7 www.loubar.org November 2025 When it comes to coverage, make sure you’re playing with a full deck. Sure, there is a chance you’ll never need us. But why take that chance? Lawyers Mutual is dedicated to Kentucky lawyers and makes your work our priority. Call (502) 568-6100 or visit LMICK.com for more information on how you can cover and protect your practice. We want you to focus on what matters. Each Academy cohort functions as a professional network. Participants often maintain these relationships beyond the program year, creating long-term channels for collaboration and referral. Alumni Outcomes Since its inception, the Academy has inducted more than 100 attorneys. Alumni have advanced into roles including judicial appointments, firm partnerships and leadership positions within the LBA. These outcomes validate the program’s structure and its emphasis on practical leader- ship development. Program Philosophy The Academy operates under a clear directive: Lead. Serve. Excel. Its objective is not to produce leaders for title’s sake but to cultivate attorneys who lead with ethical clarity, professional rigor and civic responsibility. Leadership in law requires credibility. Every decision, whether in client representation or board service, reflects on the profes- sion’s integrity. The Academy reinforces this principle, framing leadership as stewardship rather than status. Service is integral to the Academy’s mission. Participants are challenged to apply their skills in service to the broader com- munity. Louisville benefits when legal professionals engage in nonprofit leadership, volunteer initiatives and policy advocacy. The Academy positions civic engagement as a professional obligation. Excellence is treated as a continuous process. The program instills habits of self-assessment and ongoing improvement, encouraging attorneys to refine their skills throughout their careers. Strategic Value Participation in the Academy offers measurable professional advantages. Structured leadership training accelerates readi- ness for partnership, firm management and judicial service. Cohort membership provides access to a peer network that supports collaboration and business development. Leadership skills enhance client confidence and retention. The program also opens pathways to civic visibility through board service and community engagement. The partnership with Leadership Louisville introduces cross-sector leadership strategies, broadening participants’ perspective. The Academy is not a symbolic credential. It is a tactical investment with immediate and long-term returns. Graduates leave with enhanced capabilities, expanded networks and increased credibility. The reinstatement of the LBA Leadership Academy is a strategic recommitment to the values that sustain the legal profession: integrity, service and excellence. For attorneys in the four-to-ten-year practice window, the program offers a structured path to leadership readiness. The Academy prepares participants not only to serve clients but to lead firms, nonprofits, and civic institutions. Its return signals a renewed focus on equipping the next generation of at- torneys for the responsibilities ahead. Lead. Serve. Excel. The standard remains unchanged. The opportunity to meet it has returned. Lisa M. Murray is the Louisville Bar Associa- tion’s Director of Professional Development and Leadership. n (Continued from previous page) We are compiling a book detailing the story of the law school throughout the years and we would like to include alumni photographs! If you have pictures from your time in law school that you would like to share, please contact Marcus Walker, the Law School Archivist, at [email protected] or (502) 852-0171. Depending on how many are received, we may not be able to include them all, however, preference will be given to those who can provide identifying informa- tion along with their photos. Print photographs will be scanned and returned, with the digitized version happily made available to you upon request. (Please do not scan any print pictures, as the publisher has strict guidelines for digitized photographs). Also, as a reminder, if you have any publications, programs, or other law school ephemera you are no longer interested in keeping, please contact Marcus as the Archives may be interested in having it for the collection! n UofL Law Library Seeks Alumni Photos
