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ADHD and law are complementary. You can see details no one else can. You will find solutions no one else will.
However, it also means you are going to be terrible at time management, terrible with deadlines and finally terrible with proof reading. You are also likely to not know what to give time to.
I also think letting firms know you have ADHD or asking for accommodations is pointless. The latter part is you/your life coach.
I have struggled with these issues all of my career. I beat the odds over and over against the toughest problems in litigation. I am still always one step away from unemployment.
ADHD and law firm life is just incompatible. My biggest problem is always time entries even after I do the work. Life coach/coping strategies/CBT. These help more than accomodations.
What else could they conceivably do at that point?
Angry? Not at all.
Yes, as a lawyer with ADHD (that wasn’t diagnosed until law school) I’m terribly aware about the inconveniences of a neurospicy brain.
My question was literal. What other conceivable actions could they take? Yes, they have to provide reasonable accommodations, but we also have separate ethical violations that are ironclad. A 5pm filing deadline is what it is. 30 day deadline to respond to RFA’s won’t resolve itself no matter how deep my current shame spiral.
I think it’s tough because our clients don’t give accommodations so the firm can only do so much.
I was able to get a reduction in my annual hours requirement and less frequent side eyes when I kept my door shut