The happy lawyer examines the causes of dissatisfaction among lawyers and then charts possible paths to happier and more fulfilling careers in law eschewing a one size fits all approach it shows how maximizing our chances for achieving happiness depends on understanding our own personality types values strengths and interests. Retention and satisfaction with a big law career is a hot topic among women lawyers many aspects of the big law experience are outside of a lawyers direct control but the happy lawyer making a good life in the law written by nancy levit and douglas o linder offers practical tools for lawyers to achieve intermediate term happiness or what the authors label satisfaction . Start your review of the happy lawyer making a good life in the law write a review nov 25 2016 stefen short rated it it was ok shelves books i own as expected the authors of this book write as if the top 100 firm is the only existing law practice setting they realize that the money driven nature of law practice is a major cause of . The happy lawyer making a good life in law general questions o do you have a general idea of what kind of career you want o do you plan to practice law o what do you envision yourself doing in twenty years at the height of your career values o what are your values o what impact are you hoping to have on your. Making a good life in the law by nancy levit and douglas o linder oxford university press 2010 about the happy lawyer