Building a social entrepreneurship practice in a law firm

Norman Clark is one of the founders and currently the managing principal of Walker Clark. He has advised law firms and other legal services organizations in more than 70 countries on strategy, governance, business development, and sustainable profitability, with a special emphasis on the challenges facing law firms in emerging and fast-changing legal markets. Norm is a retired member of the Pennsylvania bar. Before becoming a full-time consultant to the legal profession 27 years ago, Norm served the legal profession in a variety of roles, such as trial lawyer, trial judge, law professor, legal advisor to senior government officials, and senior manager of an 800-lawyer international legal services organization. He is a past chair of the Law Firm Management Committee of the International Bar Association, past co-chair of the ABA Cross-Border Practice Management Committee, and a prolific author and frequent speaker at legal conferences worldwide. He currently is a member of the Advisory Boards of the IBA Law Firm Management Committee and the IBA Poverty and Social Development Committee, and a member of the IBA Latin American Regional Forum and the Asia-Pacific Regional Forum, as well as a member of the American Bar Association Section of International Law, where he serves on several committees related to the international practice of law. He also is a member of the Commonwealth Lawyers Association. His major publications include: Good Governance in Law Firms (2014); Sustainable Profitability in a Disrupted Legal Market (2019); Outsourcing of Core Legal Functions (2020); and Eradicating Poverty Through Social Development: A Practical Guide for Lawyers (2021); as well as two novels, Into the Endless Mountains (2019), and Under Hays Woods (2021).

Lina María is an economist and has a master's degree in finance from Eafit University. She was later awarded a Fulbright scholarship with which she studied for an MBA at the University of Maryland Business School in the United States. She has worked at Grupo Bancolombia for 17 years, beginning as an economic analyst and later becoming part of the Asset Management team. After returning from his academic trip, she worked for five years as a private banking manager. Since 2016, she has been leading Bancolombia´ s Foundation and the bank´s impact and social innovation strategies, with the goal of creating innovative and sustainable projects that promotes sustainable development for the wellbeing of all.