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Articles From Melynda L. Benjamin

Navigating Executive Function in Modern Law Practice By Melynda L. Benjamin Women and the Law, August 2026 In a profession that demands we always be “on,” many of us have become high-level practitioners of performance masking: the pattern of compensating for neurodivergent traits to blend into neurotypical expectations. We tell ourselves to “just focus harder,” as if a mechanic could fix a stalled engine by simply staring at it with more intensity.

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