When attorneys worked an average of 48 hours per week and BigLaw firm attorneys topped 60 hours/week, 59% of those surveyed as part of a Bloomberg Law study reported they were having problems disconnecting from work.
However, according to Reporter Danielle Braff, writing for the ABA Journal, “a significant number of attorneys are attempting to redefine work-life balance…by adding a few more hours to their day in the form of side hustles.”
One of those is CM Law Co-founder and Managing Partner Heather Clauson Haughian, who started teaching fitness classes while in college to relieve the stress of a major in engineering and a minor in chemistry. She continued to teach during law school and says, “When I started practicing law, it became even more important for me to have this physical outlet – given the demands of working at BigLaw with an insane amount of billable hours – because teaching fitness…
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