Since taking on the role of ABA President in early August, Paulette Brown, ALI Member and partner at Locke Lord LLP, has continued to challenge the bar to build on the work the ABA has already done in the area of diversity and inclusion by creating the Commission on Diversity and Inclusion 360 (watch the video). Ms. Brown is the first woman of color to become president of the ABA.
“The ABA has an important role in rebuilding the nation’s confidence in our justice system,” Brown said. “Working to eliminate bias and enhance diversity and inclusion is one of the four goals of the ABA and it is critically important that the ABA increase its efforts at this time in our nation’s history.”
Ms. Brown has held various leadership positions within the ABA, and is currently organizing “And Justice for All: An ABA Day of Service” in October.
“I look forward to leveraging the power of the nearly 400,000 ABA members to promote full and equal diversity and to end bias in the legal profession and the justice system. If we are true to our calling as lawyers, we must address this issue.”