As women’s presence in law has grown, is there still a place in the legal world for “business development for women?” Or, has the concept become obsolete? In order to explore this topic, CMO2Go founder Erika Steinberg interviewed several law firm partners and business development professionals for her November 15th, 2024 article published in The American Bar Association's Law Practice Today titled, “Are Women’s Business Development Initiatives Still Needed?” Most interviewees believe that as women’s presence in law has grown, business development opportunities aimed at women lawyers have become more available. But business development has evolved in the last 20 years, and creating engaging business development opportunities that focus on lawyers’ interests vs. their gender has become an increasingly popular approach. And, opening up those business development initiatives to include men has been eye-opening for some. To quote Ellen Leikind of PokerDivas - “Recently, we hosted a business development program for a law firm in New York. There were two men who attended out of about 50 people. I had a call with one of them about having an event for his company and he thanked me. He said that he experienced for the first time how women must feel when they are only one of a few in the room.” We are grateful to The American Bar Association for publishing our article on this important topic! Also, a huge thank you to those who agreed to be interviewed for this article: Casie Zimmerman Davidson, Partner, Simon, Peragine, Smith & Redfearn? Cari Grieb Partner, Chapman and Cutler Steve Fretzin, Fretzin, Inc. and Host, Be That Lawyer podcast Ellen Leikind, Founder, PokerDivas Randi Mason, Partner, Morrison Cohen Bonnie Lee Polk, Partner, Williams Parker Randi Rosenblatt, CEO of Upward Stride ?? Read the official article reprint below: https://lnkd.in/eeGcTXr8
