Bloomberg Law
Aug. 24, 2017, 5:17 PM UTC

Incoming NAWL President Sees Change on Horizon For Legal Profession

Stephanie Russell-Kraft

Angela Beranek Brandt, who earlier this month took over as the new president of the National Association of Women Lawyers, has high hopes for the legal profession.

“I think we are on the cusp of seeing some real change for the better for the profession,” said Brandt.

Although the industry failed to meet her organization’s challenge to diversify and add women in greater numbers by 2015, Brandt hasn’t given up.

Now, she and NAWL are hoping that Fortune 1000 companies, law schools, and law firms will meet what they call the One-Third by 2020 challenge: essentially, increasing the representation of ...

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