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Ep. 129: Yoga Won’t Fix The Billable Hour Law360's Pro Say - News & Analysis on Law and the Legal Industry

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The nation’s top law firms talk a lot about mental health these days, rolling out meditation apps, yoga classes and other efforts to fight attorney burnout. But if the industry really wants to combat alarming rates of depression, alcoholism and suicide, experts say it will require more fundamental changes. Law360 senior reporter Natalie Rodriguez joins us this week to discuss. Also this week: a ruling on when border guards can constitutionally search a smartphone; a drunken brawl at White Castle involving three Indiana judges; and a brutal bench slap over a “monstrosity” of an appellate brief.

The nation’s top law firms talk a lot about mental health these days, rolling out meditation apps, yoga classes and other efforts to fight attorney burnout. But if the industry really wants to combat alarming rates of depression, alcoholism and suicide, experts say it will require more fundamental changes. Law360 senior reporter Natalie Rodriguez joins us this week to discuss. Also this week: a ruling on when border guards can constitutionally search a smartphone; a drunken brawl at White Castle involving three Indiana judges; and a brutal bench slap over a “monstrosity” of an appellate brief.

39 min