Zachariah DeMeola, senior director of strategic initiatives with the Law School Admission Council, has spent a lot of time stressing the importance of lawyers developing their own professional identity. DeMeola, whose work includes developing a professional identity formation program for the LSAC’s subscription-based platform, LawHub, says the term refers to practice skills and competencies that allow students to define their roles in the profession. The importance of professional identity was acknowledged by the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar in 2022, when it added language about the subject to Standard 303, which addresses curriculum. The change directs schools to provide students with professional identity development opportunities. Click here to read this Legal Rebel’s full bio.