Below is a link to the DC Spotlight article that came out this week about the Best Friends at the Bar project.
Please cut and paste it into your browser to read the entire article. You also will see that a follow-up video will be posted next week on DC Spotlight. Watch for it, and, of course, I will remind you then!
DC Spotlight and the editor Wendy Thompson have been so supportive of the Best Friends at the Bar project. Wendy is not only enthusiastic about the work, but she also understands the challenges of starting a small business, especially a woman-owned small business. She is a great cheerleader for women’s issues and causes, and I am delighted that she has taken interest in what has become my mission: Helping young women lawyers and law students understand the challenges that remain for women in the practice of law and overcoming them. Wendy and I had a great conversation about these challenges, and some of that is reflected in the article.
You also will see—-again—in this article what a great impression my Dad and his experience as a lawyer had on me. Don’t ever underestimate the effect that your experiences have on your children. They are watching and listening even when you think they are not. That puts a lot of responsibility on you, but it is all good. It makes you a better actor, and it clearly has positive effects for the children. Good luck with that as you go forward in your careers. One day your own children may reflect so positively on what your professional experiences have meant in their lives.
I hope that you enjoy the article and that you send it on via Twitter or Facebook or Linkedin or just plain-old e-mail. Getting the word out is what Best Friends at the Bar is all about.
By the way, at some point I actually am going to master how to link directly to the sources I reference here and in my newsletters. Please hang in there with me and forgive the current imposition and necessity to cut and paste. It is not that I have not tried………. Keep in mind that this is an old dog learning new tricks!
And, I am learning those new tricks without the IT folks, who used to solve my every problem pronto when I was in law firm practice and public service. It is so wonderful to have “people” when you need them! And, it is a disaster when you do not!
People are good. You are good. Thanks for following and reading.
