Mark Your Calendars! Ms. JD's Third Annual Conference on Women in the Law is fast approaching. Check out ms-jd.org/conference for more details about the panels and speakers at Avenues to Advancement.
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Ms. JD’s Third Annual Conference on Women in Law - co-sponsored by the ABA's Commission on Women in the Profession and Young Lawyer's Division, NAWL, the Chicago Bar Association, and the Women and Law ...
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In just 30 days, hundreds of Ms. JD readers, NWLSO chapter members, and women attorneys from around the country will gather on Northwestern Law School's downtown Chicago campus for Ms. JD's 3rd Annual Conference on Women in the Law: Avenues to Advancement...
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