Lorie Almon Appointed to the Harvard Law School Center on the Legal Profession Advisory Board

Seyfarth’s Chair and Managing Partner, Lorie Almon, has been appointed to the Advisory Board of the Harvard Law School Center on the Legal Profession, effective August 1, 2025. The Advisory Board is composed of prominent leaders from across the legal industry worldwide, including top chief executives, law firm managing partners, general counsels, and others who support the Center’s mission.

“I am extremely pleased to welcome Lorie Almon to the Harvard Law School Center on the Legal Profession’s Advisory Board,” said David B. Wilkins, the Center’s faculty director and Lester Kissel Professor of Law. “Lorie is exactly the type of leader we need in today’s dynamic legal environment—an accomplished lawyer with a proven track record of innovation and inclusive leadership at one of the world’s top law firms. Her insights and experience will be invaluable as we pursue our mission to advance understanding of the evolving global legal profession.”

Almon, one of the few women to hold the top leadership role at an Am Law 100 firm, stated, “I am honored to join the Advisory Board of the Harvard Law School Center on the Legal Profession. At a time when the legal industry is undergoing profound transformation—including the rapid advancement of AI and other emerging technologies—the Center plays a critical role in fostering the kind of thoughtful, forward-looking dialogue our profession needs. I look forward to contributing to this important work and to collaborating with fellow leaders who are equally committed to reimagining how we deliver value, lead with empathy and purpose, and embrace innovation as we prepare the profession for what lies ahead.”

The Harvard Law School Center on the Legal Profession is a research organization dedicated to providing a richer understanding of the global legal profession through unbiased, evidence-based research; innovating and implementing new methods for teaching law students, academics, and lawyers; and bridging practitioners and the academy through its programming and digital publication The Practice.