Susan Kohlmann Reflects on Challenges and Successes as New York City Bar President

In an exclusive feature for Law360 Pulse, Partner Susan Kohlmann discusses her two years at the helm of the “extraordinary” New York City Bar Association.

Taking the role in 2022, during the pandemic, Susan describes overcoming her first challenge: getting lawyers back to the Bar with a delicate balance between in-person events and remote programming.

As the article explains, Susan served as a hands-on leader: reviewing reports from Bar committees, helping organize programs, lobbying governments, and advocating for policy changes. The Bar’s all-day event on hate speech represented an achievement because it fostered an environment that is important to Susan.

“The bar can truly play a role for people with very diverse views to come together and understand, at least, what the guardrails are,” she tells Law360.

She urged lawyers to use their voices to support initiatives that are threatened in the current legal landscape. “Lawyers are uniquely situated and have an obligation to speak out loudly and clearly when our institutions are under attack.

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Susan Kohlmann Reflects on Challenges and Successes as New York City Bar President

In an exclusive feature for Law360 Pulse, Partner Susan Kohlmann discusses her two years at the helm of the “extraordinary” New York City Bar Association.

Taking the role in 2022, during the pandemic, Susan describes overcoming her first challenge: getting lawyers back to the Bar with a delicate balance between in-person events and remote programming.

As the article explains, Susan served as a hands-on leader: reviewing reports from Bar committees, helping organize programs, lobbying governments, and advocating for policy changes. The Bar’s all-day event on hate speech represented an achievement because it fostered an environment that is important to Susan.

“The bar can truly play a role for people with very diverse views to come together and understand, at least, what the guardrails are,” she tells Law360.

She urged lawyers to use their voices to support initiatives that are threatened in the current legal landscape. “Lawyers are uniquely situated and have an obligation to speak out loudly and clearly when our institutions are under attack.

Read More

Related Locations

© 2026 Jenner & Block LLP. Attorney Advertising. Jenner & Block LLP is an Illinois Limited Liability Partnership including professional corporations. This publication, presentation, or event is not intended to provide legal advice but to provide information on legal matters and/or firm news of interest to our clients and colleagues. Readers or attendees should seek specific legal advice before taking any action with respect to matters mentioned in this publication or at this event. The attorney responsible for this communication is Brent E. Kidwell, Jenner & Block LLP, 353 N. Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60654-3456. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Jenner & Block London LLP, an affiliate of Jenner & Block LLP, is a limited liability partnership established under the laws of the State of Delaware, USA and is authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority with SRA number 615729. Information regarding the data we collect and the rights you have over your data can be found in our Privacy Notice. For further inquiries, please contact dataprotection@jenner.com.

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