THE INTROVERTED LAWYER: A SEVEN-STEP JOURNEY TOWARD AUTHENTICALLY EMPOWERED ADVOCACY BY HEIDI K.BROW

"If you are an introverted, shy, or socially anxious individual considering or wading through law school or law practice, and wondering whether this career path is truly for you, I understand. You are on the right journey. I was you. Please allow me to share my serpentine story.
For nearly two decades, I believed my introversion and social anxiety were flaws. I worried that colleagues would determine I was not cut out for practicing or teaching law and eject me from the profession. I kept “just doing it” as the rousing Nike brand inspires us, and “just failing.” When forced to feign extroversion to fit the lawyer stereotype, my nerves frayed and the palpable desire to work alone persisted. Eventually, after studying the science of introversion and the origins of my deep-seated fear of judgment that fueled my social anxiety, I finally understood that I could be my most effective self—as a client advocate and an educator—by being authentic. I stopped trying to fake extroversion, mined my personal history for the origins of my interpersonal anxiety, and quietly reinvented myself."

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