Dentons has named participants from across the US Region in the 2022 classes of Pathfinders and Fellows, two programs designed by the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) to train high-performing, early-career lawyers in critical career development strategies including leadership and the building of professional networks.

Short Hills partner Erika Lopes-McLeman, Evansville partner Trisha Dudlo and Pittsburgh shareholder Steve Harris have been selected into the LCLD Fellows program. According to LCLD President Robert J. Grey, Jr., the LCLD Fellows Program “requires a serious time commitment from its participants, they will come away from it having learned from top leaders in the legal profession, as well as experts in the fields of learning and development and executive coaching, on what it means to be a leader.”

Atlanta managing associates Max Jones and Anamaria Hazard, Louisville senior managing associate Chelsea Granville Reed and Naples associate Bryan DuBon have been chosen to participate in the LCLD Pathfinder program. LCLD President Robert J. Grey, Jr. adds, “The LCLD Pathfinder Program exposes participants to intensive training, experiential learning, and opportunities to network with peers and esteemed LCLD Fellows and Alumni in small group gatherings. It’s a program that can truly enhance one’s career.”

Designed to supplement training initiatives at LCLD Member corporations and law firms, the Pathfinder Program provides participants with practical tools for developing and leveraging internal professional networks, foundational leadership skills and an understanding of career development strategies. Each Pathfinder is matched with a Program Facilitator to serve as a mentor in helping one connect what they learn in the program to the organization at which they work.

Celebrating 11 years, the LCLD Fellows program has built a reputation for helping to launch participants into chief legal positions. More than 50 alumni of the program have become general counsel, managing partners or judges, or have opened their own firms since their fellowship year.

Founded in 2009 by Dentons senior counsel Rick Palmore, LCLD is a growing organization of more than 400 corporate chief legal officers and law firm managing partners—the leadership of the profession—who have pledged themselves to creating a truly diverse US legal profession. Our action programs are designed to attract, inspire and nurture the talent in society and within our organizations, thereby helping a new and more diverse generation of lawyers ascend to positions of leadership. By producing tangible results in our institutions, LCLD works to promote inclusiveness in member organizations, their respective circles of influence and our society, with the ultimate goal of building a more equitable and diverse legal profession. Learn more at https://www.lcldnet.org/

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