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Study provides first large-scale estimate of burnout in legal profession, reveals high levels of distress

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Study provides first large-scale estimate of burnout in legal profession, reveals high levels of distress

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New research co-authored by Justin Anker, Ph.D., of the University of Minnesota Medical School is the largest survey of mental health among actively licensed lawyers to date and provides the first large-scale measurement of work-related burnout in the legal profession.

The study found that symptoms of depression, anxiety, stress, burnout and hazardous drinking are common among practicing lawyers and are strongly associated with workplace conditions, including work demands and conflict between work and home life. The findings were recently published in the Journal of Affective Disorders.

The study, which surveyed lawyers randomly invited across all geographic regions of the U.S., was conducted through a partnership between Krill Strategies, a Pittsburgh-based behavioral health advisory firm for the legal profession, and the American Bar Association Commission on Lawyer Assistance Programs.

Co-authors Dr. Anker and Patrick Krill analyzed responses from more than 39,000 working lawyers. Results were statistically weighted to match the national benchmarks for age, gender, and race/ethnicity from the American Bar Association's 2024 National Lawyer Population Survey.

"Nearly half of the lawyers in this study reported high or very high burnout, and burnout stood out as the factor most closely tied to distress," said Dr. Anker, who is an assistant professor at the University of Minnesota Medical School.



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