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Straight Talk About Parenting in the Time of COVID-19 (5/28 at 12 PM ET & PT)
By Ms. JD Editor • May 27, 2020 •Ms. JD, Issues, Balancing Private and Professional Life
We invite you to join our Virtual Pizza Party on Thursday, May 28 at 12 PM ET and 12 PM PT featuring Liz Polizzi Oertle, CEO and Co-founder of Nanno.com. You bring the pizza, and we'll bring an engaging conversation about parenting as well as an activity page for kids to perform in the meantime. RSVP here: https://lnkd.in/dQvqx2S
The Atomic (Female or male) Law Student
By Anonymous • May 04, 2020 •Law School, Curriculum and Classroom Dynamics, Other Law School Issues, Issues, Balancing Private and Professional Life
As I write this my palms are sweating, as I have never been so bold to put my opinions, let alone my writings in the forefronts. I am writing to discuss what I have penned, the "Atomic Female Law Student." *I realized as I wrote this I do know an Atomic Male who works really hard with his wife to be active in the home and family- so this isn't just for women. Atomic has a few definitions, relavent to this discussion is the one found in Oxford's Dictionary to mean: "of or forming a single irreducible unit or component…
Ms. JD Virtual Toolkit: Self-Care During Self-Quarantine (4/16)
By Ms. JD Editor • April 01, 2020 •Ms. JD, Issues, Balancing Private and Professional Life, Other Issues
Ms. JD Virtual Toolkit Webinar Series "Self-Care During Self-Quarantine" with Jeena Cho, Lawyer, Author & Mindfulness Instructor Register today at https://bit.ly/msjdvirtualtoolkit5
Celebrate International Women’s Day
By Susan Smith Blakely • March 11, 2020 •Issues, Balancing Private and Professional Life
I hope you remembered to celebrate International Women's Day, observed this year on March 8th. The day of observance commemorates the fundamentals of parity for women across the globe. The kind of equality that is like gravity. It cannot be denied. International Women's Day celebrates the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women and is a call to action. Many articles about the achievements of women, the continuing challenges for women, and the need for greater diversity are written each year at this time. As women lawyers, we find ourselves keeping score. The exercise can be both energizing and defeating. …
Love Connection
By Sarah Valdes • March 02, 2020 •Ms. JD, Writers in Residence, Issues, Balancing Private and Professional Life
Everyone else feel like we blinked and suddenly we are in the third month of the year? I’m pretty sure I still haven’t finished writing out all those New Year’s resolutions and that groundhog has the audacity to not see his shadow? Before you move on to planning spring brunches and trying to figure out what parts of our closet spark joy, I invite you to take a moment to reflect on the month of February. For most, that means it’s the month of love. I filled my home with convenience store hearts and baked cookies filled with icing (if…
Women Lawyers Have a Right to Choose Their Paths
By Susan Smith Blakely • January 29, 2020 •Issues, Balancing Private and Professional Life
"Lean in" as a career strategy never has appealed to me. I have been saying that and writing about it for more than a decade. The reason is that many women do not have the resources of a Sheryl Sandberg to "lean in" and go directly to the C-Suite or the corner office. Many women cannot afford the in-home childcare with multiple caregivers and the arsenal of hired help for everything from grocery shopping, to carpool, to pick-up at the dry cleaners, to travel planning for exotic family vacations. Rather than giving many women an edge, "lean in" makes many…
5 Secrets You Didn’t Know About Personal Finance
By Joshua Holt • January 09, 2020 •Careers, Law School, Issues, Balancing Private and Professional Life
If you’re like me, you spent the holidays trying to stay warm, avoiding your phone, and curled up under a blanket watching a few lawyer movies, thankful that you’ve somehow avoided getting staffed on one of those must-close-by-December-31st deals. But now it’s the new year and you’re thinking that you need to “control your money, so it doesn’t control you.” You’ve mastered the basic principles of creating a budget, avoiding credit card debt, and keeping a close eye on your decreasing student loan balance. But what else can you do to master your money and build wealth and security? Here…
My Mom, the Lawyer
By Susan Smith Blakely • January 09, 2020 •Issues, Balancing Private and Professional Life
I just read a book that you all need to know about ---- to read and to recommend to all of the lawyers in your lives. By "all" I mean both the female lawyers and the male lawyers in your orbits. The book, My Mom the Lawyer, by Louisville, KY lawyer/mom Michelle Browning Coughlin, hits all the marks of my own Best Friends at the Bar project for women lawyers. Like me, Michelle and her project, Mothers Esquire, are devoted to increasing retention and promotion rates for women lawyers. And, like me, Ms. Coughlin also extends her project to male lawyers, who are parents and caregivers.…
Multi-Tasking Self-Care and Professional Development: Podcasts
By Jenny Patten • October 31, 2019 •Ms. JD, Writers in Residence, Careers, Other Career Issues, Issues, Balancing Private and Professional Life
Like most working professionals, I spend a significant part of my morning and late afternoon commuting to and from the office. My 30-45 minutes to and from daycare drop-off and the office often are the only time that I have truly to myself, and for a number of years, I’ve spent that time listening to music, participating in work-related conference calls, or using the time to call a friend or family member to catch up. However, as work and family duties and responsibilities have gradually eroded the time I used to spend for myself, I realized that my commute may…