Partnering with the Dallas Women’s Foundation and the Dallas Women Lawyers Association, the Dallas Bar has created the new program, Women Empowered to Lead in the Legal Profession, or “WE LEAD” for short. Some of the female lawyers in the inaugural class come from firms like Norton Rose Fulbright, Jackson Walker, Sidley Austin, Jones Day and Haynes and Boone.

Dallas Bar President Michael Hurst created the leadership program, which aims to address the challenges women face in the law by empowering and educating them to make their law practices more successful and prepare them to be leaders.