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Morgan L. Smith Professional Development Director

Bar Admissions

  • Massachusetts (Inactive)

Education

Marshall-Wythe School of Law at the College of William & Mary, J.D.

Mount Holyoke College, A.B.

Morgan L. Smith is Dykema's Professional Development Director. Her duties include the design, implementation and evaluation of the Firm's attorney training and professional development programs.

Ms. Smith also manages Dykema's Continuing Legal Education (CLE) program and works closely with Dykema's Professional Personnel Member to align the Firm's professional personnel efforts with the needs of the Firm's department directors and practice group leaders. In addition, she works with the Office of General Counsel on compliance and risk management matters.

Experience

  • Over 20 years experience in professional development, recruiting and diversity administration and management in law firms.
  • Member of NALP since 1994, has served on many committees and has held multiple leadership positions.
  • PLI PD Insider Interview: Mentoring, sponsorship and coaching, co-interviewee
    September 2019
  • Seize the Opportunity as More States Require Diversity and Inclusion, Mental Health, and Substance Use Disorder Credits, ACLEA's 54th Annual Meeting
    July 2018
  • Law Firm Mentoring Programs/Best Practices Panel, NLMC Conference
    April 2018
  • In-House Legal Training Deconstructed: The Show and the Mirror, ACLEA Annual Conference
    August 2015
  • Building a Culture of Learning — How to Design & Implement Lawyer Training Programs, NALP Newer Professionals Forum
    February 2014 and February 2015
  • Associate and Partner Hiring — What You Need to Know, NALP Newer Professionals Forum
    February 2014 and February 2015
  • "NALP’s Liaison Network: Making Connections with Other Legal Organizations”
    April 2020
    NALP Bulletin Vol. 33
  • "Mentoring: One Size Does Not Fit All so Create a Safety Net"
    August 2017
    NALP Bulletin Vol. 29
  • "Key Takeaways from a National Legal Mentoring Conference"
    August 2014
    NALP Bulletin Vol. 26
  • "Learn from the NALP Masters -- 2013 NPF Features Extraordinary Faculty"
    January 2013
    NALP Bulletin Vol. 25

Memberships & Involvement

  • ABA Commission on Women in the Profession, NALP Liaison, 2017-present
  • NALP (Association for Legal Career Professionals), Member
  • Professional Development Consortium (PDC), Member of National and Chicago chapters
  • Association for Continuing Legal Education (ACLEA), Member
  • National Legal Mentoring Consortium, Member
  • Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism - Mentoring Expansion Advisory Group, 2016-2017
  • Association for Talent Development (ATD), Member, 2010-2018
  • Chicago Association of Legal Personnel Administrators (CALPA), Member, 2002-2016

NALP's 2011 President's Award for outstanding contribution to the association and industry