
Since the lay-offs this spring a lot of lawyers who still have jobs have found themselves with a significantly increased workload. For one lawyer the increase wasn't just in volume but in kind: when her department lost a number of her male colleagues she finally got to write a brief...

Editor's Note: Ms. JD's annual conference, Avenues to Advancement, was held November 20-21 in Chicago. These are five tips from the Avenues to Public Interest panel. 1. Don’t limit yourself geographically. ...

This past weekend, Ms. JD hosted its 2009 Avenues to Advancement Conference at Northwestern University, in Chicago...

Ms. JD November 20th & 21st, Ms. JD hosted its Third Annual Conference on Women in the Law at Northwestern University Law School.
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Lauren Reilly Schwartz Great conference ladies! This was my first Ms. JD conference and hopefully will not be my last. Please let me know how I can help for the next one!

After I posted yesterday about the NAWL survey, I couldn't sleep. Despite what I suggested in my original post, I am concerned about the findings, actually deeply concerned (well, except about the rainmaking finding). That concern leads me to this question: Do we have a pipeline problem...

Earlier this fall Microsoft hosted a Summit for Women and Minority Law Students on careers in intellectual property practice areas...

Every year, I write a blog post on Ms. JD about NAWL's Annual Survey on the Retention and Promotion of Women in Law Firms. So, 2009 is no different. However, my enthusiasm for the topic is different this year. The report is available here.

I just deleted my copious notes from this week's episode. Awesome. Here's what I remember: Fatherhood Bias: Reality finally catches up with TGW's big firm and it's time for layoffs...

By Brande Stellings, J.D. and Jennifer Kohler It was easy to talk to the men in the audience at the Catalyst release event for our latest research report, Women of Color in US Law Firms. There were only two...















