{"id":3035,"date":"2021-04-20T16:37:58","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T16:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/?p=3035"},"modified":"2025-02-10T14:20:26","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T19:20:26","slug":"successful-attorney-inspires-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/2021\/04\/20\/successful-attorney-inspires-others\/","title":{"rendered":"Successful Attorney Inspires Others"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kadence-column3035_8c0488-13 > .kt-inside-inner-col{padding-right:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-left:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);}.kadence-column3035_8c0488-13 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column3035_8c0488-13 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column3035_8c0488-13 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column3035_8c0488-13 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column3035_8c0488-13 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column3035_8c0488-13 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column3035_8c0488-13{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column3035_8c0488-13 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 991px){.kadence-column3035_8c0488-13 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column3035_8c0488-13 dynamic-main-col\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3035_53ae2c-11, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3035_53ae2c-11[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3035_53ae2c-11\"]{font-size:1.5rem;line-height:30px;font-weight:500;font-style:italic;font-family:proxima-nova;color:#808080;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3035_53ae2c-11 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3035_53ae2c-11[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3035_53ae2c-11\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3035_53ae2c-11 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3035_53ae2c-11[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3035_53ae2c-11\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading3035_53ae2c-11 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3035_53ae2c-11\">Marsetta Lee, president of the Association of Black Women Lawyers of New Jersey, talked about the influence of an aspirational family, uplifting role models and a strong work ethic in building a successful career.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.kb-image3035_6d960a-f7 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image3035_6d960a-f7\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"174\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.test.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ML-on-bkgnd-e1595176985468.jpeg\" alt=\"Marsetta Lee, Esquire\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-3036\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ML-on-bkgnd-e1595176985468.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ML-on-bkgnd-e1595176985468-250x145.jpeg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Lee is an adjunct instructor at Wilmington University\u2019s College of Social and Behavioral Sciences and a former Criminal Justice program coordinator at WilmU\u2019s locations in southern New Jersey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She spoke in an interview commemorating Black History Month, published in the February issue of the Burlington County (N.J.) Bar Association&#8217;s &#8220;The Straight Word&#8221; newsletter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWitnessing the vulnerability of my family and people in general to the legal system motivated me to want to become a lawyer,\u201d she says. \u201cI did not want to be intimidated and I wanted to be able to help and empower others who encounter the legal system.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She encouraged ascendant lawyers of color to seek authentic mentors, and volunteer their talents and expertise to help others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI admonish them to find time to use their law degree for the broader good of society and vulnerable populations,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Photo:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/abwl-nj.org\/team\/norma-r-evans-esq\/\">The Association of Black Women Lawyers<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marsetta Lee, president of the Association of Black Women Lawyers of New Jersey, talked about the influence of an aspirational family, uplifting role models and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[90,615],"class_list":["post-3035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-college-of-social-and-behavioral-sciences","tag-faculty-feature"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":2,"label":"ACADEMIC NEWS"}],"post_tag":[{"value":90,"label":"College of Social and Behavioral Sciences"},{"value":615,"label":"Faculty Feature"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"Rebecca Slinger","author_link":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/author\/rebecca\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":2,"name":"ACADEMIC NEWS","slug":"academic-news","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":559,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":460,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":2,"category_count":460,"category_description":"","cat_name":"ACADEMIC NEWS","category_nicename":"academic-news","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":90,"name":"College of Social and Behavioral Sciences","slug":"college-of-social-and-behavioral-sciences","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":647,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":71,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":615,"name":"Faculty Feature","slug":"faculty-feature","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1172,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":23,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3035"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3035\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15688,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3035\/revisions\/15688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}