Robin Wolpert of Sapientia Law Group, PLLC, was sworn in as President of the National Conference of Bar Presidents
On August 5, 2023, Robin Wolpert of Sapientia Law Group, PLLC, was sworn in as President of the National Conference of Bar Presidents (NCBP) at the NCBP Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado.
Founded in 1950, NCPB is dedicated to building better bar leaders who strengthen the legal profession, help protect the rule of law, and promote justice within their communities and their bar associations. Its members are bar leaders and organizations from state, metropoli-tan and affinity bars from across the country.
“Leading the NCBP is one of the greatest honors of my career,” Wolpert said. “Our mission is to make the difference in the success of bar leaders and or-ganizations from across the country. This year we’ll be building a next generation bar. That means put-ting well-being and belonging front and center. We want to create a thriving profession and the experi-ence of inclusion. And we will be mobilizing to ad-dress the singular challenge of our lifetime—promoting the rule of law and democracy. Lawyers have a unique responsibility to act and it’s urgent we do so.”
Robin Wolpert is a highly respected business litiga-tor, appellate practitioner, and white-collar criminal defense attorney. She handles a diverse mix of civil and criminal lawsuits and appeals, focusing on constitutional law, defamation, business fraud, and cyber-harassment and misinformation campaigns. Robin uses her unique blend of government, private-sector, and in-house experience to address legal, policy, and leadership challenges for a wide variety of clients.
Wolpert received her B.A. from Colby College and her J.D. from Cornell Law School. Before becoming a lawyer, Robin earned her Ph.D. in political science from the University of Chica-go. Her areas of expertise include constitutional law, judicial politics, cognitive and behavior-al economics, and political and organizational psychology.
Always passionate about public service, Wolpert is a national leader and public speaker on democracy, ethics, lawyer well-being, implicit bias, and diversity, equity and inclusion. She is treasurer of the Institute for Well Being in Law (IWIL), member of the ABA House of Dele-gates, member of the ABA Standing Committee on Professionalism, special advisor to the ABA Rule of Law Initiative (ROLI), past chair of Minnesota’s Lawyers Professional Responsi-bility Board, and past president of the Minnesota State Bar Association.
