Sept. 15, 2026
#103 - The Lawyer Personality Unpacked: What the Data Says After 32 Years of Research
Mary sits down with Dr. Larry Richard, psychologist, former lawyer, and the foremost researcher on lawyer personality, for a return visit that goes even deeper than their first conversation. They dig into the seven personality traits that make lawyers uniquely wired for the law and uniquely challenged by everything else, why nine out of ten lawyers are thin-skinned, why empathy has dropped 50% in the last twelve years, what that means for legal leadership in an AI-driven world, and what the science actually says about how to change any of it.
This episode is presented by Workday.
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