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.
