Do lawyers get worse at their job as they age? There's not a lot of good data about this in the legal space (the benefits of self-regulation), but we can learn from studies of doctors and cab drivers. Lawyers will need to change the way we practice if we want to preserve our minds and deliver for clients.

 

Episode Resources

• Connect with Mike Whelan 
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• Study of hospitalist doctors: https://hbr.org/2017/05/do-doctors-get-worse-as-they-get-older 
• London bus driver study: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17024677/ 
• Freakonomics episode with Anders Ericsson: https://freakonomics.com/podcast/peak/ 
• Lawyer Forward: https://www.lawyerforward.com/  
• The Lawyer Forward Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/596484970450737 
• Overwhelm: Advice for Law Firms Under Pressure: https://pwc.to/2AGDsAN