
Since March 2008, chapters of Ms. JD's National Women Law Students' Organization have been meeting on campuses accross the country. At UCLA Robin Shofner and Hilda Montes de Oca have been responsible for leading a particularly vibrant chapter...

Survey Shows Large Firms Have Few Women Among Top Rainmakers Female Lawyers Make Case for Women's Rights

Ms. JD 15 days until the conference. Take it from a person who knows: Avenues to Advancement is gonna be awesome!!!
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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 ...

[Ed. Note: This post contains event information from one of Ms. JD's readers. For more informationabout the DRI's2010 Sharing Success: A Seminar for Women Lawyers, click the link below.] I am promoting the Defense Research Institute'sannualWomen's Seminar...

In her recent article for the New York Times, Joanne Lipman, a former deputy managing editor at The Wall Street Journal and founding editor in chief of Conde Nast Portfolio magazine, makes the casefor re-assessing the way that we measure the progress of women...

It’s not the end of the world. Trust me on this. And yes, I know you’ve all heard stories about successful attorneys that failed the bar the first time around. Hey, If JFK jr couldn’t pass………but it doesn’t make you feel any better. I know. So, take a day or two to wallow. You have my ...

Explaining the Origins of 'Ms.' This Suit's for You: Ex-Armstrong Teasdale Associate Accuses Anheuser-Busch of Discrimination...

[Ed. Note: Ms. JD is pleased to host this content by Michael Siegel.Michael Siegel is a recent law school grad and incoming associate at Siegel & Yee in Oakland, California. He hopes to be an ally of Ms...

This week found TGW acorss the negotiating table from a very pregnant adversary, who wasn't afraid to use her condition to her advantage. No joke: she faked labor pains when a deposition went south. Talk about your zealous advocacy...

The Shriver Report: A Woman's Nation Changes Everything, released this week, focuses on a vast array of issues facing women in the workforce, from health to education, media to marriage...

AutoAdmit Case Ends Not With a Bang, But With a Whimper S&C PromotesFive Associates - IncludingFour Women - To Partner...

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...

Week 3 & 4 were pretty light on the juicy lawyer-mom stereotypes, and are therefore fodder for just one post. Again, relying on our abbreviations* Week 3: Tank top under the suit! Episode 3 opens with a classic multi-tasking scene. Breakfast. Phone call. Kids off to school...












