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Dissatisfied Lawyers Are Lawyers Who Work More Hours

Overworked and burned out.

Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day!

According to a Bloomberg Law survey of 1,554 law firm and in-house lawyers, how many hours, on average, do attorneys work?

Hint: What’s more, the 6 percent of respondents with the lowest job satisfaction work even more hours. The most dissatisfied in-house lawyers clock in at an average of 60.9 hours, while the law firm attorneys most dissatisfied report working an average of 57.8 hours a week.

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