The Relationship between Lawyers' Working Conditions and Their Subjective Welfare

If lawyers, who play important public roles in legal dispute resolution, can feel fulfilled in their work and improve their subjective welfare, it is believed that this will lead to improved social contributions from lawyers' public roles. Therefore, we conducted a web-based survey of Japanese lawyers to investigate the relationship between lawyers' employment status, work content including some social insurance coverage status, working environment and conditions, and subjective welfare, such as in what situations or under what working conditions lawyers feel a sense of fulfillment and happiness in various duties and work, and their enthusiasm for contributing to their work increases. Statistical analysis of the survey results revealed that there is a significant correlation between employment status, some social insurance coverage status, and subjective welfare. Although the social role and mission of lawyers is emphasized, it can be said that improving the working environment and conditions increases the satisfaction and enthusiasm for their activities. Furthermore, it can be said that the results are suggestive of what employment status and working conditions contribute to human subjective welfare for workers in general.