Ms.JD
"Serving women in law school and the legal profession, Ms. JD is an online community that provides a forum for dialogue and networking among women lawyers and aspiring lawyers." The blawg features issues relating to the numbers of women who opt out of the legal profession and the poor representation of women in the courts and legal community. The site also addresses the role of gender in legal careers.
Author: A group of female law students from the University of California-Berkeley, Cornell University, Georgetown University, Harvard University, New York University, Stanford University, the University of California-Los Angeles, the University of Texas, the University of Chicago, the University of Michigan, the University of Virginia, and Yale University came together and created Ms.JD in March 2006.
This blawg welcomes guest contributions. "To share your experiences as a law student or legal professional, just create an account or login to your existing account, then submit a blog post anytime. Articles are reviewed by Ms.JD editors before posting to the front page of the blog."
Editor-in-Chief Renuka George is a 3L and Executive Editor Samantha Plesser is a 2L at Cornell Law School; Executive Editor Beth Bernstein is a 2L at the University of California, Los Angeles; Executive Editor Carly Grant is a 3L at Pace University; Executive Editor Kate Long is at the University of Chicago; and Vice President & Editor in Chief Anna Lorien Nelson is a 3L at Yale Law School.
Blawg Related Categories: Careers • Women in the Law • Work/Life Balance • Judiciary • Law Firms • Law Professors • Law Schools • Cornell Law School • Pace University • University of California, Los Angeles • University of Chicago • Yale University • Law Student • Blawg 100
Recent Posts from Ms.JD
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Ms. JD Weekly Roundup: Week Ending November 6, 2009
Survey Shows Large Firms Have Few Women Among Top Rainmakers Female Lawyers Make Case for Women's Rights Survey Says: Women Lag Far Behind As Rainmakers Part-Time Lawyers: Clients Accept Us Survey Probes Secrets of Successful…
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The Good Wife: Week 6
Another week, another client TGW connects with on a personal level. This time it's a wrongly convicted criminal defendant and his retrial brought with it these nuggets for discussion: Remember: The Good Wife = TGW…
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DRI Women's Seminar
[Ed. Note: This post contains event information from one of Ms. JD's readers. For more information about the DRI's 2010 Sharing Success: A Seminar for Women Lawyers, click the link below.] I am promoting the Defense Research…
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'The Mismeasure of Women' - Joanne Lipman Advocates a Change in the Conversation About Women
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 case for re-assessing…
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Ms. JD Weekly Roundup: Week Ending October 30, 2009
Explaining the Origins of 'Ms.' This Suit's for You: Ex-Armstrong Teasdale Associate Accuses Anheuser-Busch of Discrimination Report Shows Women Leaving Law Practice The Mismeasure of Woman Sidley Austin LLP Partner Virginia A. Seitz Honored with…
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So You Failed The Bar?
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…
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Fighting for Gender Equity through Employment Discrimination Litigation
[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…
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Ms. JD's Third Annual Conference on Women in the Law: Avenues to Advancement
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…
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Ms. JD Weekly Roundup: Week Ending October 23, 2009
AutoAdmit Case Ends Not With a Bang, But With a Whimper S&C Promotes Five Associates - Including Four Women - To Partner Women in the Workplace Still Face Inequality Females Earning More Deals in Heels: 80 Percent…
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The Good Wife: Week 5 (or the week the lady lawyer played the pregnancy card)
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…