Historic first: Women sweep the presidencies of nation’s three largest organizations for attorneys
With the election of Mary Massaron Ross at the October annual meeting of DRI – The Voice of the Defense Bar – in New Orleans (as reported in the Grand Rapids Legal News for 11/9/2012), women now lead the nation’s three largest professional organizations for attorneys. In a field that has been typically dominated by men, the event constitutes an historic first for the legal profession.
The presidents are:
Laurel Bellows, President, American Bar Association
Mary Massaron Ross, President, DRI - The Voice of the Defense Bar
Mary Alice McLarty, President, American Associa-
tion for Justice (Plaintiffs Bar)
“The story is, of course, much bigger than three women being elected president,” said Ross. “It’s a dramatic demographics shift in the profession. In 1963, only 3.7% of law school students were women. Today, it’s nearly half. And that shift is part of a larger societal shift. For instance, we’ll have a record number of women in the Senate next year. This says that America is more and more fully utilizing the talents of all of its people.”
Massaron Ross is a native of Grand Rapids.
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