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Of the many rewards associated with becoming a lawyer — wealth, status, stimulating work — day-to-day happiness has never been high on the list. Perhaps, a new study suggests, that is because lawyers and law students are focusing on the wrong rewards. 成为一名律师能获得诸多回报——财富、地位、有趣的工作……但日常的幸福感却从不在其中。一项新研究表明，也许，这是因为律师和法律专业的学生把应该注重的职业回报搞错了。 Researchers who surveyed 6,200 lawyers about their jobs and health found that the factors most frequently associated with success in the legal field, such as high income or a partner-track job at a prestigious firm, had almost zero correlation with happiness and well-being. However, lawyers in public-service jobs who made the least money, like public defenders or Legal Aid attorneys, were most likely to report being happy. 研究人员在调查了6200名律师的工作和健康状况后发现，在法律界，高收入或成为著名事务所合伙人等因素与成功关系最为密切，但它们与幸福和快乐之间的关联几乎为零。然而，从事公共服务工作的律师们，比如公设辩护律师或法律援助(Legal Aid)律师，虽然赚钱最少，在调查中却更倾向于报告自己生活得挺开心。 Lawyers in public-service jobs also drank less alcohol than their higher-income peers. And, despite the large gap in affluence, the two groups reported about equal overall satisfaction with their lives. | 
