What Can I Do With My Law Degree?
Event Information
Description
Join the Professional Development Committee of the Washington Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division for an event highlighting attorneys who have successfully used their law degrees to pursue careers outside of the practice of law. This is a great opportunity for attendees to learn about how law degrees may be useful in ways they didn't expect.
The confirmed panelists include:
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Melanie Bates (Melanie Bates Consulting LLC)
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Robert Baldwin III (NPR producer)
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Jessica Childress (Juris Prudence LLC)
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Bendita Malakia (Senior Inclusion Manager, Hogan Lovells)
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Preston Mitchum (Advocate, Writer, Adjunct Professor)
Organizer Washington Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division
Organizer of What Can I Do With My Law Degree?
The WBA was created simultaneously with the National Bar Association and is an affiliate chapter of that organization. Like the NBA, the WBA is concerned with the advancement of jurisprudence, self benefit, group enhancement in a racially exclusive society and judicial system, and group protection.
The Young Lawyers Division was established in 1997 as a division of the Washington Bar Association. WBA members qualify for YLD status if they are 36 years of age or younger, or have been licensed to practice for five years or less, regardless of age. This group of approximately 200 young attorneys practicing in the Washington metropolitan area provides networking and professional development opportunities for its members and encourages community awareness and a commitment to service and civil rights.
