Lawyers made the list of the top 10 most stressful jobs, but what are they so stressed about? Learn about the Top 10 Fears of Lawyers in this MyCase infographic.

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HERE’S WHY LAWYERS
MADE THAT LIST:
ACCORDING TO THE
SURVEY RESPONDENTS:
Lawyers made the list of the top 10 most stressful jobs.
So what are lawyers most common fears and stressors?
According to data that New Health Guide compiled
from NOMS, Lawyers are 1.33 times more
likely than non-lawyers to commit suicide.
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LAWYER SUICIDE RATE:
There are no inherent physical risks
associated with practicing law, other
than the physical complications of
which can be incredibly
taxing on the body.
MORTALITY RATE:
stress,
There's no way around it—law is a
stressful career path with long hours,
and often, crippling amounts of
student debt that takes years of work
to pay off.
STRESS RATE:
9/10
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According to the ABA Journal this is what lawyers worry about the most:
According our latest customer survey,
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What have you done to reduce your stress lately?
Looking foolish
by asking certain
questions.
Being intimidated by
superiors in their firm.
Candidly expressing
their thoughts and
feelings.
Speaking in public.
Being
blamed.
Asking for favors from
their counterparts in a
case or being asked for
favors by their
counterparts.
Being attacked or
outsmarted by
counterparts.
Failing to locate “the
smoking gun.”
Being judged unfairly by
potential or actual jurors.
Feeling that their
offices or cases are
out of control.
Being
intimidated
by judges.
Lacking skill and
confidence due to
limited trial experience.
Changing familiar
procedures.
Giving clients
“bad news.”
Clients giving
false testimony.
Harming their
clients’ interests.
Suffering “the pain,
humiliation and
shame of defeat.”
Seeming
“too nice.”
Suffering reprisals from
judicial disqualification
motions or reporting
judicial misconduct.
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(64%)
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SOURCES:
http://www.bustle.com/articles/16016-the-10-most-stressful-and-depressing-jobs-in-america | http://www.newhealthguide.org/Highest-Suicide-Rate-By-Profession.html%3E
http://www.businessinsider.com/why-lawyers-are-unhappy-at-work-2013-8 | http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/32_of_lawyers_most_common_fears/