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Media & Communications Corner: Weaving External Marketing and Communications into Professional Development

By Kevin Aschenbrenner
August 27, 2008

Sharon Meit Abrahams, a member of this newsletter's Board of Editors, is one of the true leaders of law firm professional development. One of the pioneers in the early 1990s who helped launch this discipline for law firms, she was the first to hold such a position without a law degree. What she brought to the table was a deep background in adult learning theory, thanks to a doctorate in adult education, and experience gained from an early career in the corporate sector. With that, she has helped blaze a trail for the other law firm professional development personnel who have followed this career path.

Abrahams is currently Director of Professional Development at McDermott Will & Emery, LLP in Miami, and has served with the firm for eight years. Prior to that she was Director of Professional Development and Training at Greenberg Traurig for eight years. Before entering the legal sphere, Abrahams began her career in the corporate world, serving as a training manager for the largest bank in Florida, and subsequently in the health care and insurance sectors.

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