‘Two versions of the American Dream’: Well-being and unhappiness in the law school and legal profession: The work of Lawrence Krieger and Kennon Sheldon

Graffin, Neil (2024). ‘Two versions of the American Dream’: Well-being and unhappiness in the law school and legal profession: The work of Lawrence Krieger and Kennon Sheldon. In: Newman, Daniel ed. Leading Works on the Legal Profession. Routledge, pp. 64–76.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003253778-6

Abstract

The issue of well-being within the legal profession initially arose out of research in the United States and Australia. In the United States, it was found in 1986 that law students tend to be more depressed than the general population, and it has been documented that there are several issues affecting members of the legal profession, including, for example, depression, as well as alcohol and drug abuse. This chapter considers the research of Professor Lawrence Krieger and Professor Kennon Sheldon, two American academics who have worked together or separately in assessing and creating leading works on issues of well-being in the law school and the legal profession in the United States. It assesses their body of work, which has developed and been built upon over time, rather than a single piece of work.

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