Ms. JD Virtual Toolkit Webinar: Best Practices for Working Remotely (4/2)
By Ms. JD Editor • March 27, 2020 •Ms. JD
Ms. JD Virtual Toolkit Webinar Series "Best Practices for Working Remotely" with Erica Peterson, Founder & CEO of Digital Project Masters Register today at https://bit.ly/msjdvirtualtoolkit1
Ms. JD Virtual Toolkit Webinar Series: Tuesdays & Wednesdays in April from 2 - 3 PM ET
By Ms. JD Editor • March 27, 2020 •Ms. JD
Ms. JD is thrilled to invite our readers and community members to participate in our Ms. JD Virtual Toolkit webinar series over the next few weeks! Each Tuesday and Wednesday in April from 2 -3 PM ET we will explore a cutting edge topic. Planned speakers and topics include: April 2, 2020: Best Practices for Working Remotely, with Erica Peterson (Founder & CEO, Digital Project Masters) April 7, 2020: Financial Management in Times of Uncertainty, with Amy Irvine (CFP®, EA, MPAS®, CCFC) April 9, 2020: Cultivating Relationships from a Distance, with Monica Phillips (President, Spark Plug Labs) April 14, 2020: Bar Exam Preparation During a…-100x100.png)
Congratulate our 2020 Ms. JD Honors Award Recipients!
By Katie Day • February 01, 2020
Join us in congratulating the 2020 Ms. JD Honors Awardees! We are thrilled to be awarding these incredible individuals and organizations for their support of women in the legal profession! The Ms. JD Honors awards will be presented on Thursday March 12, 2020 in Chicago, IL from 5-7pm. Sharing Her Passion Award - To a woman who has practiced for more than ten years who is inspiring younger women lawyers through sponsorship, mentorship, and sharing her passion for the practice. Awardee: Claire Parsons Women's Strength in Numbers Award - To two or more women who have partnered with one another to create a…
Skimming the Surface: National Space Legislation
By Alexandra Dolce • February 26, 2020 •Writers in Residence
Last post was focused on international space law. This post will focus on national space law. National space law can be defined as national legislation governing space related activities.[1] National legislation is relevant vis a vis space law because of the increase of private actors in the exploration and travel to space. It is estimated that private actors will spend close to 1 trillion dollars, this year alone, in conducting space related activities. These private actors need to be regulated. The treaties mentioned in my previous post, cover only state activities in space, not the actions of private parties or…-100x100.jpg)
Practice Pointers - Communicating Your Value
By Natasha Alladina • February 29, 2020 •Writers in Residence, Careers
When I was on dating apps, my profile said I worked at “Yet Another Law Firm.” I thought it was cheeky at the time. But now that I’m a legal recruiter, I’ve realized that what I thought was a funny joke is unfortunately how so many lawyers very seriously brand themselves. How many of you have seen or have a LinkedIn profile that reads something like this? "Associate/Attorney at XYZ [firm/company/agency/nonprofit]." I.e., “yet another lawyer” at “yet another place.” As lawyers, we spend long days and nights advocating for and advising others. We get entrenched in minute details to provide…
Am I wearing too many hats? Learing how to juggle it all: I have to admit—I’m overworked!
By Crystal Elaine Ellison • February 29, 2020 •Writers in Residence
“Ms. Ellison, will you come see me in the jail this week?” “Ms. Ellison, can you file a bond motion for me to be taken off house arrest? It’s affecting my everyday life making it almost impossible for me to care for my family.” “Ms. Ellison, I know I missed court, but can you please get my warrant lifted today?” “Ms. Ellison, this is your client’s girlfriend, I need to talk to you. Please call me as soon as possible!” “Ms. Ellison, I know you got me a signature bond several times now, but can you please get me another…
Why Would You Risk It?
By Susan Smith Blakely • March 19, 2020 •Issues, Other Issues
Today I am frustrated with some of you. Particularly the millennials among you and especially the Gen Z-ers. And this is unusual for me, as you know, because I am generally very supportive of young people. I even wrote a book about millennial lawyers and what you want from employers, supervisors and managers. In other words, I have had your collective back. But, if you are on Bourbon Street celebrating spring break from colleges, universities and law schools and congregating and socializing in close quarters, you are not living up to my expectations. You also are not meeting the expectations…
An Unbought and Unbossed RJ Advocate
By Leigh Bond • February 29, 2020 •Ms. JD, Writers in Residence
On the heels of Black History Month, the beginning of Women’s History Month, and amidst the presidential primaries, a spotlight on Shirley Chisholm seems apropos for an “Everything is Reproductive Justice” blog. “That I am a national figure because I was the first person in 192 years to be at once a congressman, black, and a woman proves...that our society is not yet either just or free.” 16 Black women including retired, Shirley Chisholm got together in the summer of 1989 and signed “We Remember,” a brochure and first-of-its-kind collective statement supporting abortion access. The brochure offered a…
The Influencers: America’s First Woman Lawyer?
By Carron Nicks • February 29, 2020 •Ms. JD, Writers in Residence
Who was the first woman lawyer in America? Was it a woman who bucked tradition in the heavily male-dominated American Colonies? How about a woman who studied law not in the powerhouse commercial centers of the East, but the American Heartland after the Civil War? Or the woman who took the denial of her bar application to the US Supreme Court? History tells us that lawyers have been plying their trade since the days of ancient Rome and Greece. But history also tells us that those were male lawyers. From what we know, there were no female lawyers in America…