In the Press
June 2020
Ms. JD's Board Chair Maleaha Brown and CEO Danielle Allison were featured along with our virtual programming—including our upcoming Determined to Rise program for middle-school girls—in Law360's article, How Attorneys Hope To Prevent Recession-Era Diversity Mistakes. Check out the article here!
april 2020
Ms. JD's CEO Danielle Allison and our "12th Annual Conference on Women in Law" were featured in the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Journal. Check out the article on pp. 22–24 here!
Ms. JD’s "LaddHer Up 2020 Conference" was featured in Husch Blackwell LLP's Community Involvement spotlight on Megan Belcher. Check out the article here!
July 2018
Ms. J.D.'s "Ready to Rise: A Law & Leadership Academy for Girls," Event was featured in the University of Houston Law Center News! Check out the article here!
June 2018
In a recent article on Best Lawyers, entitled "The Parity Paradox" contributor Abigail Rowe discusses how women now make up a slim majority of students enrolled in law schools across the Country. Linda Bray Chanow, Executive Director of the University of Texas School of Law's Center for Women in Law praises Ms. J.D. for offering programs like Writer's in Residence and for offering other networking opportunities. Check out the article here!
March 2018
Ms. J.D. Fellow Irene Mo was named a Millennial to watch in Legal Tech by ALM! Check out the article here!
October 2017
Ms. J.D. President Raychelle Tasher was featured in Forbes! Check out the interview here.
August 2017
Fast Company magazine interviews Board Alumnae Julie Silverbrook!
June 2017
Ms. JD's former Executive Director and Board Member, Jessie Kornberg, is on the cover of Super Lawyers!
January 2017
Ms. JD Announces its Inaugural NWLSO Leadership Council.
SEPTEMBER, 2016
Ms. JD President, Raychelle Tasher, is named one of ten black women lawyers to watch by Black Enterprise.
AUGUST, 2016
Ms. JD President Raychelle Tasher speaks to The American Lawyer on Minority Women Still Struggling to Win Top Law Jobs
June 2016
Immediate Past President, Katie Larkin-Wong, joins the SMART team to take home first place at the Stanford Law Conference in a contest on how to improve gender parity in law firms.
Former Ms. JD Board Member, Nicole Chiu-Wang, co-founder of Boon + Gable, is featured on TechCrunch.
May 2016
The ABA Young Lawyers Division recently interviewed ABA YLD Chair-Elect Anna Romanskaya about her recent trip to New York for the Ms. JD conference
April 2016
Ms. JD is featured in Best Lawyers "Women in the Law" Special Edition celebrating our ten year anniversary!
Immediate Past President Katie Larkin-Wong co-authors the article, "Perspective: Millenials in Big Law - Let's Get to Work" featured in Bloomberg Law
March 2016
Ms. JD's 8th Annual Conference featured in Bisnow.
February 2016
Executive Director, Heather Asher, discusses the generational shift in Big Law with The American Lawyer.
Ms. JD's 8th Annual Conference featured in Law360.
December 2015
Founding CFO and Board Emeritus Karen Deschaine is elected to Cooley LLP's partnership!
Ms. JD's Katie Larkin-Wong mentioned in online legal magazine "Slaw" for her research on True Grit and a Growth Mindset.
Ms. JD's Janet Wallace receives the San Luis Obispo County Bar Association's inaugural "Rising Star Award".
October 2015
Ms. JD President Katie Larkin-Wong discusses "How to Be a Team Player While Leading a Powerful Organization" with The GenWhy Lawyer
March 2015
Ms. JD announces its inaugural "Ms. JD Chair's Challenge"!
February 2015
Ms. JD releases its Press Release for our Seventh Annual Conference on Women and the Law: Stronger Together!
Ms. JD's Katie Larkin-Wong and Bobbi Liebenberg's discussion on True Grit and a Growth Mindset is featured in Lawyers Club News.
January 2015
Ms. JD Vice President Janet Wallace is named as one of the San Luis Obispo Tribune's "Top 20 Under 40." The honorees are San Luis Obispo County leaders younger than 40 who excel in both their profession and community service. Janet is further recognized in the San Luis Obispo County Bar Bulletin for her accomplishments.
October 2014
Board Emeritae Jessie Kornberg is formally named President and CEO of Bet Tzedek. Jessie is the first woman at the helm of Bet Tzedak in its 40-year history! Congratulations Jessie!
Ms. JD is mentioned on the Military Spouse JD Network blog post on Advancing the Interests of Women in the Legal Profession!
May 2014
John McDougall, CEO of McDougall Interactive and publisher of The Lead Review, sits down with Katie Larking-Wong, Nicole Chui, and Jane Rosales to discuss how Ms. JD uses the web to spread ideas about gender equality in the legal profession.
April 2014
Jewish Exponent lists Bobbi Liebenberg among the Newsmakers of the Week for receiving the inaugural Sharing Her Passion Award at Ms. JD's sixth annual conference in Austin, TX!
March 2014
Ms. JD President, Katie Larkin Wong, co-authors Women Lawyers Journal article, GRIT & Mindset!
Ms. JD Speed Networking Event praised by the University of California Hastings College of the Law
February 2014
Passion Forward, Ms. JD's Sixth Annual Conference on Women in Law, is given a glowing review on the Texas Bar Blog
Ms. JD and President Katie Larkin-Wong are named to Law Street Media's #300Voices to follow in Law & Policy. Both were named to the "Fresh and Unique" category.
January 2014
Ms. JD Board Member Noorain Khan was named to Forbes 30 under 30 list in law and policy!
Ms. JD's Global Education Scholars are featured in the San Luis Obispo County Bar Bulletin
September 2013
Ms. JD and Latham & Watkins host "She Leads: A Conversation on Women in Law, Leadership, and Government" with Counsel to the President Kathy Ruemmler!
July 2013
Ms. JD Welcomes Two New Members to the Board of Directors!
March 2013
Ms. JD President Katie Larkin Wong is featured on Forbes.com article, Young Women Thriving in Biglaw.
February 2013
Ms. JD event "Build Her Power Base: A Conversation with ABA President Laurel Bellows on Leadership and Entrepreneurship" was featured in ABA News!
November 2012
The host of Ms. JD's Fifth Annual Conference, American University Washington College of Law, reports that She Leads was a "dynamic, full-day conference."
New York Law School Law Review Issues Second Annual Report 
Examining Diversity on Law Reviews Nationwide based on research conducted in collaboration with Ms. JD.
October 2012
Lee Burgess reports on the "Fun and Inspiration at the Ms. JD Conference – She Leads!"
Ms. JD's Women on Law Review study featured in the National Law Journal article, "Women lag in top law review jobs"
Ms. JD's 2011-2012 Women on Law Review study featured on Above the Law
September 2012
August 2012
Ms. JD's Global Education Fund featured on The Glass Hammer
July 2012
June 2012
May 2012
April 2012
Ms. JD featured on Above the Law's Non-Sequiturs: 04.17.12
Ms. JD Joins Levo League in First Ask For More Day!, Forbes
March 2012
Ms. JD President, Katie Larkin-Wong, is profiled as an International Women's Day "Legalista"
Ms. JD Celebrates Six Years with a New Generation of Leadership
January 2012
Golden Gate University School of Law interviews board member and Ms. JD Fellow Tanya Falleiro; Reprinted from the Fall/Winter 2012 issue of Golden Gate Lawyer with permission from Golden Gate University School of Law. All rights reserved.
The San Luis Obispo County Bar Association introduces board member Janet Wallace; Reprinted from the January/February 2012 issue of the Bar Bulletin with the permission of the San Luis Obispo County Bar Association. All rights reserved.
November 2011
New York Law School compiles addendum to Ms. JD’s Law Review Research
The National Law Journal discusses Ms. JD's Law Review Research
September 2011
SD Metro Magazine names Ms. JD board member Karen Hernandez to the "40 Under 40 Class of 2011"
August 2011
California Lawyer names Ms.JD as one of "The Best Blogs Around"
June 2011
The Glass Hammer spotlights Ms.JD's Global Education Fund
Vault's Law Blog Celebrate's Ms. JD's Global Education Fund
May 2011
February 2011
November 2010
Stanford Lawyer Celebrates the Global Education Fund
October 2010
National Law Journal Highlights the Work of Ms. JD's Global Education Fund
ABA Journal Covers Ms. JD's GEF Launch
The Careerist Applauds Ms. JD's GEF Work
Ms. JD Announces Global Education Fund
Fall 2010
Perspectives Magazine "Voices" Column Features Ms. JD Executive Director Jessie Kornberg, "Turning a 'Mad as Hell' Moment into Action," Perspectives: A Magazine for and about Women Lawyers, Vol. 19, No. 2
August 2010
Ms. JD Finds Women Dramatically Under-Represented Among Ranks of Law Review Editors-in-Chief
Coverage of the Report in the National Law Journal
Coverage of the Report on Above the Law
June 2010
Ms. JD Announces 2010 Fellowship Winners
Spring 2010
Perspectives Magazine interviews Ms. JD Executive Director Jessie Kornberg, "Are Young Women Turning Their Backs on Law School?"Perspectives: A Magazine for and about Women Lawyers, Vol. 18, No. 4
Winter 2010
300 Women Gather for Ms. JD's Third Annual Conference for Women in Law: Avenues to Advancement
March 2010
February 2010
UC Davis Law School Announces Writers in Residence
Law School Podcaster Features Ms. JD
January 2010
Anapata & Ms. JD partner, Forbes.com
Anapata & Ms. JD partnership Announced, CNN.com
December 2009
Ms. JD Named Top 50 Legal Career Blog, Justice e-Learning
November 2009
Avenues to Advancement Student Workshop Reviewed, The Glass Hammer
April 2008
Work/Life Balance Blog ‘Ms. JD’ Spawns Nat’l Law Student Org., Molly McDonough, ABA Journal
PAR and Ms. JD Announce Essay Contest Winners, The Project for Attorney Retention
March 2008
Women Lawyers Blog for Workplace Equality: Blogging as a Feminist Legal Method, Alison I. Stein, University of Pennsylvania Law School
February 2007
Yale Law Women Host “Legally Female” Conference; Dean Koh Gives Opening Remarks, Yale Law School
Fall 2007
Women in Law: A Changing Landscape?, Stanford Lawyer
April 2007
'Legally Female' Conference Adresses Gender in Law, Law.com
Legally Female Conference Coverage, New York Lawyer (Registration Required)
Panel heralds new ‘Ms. J.D.’ Web log, Yale Daily News