October-December 2026

Lawyers are asked to lead in circumstances as varied as the lawyers themselves. They know how they respond will affect their careers and others. They also know—now more than ever, given the pace and unpredictability of change—that their firm’s reputation, culture, and economic future rests on the timing and consequences of their leadership choices.

In this issue of Walker Clark Worldnotes: Leadership for a Changing Legal Profession, Lisa M. Walker Johnson offers practical guidance on how to answer the call to leadership, drawing on the insights and experiences of past and current law firm leaders she and her colleagues have worked with around the world.