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I’m 27 years in and still learning in my field. There are definitely things that I have mastered but the law changes constantly and so do clients, judges, regulators, lawmakers. This is a profession, not a technical skill to be mastered. That means that a good lawyer is a lifelong learner. Imposter syndrome never goes away. And if it does, it’s because you’re missing something. So what do you do? Just keep trying to be a good lawyer, stay on top of what’s going on in your field, ask questions, work collaboratively with others, and never assume that you know the only right answer.
I agree with my colleague that the practice of law is a forever learning profession. The moment you treat it like a gig, you’ve lost the plot. I disagree though about the issue of imposter syndrome. I’m about 30 years in practice and it took me way too long to realize that imposter syndrome in many ways is an illusion & that we need to always remember what’s really happening: failed up mediocrity, which benefits white folks is giving our profession the illusion that they alone are the arbiters of confidence. I figured this out after about 20 years in practice, so I want young, Black & IPOC associates to recognize it MUCH earlier. Unless the white men partners you work for are in fact, a Laurence Tribe or Erwin Chemerinksy type, and 98% are decidedly not, they primarily got to where they are solely because they received white man benefit of the doubt, constant forgiveness of their mistakes affirmative action. The very thing we don’t get. Once you realize this, you’ll accept that the only way to stay on top of the law is to constantly stay on top of it with CLE courses, looking up statutes every (or most every 🤓) time you cite it, embracing our craft & how to practice it so that it feels seemless, like Laurence or Erwin discussing conlaw. White men, then white women, get the benefit of white skin privilege & access no matter their work product. We don’t. It’s no accident that if you compare creds in BL, regional law & everywhere else, that Black associates have higher ranked creds than their white counterparts. That’s but one example of the affirmative action they get. When you accept this, you’ll stop thinking they have magical skill sets that you’ll never attain.