Legal Futures writes..
Only 47% of barristers feel generally content with their working lives, a report for the Bar Council has found.
A similar proportion, 45%, felt they could “cope with the competing demands” of their job in terms of workload.
The figures are taken from an analysis conducted by Portsmouth University’s quality of working life research group using data from this year’s barristers’ working lives survey. The survey received almost 3,500 responses from barristers in April and May.
Asked how much they agreed they were “generally content” with their working lives, 47% of barristers agreed, while 35% disagreed and 18% were neutral.
As to whether they were generally content with their lives as a whole, a slender majority of barristers agreed (52%) compared to 26% who disagreed.
On the subject of workload and whether they “cope with the competing demands” of their job, only 45% agreed.
