Lori M. Berman

Lori Berman, Ph.D. is an adjunct professor and research affiliate at Georgetown Law and director of professional development for Hogan Lovells, US LLP.  She has consulted and taught courses on leadership, team and client relationship skills for professionals for 15 years. Prior to working at Hogan, she worked both in-house and as a consultant. In these roles, she helped organizations and law firms with learning and professional development initiatives, leadership skills and coaching, succession planning, client relationship skills, women's initiatives, and using competencies for selection and performance management. Her work has won multiple awards, including the Chief Learning Officer Learning Team Award; American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) BEST Award; NALP Annual Award of Distinction; and the Association for Continuing Legal Education (ACLEA) John Day Memorial Award for Professional Excellence in Technology. She holds an MA and a Ph.D. in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from the University of Maryland, and a BA in Psychology from Cornell University.