Lowest paid lawyers score highest in happiness

A survey of 6,200 lawyers about their career and health, has revealed that the lowest-paid lawyers such as public defenders and legal assistance attorneys are more likely to be happy that their fat-cat peers.Despite a major disparity in income, both groups reported the same level of overall satisfaction with their lives, according to the study published in the George Washington Law Review. The report revealed that in terms of well-being, junior partners are on the same level as senior associates, who are paid 62 percent less. And it said that there is less feeling of  competence, autonomy or connection to others in the more prestigious jobs - unlike public service jobs where this is not an issue.