To the question of the features of the personal and professional identity of lawyers

The article discusses the features of the personal and professional identity of lawyers. A study is being conducted during which two groups of respondents are distinguished, lawyers, as a profession "man-to-man" and clerks. Research methods. Methodology for the Study of Personal Identity (MILI), author L.B. Schneider. Method L.B. Schneider for determining the level of professional identity. Statistical methods: Fisher's angular transformation — φ. Conclusions. In the course of the study, we found out the following features of the personal and professional identity of lawyers: 1. The personal identity of lawyers, in contrast to the identity of the respondents in the control group of clerks, is characterized by the following status and age features: • the predominance of the status of premature identity in a larger number of lawyers; • the achieved personal identity is less typical for lawyers, compared with the respondents of the control group; • among younger lawyers, there are more respondents with premature identity and pseudo-identity, however, the achieved identity is less typical for them than for the respondents of the control group. 2. The professional identity of lawyers, in contrast to the identity of the respondents in the control group, is characterized by the following status and age features: • for lawyers, premature identity is most characteristic, however, diffuse and achieved identity are not typical; • among young employees, there are fewer respondents with an achieved identity and more often with a premature identity; • among mature lawyers, there are more respondents with a diffuse identity.