Diversity and Inclusion Are Themes for New CBA President
With changing politics, technologies and business models affecting the legal industry in a state mired in a seemingly endless fiscal crisis, the Connecticut Bar Association's new president, Karen DeMeola, begins her term amid many challenges, but she says she is up to the task.
July 01, 2017 at 12:35 AM
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With changing politics, technologies and business models affecting the legal industry in a state mired in a seemingly endless fiscal crisis, the Connecticut Bar Association's new president, Karen DeMeola, begins her term amid many challenges, but she says she is up to the task.
Elected June 16 during the bar's annual luncheon in Hartford, the 47-year-old UConn School of Law assistant dean of students begins her term this week amid a range of local and national issues related to race, class, economic and social conflicts, and she says it's more important than ever for people to explore their differences and learn to work together.
“We are committed to access to justice and making sure that even the poorest people have access to the courts,” said DeMeola, who informs her work at UConn in critical identity theory through her own experiences as an biracial lesbian adoptee who teaches students about diversity of inclusion, or acknowledging our differences together.
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