From our perspective here at HOB there’s just so much skulduggery going on these days that i hardly find the time at the moment to finish a book I’m really enjoying when i get a moment to read 5 pages of it ! A book all about real books, real writers and real bookelling — ahh one can but dream.
Anyway.. I digress (sort of)
ATL write
Before I became a lawyer, I was an avid reader of all kinds of books. I enjoyed immersing myself in novels, and typically, I would find a good series and devour all of the books an author wrote on a particular subject. I also appreciated a good biography and would regularly pick up books about all different kinds of nonfiction matters that interested me. Since becoming a lawyer, I find that I do not read books nearly as much as I used to, and perhaps lawyers just might not get the same enjoyment out of reading as people who work in other fields do.
As a lawyer, I read all kinds of materials constantly during my working hours. When I conduct legal research, I typically need to read dozens of cases and digest all of the information that is included in such opinions. When reviewing discovery, I often need to read thousands of pages of emails, medical records, contracts, and all of the materials that were produced in that case. While negotiating commercial deals, I typically need to review long leases, voluminous asset purchase agreements, and all manner of documents associated with the deals upon which I am working. Reading all of these materials as a lawyer can not only be tiring on the eyes, it can fatigue legal practitioners to the point that they do not want to read for enjoyment in their personal time.
As a result, in my personal time, I am much more likely to watch television and movies. I also frequently play video games in my free time instead of reading. These activities do not involve the same energy as reading books, and since this is such a big departure from the reading I do at work, the movies, television programs, and video games are all far more enjoyable than reading for pleasure in most instances.
Read more– if you have the time!
https://abovethelaw.com/2023/08/some-lawyers-might-have-difficulty-reading-books-for-pleasure/
