Any lawyers out there?

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I've been resisting this diagnosis -Aspergers syndrome- for several years now, and I'm teetering on the brink of accepting it and seeing what I can do with it. I started law school in New York this year, my second graduate degree and third career.

Are others in this community in the legal profession? Does anyone have any law-specific coping advice to share?

I'm not a lawyer but I worked for them for a very long time. It's a very eye-contact profession, you know what I mean? Do you have a specialty in mind? Litigation is for loud extroverts. Corporate is for negotiators. Tax is fascinating, you gotta be brilliant. Bankruptcy has its intricate and triumphant aspects. Marine? International? It's way spooky writing by-laws for a company in Liberia.

I think law is a people-person career. But if you combine it with CPA, then you're sailing! What are your other 2 careers? Law combines well with a lot of things.

I took justice classes.

*There would be alot of money in having an aspergers/autism lawyer or 1000 about. But better, there would be alot of help for the under recognized people. Welcome!! !

Coping advice....um....how much is that per hour?

From what I understand, AS people do exceptionally well at the research side of law and have a lot of trouble dealing with the interaction/people skills side of law. There's no reason you shouldn't be there - in fact, I'd wager that you will do very well for yourself. Pick your battles, specialise, you'll be fine

(Try hunting down the Boston Legal episodes with the AS lawyer in them, I found them both scary and highly entertaining.)67