wellbeing of members (Law Society Gazette Ireland)

Due to the very high levels of stress being reported in the solicitors’ profession in Ireland, the Law Society of Ireland has today launched a new initiative to promote wellbeing among practitioners.

In all, 57% of solicitors have reported ‘very high’ or ‘extreme’ levels of stress in the course of their daily work. This is just one of the findings from independent research, commissioned by the Law Society, which examined the wellbeing of solicitors.

The research was conducted by Psychology at Work in 2018. It reports that Irish solicitors have a lower wellbeing score than the lowest average population score in the EU, and that the main stressors are large workloads, high client expectations, and not having enough time to complete their work, among other findings.

Global problem 

Teri Kelly (Law Society Director of Representation and Member Services) commented: “The evidence shows that this is a global problem; legal professions around the world experience high levels of stress that negatively affect mental health and wellbeing.”  

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