Impact Legal Tech has on Lawyers’ Mental Well-Being

By Daniel Reed, Chairman of the Board

Legal technology can have a significant impact on lawyers’ mental well-being, and learning how to “switch off and digitally detox” is important to a successful career, UnitedLex CEO Dan Reed writes in the latest edition of The Brief, BCL Legal’s online newsletter. “We should be teaching [lawyers] that, by building down-time into their schedule and taking care of their mental health, they are taking care of a valuable business asset: their brain,” he writes.

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