This quote is attributed to Albert Einstein. A bit dramatic perhaps, but important nonetheless.
Learning is an inherent aspect of life as a lawyer. It never stops. From law school, to PLT, to accumulating CPD points every year.
But what is the most effective and efficient way to approach ongoing learning?
I recently came across a Working Paper^ about the role of reflection in individual learning. The central theme involved a comparison between learning through practice vs learning through reflection. The paper explores which learning strategy produced the most effective, efficient, and better performance outcomes.
Choosing between these two strategies involves a trade-off.
For example, for every minute spent reflecting on how to improve, by considering a case that has just settled, there is an opportunity ‘cost'. That time could have been spent working on the next case, which provides learning through the accumulation of additional experience.
