In the wake of the July 15 suicide of partner in the Chicago firm Reed Smith, the Wall Street Journal Law Blog has published a short article and a summary of this article from "American Lawyer" by Steven Harper, a former Kirkland & Ellis partner turned blogger and adjunct professor.
Unfortunately, suicides among lawyers are not rare. In fact, a report distributed at the annual meeting of the ABA Center for Professional Responsibility last May states that lawyers suffer depression, commit suicide & abuse alcohol and drugs at approximately twice the rate of the general population.
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