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where it has had diversity and inclusion staff
longer and she can bring some of that knowl-
edge back with her.
Throughout the legal profession and in her
academic work, Bromwich says, she has expe-
rienced systemic barriers that make being a
mother in the paid workforce difficult. There
were overt things — such as assumptions that,
as a mom, she shouldn't be aspiring to travel
for work — and less overt ways such as not get-
ting the best assignments.
"It has been in my life very difficult for me
to make my own career a priority," she says,
noting that her husband's demanding medi-
cal career and having four kids saw her "take a
step back for a while."
