Personality types of Lawyers Compared to the General Population

Thinking/Feeling Compared to General Population

	Thinking	Feeling
General population (U.S. males)	60%	40%
Legal profession (males)	81%	19%
General population (U.S. females)	35%	65%
Legal profession (females)	66%	34%

Extroversion/Introversion Compared to General Population

	Extroversion	Introversion
General population (U.S.)	75%	25%
Legal profession	43%	57%

Sensing/Intuition Compared to General Population

	Sensing	Intuiting
General population (U.S.)	70%	30%
Legal profession	30%	70%

Source: Based on a survey of 3,014 lawyers conducted in 1993 by Larry Richard, as reported in:
Michael Melcher, The Creative Lawyer: A Practical Guide to Authentic Professional Satisfaction(ABA, 2007) (pp. 76-79)

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