{"id":153041,"date":"2026-05-27T15:40:05","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T23:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/05\/27\/burnout-anxiety-and-billables-biglaw-continues-searching-for-a-wellness-fix\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T15:40:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T23:40:05","slug":"burnout-anxiety-and-billables-biglaw-continues-searching-for-a-wellness-fix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/05\/27\/burnout-anxiety-and-billables-biglaw-continues-searching-for-a-wellness-fix\/","title":{"rendered":"Burnout, Anxiety, And Billables: Biglaw Continues Searching For A Wellness Fix"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ed. note<\/u>: Welcome to our daily feature,\u00a0Quote of the Day<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

We\u2019ve counseled everyone here\u2014if you see something, say something<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u2014\u00a0\u00a0Rick Engel<\/a>, managing partner at Armstrong Teasdale, in comments given to the American Lawyer<\/a>, concerning mental health awareness among attorneys and staff within the firm. Engel says the firm covers Calm app subscriptions for all employees, where they can find mental health-related programming like guided meditations and other content focused on wellness.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Staci Zaretsky<\/a>\u00a0is the managing editor of Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to\u00a0email<\/a>\u00a0her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on\u00a0Bluesky<\/a>,\u00a0X\/Twitter<\/a>, and\u00a0Threads<\/a>,\u00a0or connect with her on\u00a0LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The post Burnout, Anxiety, And Billables: Biglaw Continues Searching For A Wellness Fix<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ed. note<\/u>: Welcome to our daily feature,\u00a0Quote of the Day<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

We\u2019ve counseled everyone here\u2014if you see something, say something<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u2014\u00a0\u00a0Rick Engel<\/a>, managing partner at Armstrong Teasdale, in comments given to the American Lawyer<\/a>, concerning mental health awareness among attorneys and staff within the firm. Engel says the firm covers Calm app subscriptions for all employees, where they can find mental health-related programming like guided meditations and other content focused on wellness.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Staci Zaretsky<\/a>\u00a0is the managing editor of Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to\u00a0email<\/a>\u00a0her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on\u00a0Bluesky<\/a>,\u00a0X\/Twitter<\/a>, and\u00a0Threads<\/a>,\u00a0or connect with her on\u00a0LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The post Burnout, Anxiety, And Billables: Biglaw Continues Searching For A Wellness Fix<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature,\u00a0Quote of the Day. We\u2019ve counseled everyone here\u2014if you see something, say something. \u2014\u00a0\u00a0Rick Engel, managing partner at Armstrong Teasdale, in comments given to the American Lawyer, concerning mental health awareness among attorneys and staff within the firm. Engel says the firm covers Calm app subscriptions for all employees, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":153026,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-153041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-above_the_law"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/xira.com\/p\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Staci-Zaretsky-zfOpes.jpg?fit=150%2C100&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153041\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/153026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}