As her 21-year-old daughter studying abroad this semester in Paris and a former intern looked on from Skype video chat connections, Kathleen D. Wilkinson, the next chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar Association, announced Tuesday that one of her initiatives will be launching a leadership program to assist young attorneys, women attorneys and attorneys of diverse backgrounds in the profession.

Also Tuesday, Albert S. Dandridge III, a partner with Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis, was elected vice chancellor and is in line to serve as chancellor in 2015.