Abstract

The present study was conducted to assess the level of Psychological Distress, Work-Life Balance and Coping Orientation among Civil and Criminal Lawyers. The study adapted Comparative and Correlational Research Design. A Snowball Sample of 40 Civil and 40 Criminal Lawyers were taken for the study. Kessler Psychological Distress Scale, Work Life Balance Scale and Brief- Coping Orientation to Problem Inventory were used for the data collection. The findings of the study indicated that, there is a significant difference in the level of Psychological Distress, Coping Orientation and there is no significant difference in the level of Work-Life Balance among Civil and Criminal Lawyers. There is a negative correlation between Psychological Distress and Coping Orientation, positive correlation between Coping Orientation and Work-life Balance and positive correlation between Psychological Distress and Work- life Balance among Civil Lawyers. There is a positive correlation between Psychological Distress and Coping Orientation, highly significant positive correlation between Coping Orientation and Work-life Balance and positive correlation between Psychological Distress and Work-life Balance among Criminal Lawyers.