LawCare calls for urgent changeYoung lawyers are facing the highest risk of burnout and the lowest levels of wellbeing across the profession, according to new research. Overall, nearly 60% of lawyers reported poor mental wellbeing, while half said they experienced anxiety often, very often or all of the time in the past year. This follows Legal Cheek’s exclusive research on the average start and finish times of lawyers at over 100 leading firms. One law firm partner admitted, “Work has nearly broken me physically and mentally.” A junior barrister echoed this sentiment, saying, “It is unsustainable. “The legal sector is at a turning point,” the report states.