Breanna Needham Featured on the Dear Beth Podcast

Breanna Needham, the founder of Luceo Legal, contributed to the Dear Beth…A Women in Law Podcast on the topic of the next frontier for improved equity, diversity, and belonging in the legal profession, including how to make the profession one that better represents the public it serves:

“There is a disconnect between talking the talk and actually walking the walk that needs to be addressed because continuing to just talk is not going to move the dial. It is my great hope that, as time goes on, and in the future, and for everybody who is joining the profession that we see this move away from the myth of the meritocracy by both implementing real, concrete measures to advance equity, diversity, and inclusion, and by addressing the importance of intersectionality.”

Dear Beth is “[a] podcast about what women in the legal profession experience. The hurdles they encounter, the challenges they fact, but also the heroic and inspiring ways they are shifting paradigms and dismantling the status quo.”

Episode 6 of Dear Beth, “Think (Much) Bigger)” includes reflections by Justice Hollins on why she advocates for greater awareness about mental health in the legal profession, and on what it means to think and dream big. Ashala Naidu also describes how she is creating a culture of wellness, inclusivity, and support. In the Letters segment, Dr. Judy Jaunzems-Fernuk, Well-being Coordinator in the College of Law at the University of Saskatchewan, addresses the importance and essential nature of self-care, mental health, and wellness for lawyers.