
In contemporary legal practice, persistent time-driven demands are more than a managerial requirement — they are a psychological burden, with profound impact on attorneys’ capacity to regulate attention, affect, and professional comportment. Billable hours, deadlines, client exigencies, and the cultural valorization of ceaseless productivity create an environment in which attorneys are chronically thrust from task to task, seldom afforded intentional breaks for experiential grounding. This article explores this phenomenon through empirical data, clinical experience, and



