Nationwide Legislation Journal Op-Ed:  Does Legislation Faculty Must Suck? (Half 1), (Half 2), (Half 3), by Linda Sugin (Fordham):

There’s a psychological well being disaster within the authorized career, and it poses a grave hazard for all of us. In response to the Anxiousness and Melancholy Affiliation of America, slightly below 7% of the grownup inhabitants suffers from despair, however nearly half of all legal professionals do sooner or later throughout their authorized profession. …

The psychological well being disaster begins in legislation faculty. In a latest survey of legislation college students, half reported feeling depressed, and three-quarters reported that legislation faculty elevated their anxiousness. The numbers have been worse for girls, nonbinary college students and college students of shade. Over one-third of legal professionals battle with alcohol abuse, which began in legislation faculty for a major variety of them. In its Psychological Well being Toolkit, the American Bar Affiliation warns legislation college students: “By way of the period of your authorized training, the charges of substance use and psychological well being issues improve dramatically. If unrecognized and untreated, these points can carry into your skilled careers.” Anxious and depressed legislation college students graduate and turn into anxious and depressed legal professionals. …

Based mostly on my expertise, I imagine there are seven sources of non-public {and professional} grief for legislation college students:

1. Competitors
2. Loneliness
3. Lack of Preparation
4. Non secular Alienation
5. Curricular Rigidity
6. School Distraction
7. Price