Recently been diagnosed as an adult with ADHD , the inattentive kind if you believe in that classification. I'd been a good kid academically always but suffered from the inattentive side of it and always had to work 10x harder to keep up grades and extra curriculars. Got diagnosed when I reached an incredible level of burnout that is really messing things up in my last year of law school. Any people who've made it, especially in firm life, with these challenges and what helped you?

Former tier-1 lawyer with ADHD Vhere, I survived law school just fine with regular therapy and occasional medications, but corp law at a big 6 firm was unbelievably horrendous. Having to sit and focus with the level of attention to detail that's needed and looking through DD docs for hours at a desk caused severe burnout and no amount of therapy or medicine helped. Eventually quit and started litigation with a chamber. Things have been much better since. You need to be able to try different things and choose whichever path works for you, whether it's policy or academics or in house work, litigation or whatever else. Corp firms and the kind of work, hours, and expectations are probably the worst thing for anyone with ADHD, and your mental and physical health are far more important. You could always try working at a corp firm for a while and seeing if you can handle, while allowing yourself the freedom to leave if things don't work out.