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Michigan Rule of Evidence 611 has just been revised, giving judges the power to determine what witnesses should wear in their courtroom...
The (Happy) Female Breadwinner Female Lawyers Lose Out in Crunch...
While getting ready this morning, Ilistened toa piece on NPR, Workers Dressing Better To Hold On To Jobs: The recession is changing the workplace in many ways. Financial Times columnist Lucy Kellaway says many workers are kicking it up a notch with dressier work clothes and more formal e-mails...
I know an au pair from South Africa that is looking for a replacement family since her "host mom" just lost her job and cannot afford her. I believe that she arrived in the US in January so she has until this coming January on her current visa...
The National Association of Women Lawyers (NAWL)will be holding its 2009 Annual Awards Luncheon on Thursday, July 23, from noon to 2 pm, at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York...
This weekend everyone's favorite style mavens at the New York Times weighed in on the propriety of smartphone interuptions during business meetings...
Over the weekend, Judge Sotomayor resigned her membership in the Belizean Grove in anticipation of her Senate confirmation hearings. Ever since I heard the news, I've been trying to decide what I think about her membership and the negative reaction to it...
Sotomayor Nomination Focuses Attention on Belizean Grove Women Lawyers of Color Guide 'Sisters, Daughters' to Successful Careers...
This is the time of year when people, some annonymous, some not, start posting their advice for studying for the July bar exam on various web sites such as Ms. JD. Istill read a number of these websites -- the same onesthat I read when I was in law school...
Ed. Note: The following article, by April A. Christine, comes to Ms. JD from the Los Angeles Lawyer. ...
13 = nominations for ABA leadership under consideration 4 = number of female nominees (and three of the four are at-large, as opposed to Board of Governors spots)...
Martha Minow Chosen as Harvard Law School Dean Sotomayor: In Her Own Words, on Tape...
Ms. JD is pleased to feature our second winner of Ms. JD's Public Interest Summer Scholarship, Christina Calloway. Here is her winner essay submission: “You’re getting old...
Ms. JD is pleased to announce the two winners of our Public Interest Summer Scholarship: Sarah Mazzochi and Christina Calloway! These women truly exemplify commitments to public interestlaw through their work, studies and life stories...
Last week, the Labor Department released data indicating that women are now receiving more higher education degrees at both the college and graduate level: Associate's Degrees: 167 for women for every 100 for men. Bachelor's Degrees: 142 for women for every 100 for men...
Bio for this week's Superwoman JD: Katherine B. Edwards has been practicing law for over twenty-five years and is known as one of the best energy attorneys in Washington D.C. Kathie earned her J.D...
Munger Tolles & Olson Breaks Ground on Innovative Child Care Center Debate on Whether Female Judges Decide Differently Arises Anew...
What do Sandra Day O'Connor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Sonia Sotomayor have in common? Well, besides the obvious?...
A recent New York Times piece, The Waves Minority Judges Always Make, looks at the persuasive force ofminority justices. The first woman on the court, Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, often says that wise old women and wise old men reach the same conclusions...
Enough in these rough economic times, Anna Stolley Persky reports that taking a vacation is still a good thing. The necessity of relaxation doesn’t change based upon the economic climate,” says Manning, a principal at Manning Sossamon...
Ed. Note: This week's Roundup focuses on the spectrum of media coverage of Sonia Sotomayor's Supreme Court nomination. The articles highlighted below constitute by no means an exhaustive list of relevant articles...
A choice excerpt from Pioneering Women Lawyers: From Kate Stoneman to the Present: ... I had the occaison to look at my personnel file and there was my resumé, complete with several notes stapled to it...
Much has been made of Judge Sotomayor's pointing out that she views cases with a perspective that reflects her gender, ethnicity, and experiences. To an extent her critics seem to have hit on something that should bother us all: an admitted bias in a judge...
Male Judges Advise Women Lawyers to Lose the Distracting 'Ally McBeal' Look Female Lawyers Fight Sexism...
At a recent judges' panel discussion at the Seventh Circuit Bar Association meeting, U.S. District Court Judge Joan Lefkow made a commentabout the inappropriate dressing of some women lawyers...
I've already complained about my own law school graduation speaker. I only got more bitter when I read the text of Professor Pamela Karlan's remarks to Stanford Law School's Class of 2009. She's funny; she quotes Dante; she inspires...
A new survey released by the Rutgers Center for Women and Work shows that despite the current poor economic climate, women lawyers are still prioritizing work-life balance in their careers...
I know it's hard to make conversation at cocktail receptions, follow-up by email, reach out for advice, and ask for favors. But it's worth it. How do I know...
New Study: Female Lawyers Leave Firms Primarily to Seek Flexible Situations Judge Hearn Elected Second Woman on Five-Member S.C...
Bio for this week's Superwoman JD: Ms. Gillette, a partner in Orrick's San Francisco office, is a member of the Employment Law Group. Ms...
The National Conference of Women's Bar Associations has awarded the Hawaii Women Lawyers' and Hawaii Women's Legal Foundation's Mother's Day Project with the 2009 Public Service Award...
For many years, the number of female law school applicants was on the rise. In the last five years that number has plateaued. Then at last week's Summit in Austin two second tier law school deans mentioned that they received too few female applicants this year to maintain previous gender ...
Last week, I had the privilege of attending the Women's Power Summit on Law and Leadership at the University of Texas. One of the most exciting experiences while attending was hearing firsthand from Justice Sandra Day O'Connor on the struggles she's faced as a woman in the legal profession...
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