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LawCare puts moral injury on the legal-sector performance agenda

LawCare’s June session with Natalie Isaia of Empresa Psychology framed moral injury as distinct from burnout: not only depletion of energy, but depletion of professional conviction when legal work collides with values, ethical grey areas and systemic pressures.

BY WELLBEING DESK · JUNE 17, 2026 · 1 MIN READ

LawCare’s June session with Natalie Isaia of Empresa Psychology framed moral injury as distinct from burnout: not only depletion of energy, but depletion of professional conviction when legal work collides with values, ethical grey areas and systemic pressures. For firms, this gives wellbeing leaders a sharper diagnostic language for values-based attrition, disengagement and performance risk, especially among junior lawyers and high-pressure teams.

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