Today The Wall Street Journal’s law blog mentioned a July 28 Texas Lawyer column by James Dolan, a professional coach and psychotherapist who works primarily with lawyers and doctors. The column – in which Dolan addressed Preparing to Live Syndrome -- struck a nerve, judging by the 32 comments posted to the WSJ blog as of this writing. In an e-mail Dolan sent today to Tex Parte, he writes:
While lawyers are the group under consideration here -- after all, I am writing for Texas Lawyer -- I don't believe it takes too much imagination to realize that I am addressing us all here in this United States of ours, self included. The default position for any of us is to lose contact with the moment, distracted by what was, consumed by what's next. Gloomy feelings are related to the past or future, while the freedom to be exists only in the here and now. Law practice is not faulted. My discussion takes into account the mind-set that many apply to it -- and that many, if not MOST of us, apply to our lives. I am only offering a reminder of that fact and am trying to point out that the true glory of our lives is being played out at this very moment, if we will but see it. Some have called this “mindfulness.”
Dolan writes for Texas Lawyer quarterly. So far, he has covered why lawyers fail to develop business, the potential dark side of mentoring relationships, and lawyers and fear.
-- Anne K. McMillan
Their salary depdnes entirely on which side of the court room they sit. Attorneys who sue pharmaceutical companies starve. Attorneys who defend pharmaceutical companies make millions.
Posted by: Amy | June 16, 2012 at 05:05 PM