Resume

• 2001

  Doctor of Jurisprudence

  Vanderbilt University Law School

• 1997

  Bachelor of Arts

  Politics

  Minors in Legal Studies and American Literature

  Brandeis University

• 1993

  Suffern High School

• General Awesomeness

  Legal Writing

  Commercial Litigation

  Appeals

  Teaching

  Moot Court

  Mediation

  Constitutional Law

  Legal Research

  Negotiation

  Arbitration

  Lexis

  Civil Litigation

  Hygiene

  Litigation

  Administrative Law

  Westlaw

  Capitalizing on Healthy Lawyers: The Business Case for Law Firms to Promote and Prioritize Lawyer Well-Being

  This Article is the first to make the business case for firms to promote and prioritize lawyer well-being. For more than three decades

  quantitative research has demonstrated that lawyers suffer from depression

  anxiety

  and addiction far in excess of the general population. Since that time

  there have been many calls within and outside the profession for changes to be made to promote

  prioritize

  and improve lawyer well-being

  particularly as many aspects of the current law school and law firm models exacerbate mental health and addiction issues

  as well as overall law student and lawyer distress. These calls for change

  made on moral and humanitarian grounds

  largely have been ignored; in fact

  over the years the pervasiveness of mental health and addiction issues within the profession has persisted

  if not increased. This Article argues that these moral- and humanitarian-based calls for change have gone unheeded because law firms have not had financial incentives to do so. In making the business case for change

  this Article argues that systemic changes designed to support and resources to lawyers will avoid costs associated with lawyer mental health and addiction issues and

  more importantly

  create efficiencies that will increase firms’ long-term financial stability and growth. It demonstrates that this business case is especially strong now in light of not only societal and generational factors

  but changes within the profession itself well. As firms have begun to take incremental steps to promote lawyer well-being

  lasting and meaningful change will further benefit firms' collective bottom lines as it will improve: (i) performance

  as clients are demanding efficiency in the way their matters are staffed and billed; (ii) retention

  as that creates efficiencies and the continuous relationships demanded by clients; and (iii) recruitment

  particularly as younger Millennials and Generation Z-ers

  who prioritize mental health and well-being

  enter the profession.

  Capitalizing on Healthy Lawyers: The Business Case for Law Firms to Promote and Prioritize Lawyer Well-Being

  Reich

  Jarrod

  Reich

  Hon. William J. Haynes

  Jr.

  Florida State University College of Law

  Boies

  Schiller & Flexner LLP

  Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

  Georgetown University Law Center

  Tallahassee

  Florida

  Legal Writing Professor

  Florida State University College of Law

  Washington

  District Of Columbia

  Associate Professor of Law

  Legal Practice

  Georgetown University Law Center

  New York

  New York

  Adjunct Professor of Law

  Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

  Armonk

  New York

  Counsel/Associate

  Boies

  Schiller & Flexner LLP

  Nashville

  Tennessee

  Hon. William J. Haynes

  Jr.

  Open Door Teaching Award

  Awarded to professor who goes \"above and beyond\" in mentoring and advising students

  as determined by student body vote.

  Florida State University College of Law