ANALYSIS: Attorney Burnout Abating, But Not Extinguished

Attorneys reported less burnout in the first half of this year compared to Q4 2021, but the numbers are still troubling: The 638 attorneys responding to Bloomberg Law’s most recent Workload and Hours survey said that they felt burnout in their jobs an average of 47% of the time in the last six months.

There’s been a 5 percentage point decrease in burnout since the last quarter of 2021, according to the respondents, which indicates an improvement. However, Q4 2021 was also the first time since the survey’s inception in 2020 that burnout topped 50%. The new survey results ...