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2022 West Virginia Lawyer Well-Being Survey

Please take 5-10 minutes to complete this survey of legal professionals in West Virginia.  The results will assist the Supreme Court of Appeals and the State Bar as we seek to better serve the legal community throughout the state.  This is NOT a sales effort and your answers are completely confidential.
1.How many years have you been admitted to the bar?
2.Which of the following categories best describes how you use your law license in a professional capacity?
3.If you are a private practitioner, which of the following best describes your practice:
4.Generally, how satisfied are you with your professional life?
5.If you had to do it all over again, would you become a lawyer?
6.How would you generally describe your well-being (meaning overall physical and mental health)?
7.How would you generally describe the well-being (meaning overall physical and mental health) of the West Virginia lawyers you know?
8.If someone asked your advice about whether to attend law school, would you encourage that person to attend law school?
9.Thinking about your expectations before law school of what life would be like as a lawyer, how has your actual work as a lawyer compared to those expectations?
10.How satisfied are your with each of the following aspects of your professional life?
Very Satisfied
Somewhat Satisfied
Not Very Satisfied
Not at All Satisfied
Work environment
Access to management
Ability to advance
Work is challenging
Work Life Balance
Financially
11.Do you agree or disagree with the following statement – “During the past year or so, most of my interactions with other West Virginia lawyers have been civil and professional”
12.Do you agree or disagree with the following statement - “I am optimistic about my professional future”
13.How often do you engage in some type of physical activity or exercise?
Remember, the results of this survey are completely confidential.  You will not be identified by name and the aggregate results will only be used to develop practices and services that better serve the legal community attorneys in West Virginia.
14.During the Covid 19 pandemic, would you say your mental health has gotten better, remained about the same or gotten worse?
15.And during the Covid 19 pandemic, would you say your physical health has gotten better, remained about the same or gotten worse? 
16.During the Covid 19 pandemic, would you say you have gotten more physical activity and exercise, have you gotten less physical activity and exercise or has your physical activity and exercise remained about the same?
17.Again, during the Covid 19 pandemic, would you say you have regularly consumed more alcohol, less alcohol or about the same amount? 
18.Would you agree or disagree alcohol has caused problems for you or those in your household?
19.How satisfied are you with the personal and professional support you receive in your current employment?
20.How likely would you be to contact the West Virginia Judicial and Lawyer Assistance Program if you or a family member or friend needed help?
21.And to help with data analysis, there are just a few additional background questions. Into which of the following categories does your age happen to fall?
22.Please record your gender?
Current Progress,
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