While at the ABA Law Practice Division Fall Meeting in San Diego, Paulette Brown sat down with Laurence Colletti, of Legal Talk Network.
The ABA Law Practice Division started in 1974, and has provided resources and information for attorneys with regard to four core areas: marketing, practice management, technology, and finance. Today, the Division offers resources through their website, social media platforms, and the Legal Technology Research Center. Every two years, Law Practice Division hosts ABA Women Rainmakers Mid-Career Workshop. This is a great workshop to focus on professional and interpersonal skills.
You can listen to the interview on Legal Talk Network’s website.
Interview highlights include:
- ABA Women Rainmakers Mid-Career Workshop
- Advice to women attorneys on finding balance and being “selfish”
- Promoting leadership roles to women attorneys
- Paulette gives insight into her down time and how she finds peace
- The partnership of William Hubbard (current President) and Paulette Brown (President Elect)
- Paulette’s initiatives for the ABA next year
- Why attorneys should get involved at the ABA
Paulette Brown has been a lawyer for 38 years, worked for Fortune 500 companies, owned a firm for 15 years, and is now a partner in the Boston law firm Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP. She has been involved with the American Bar Association since she graduated from law school and was confirmed President-Elect of the ABA in August 2014.