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Support Black Owned Small Businesses: My Favorite Stores
By Diana LaMorie • June 04, 2020 •Issues, Other Issues
Dear readers, I am finally emerging from a long writing break. We’ve been working hard behind-the-scenes on Ms. JD’s Board of Directors to help keep our organization running during this defining moment. Your membership and support is critical and we are grateful for everyone’s engagement with our unique community. I am newly inspired to share some fresh content with you for hopefully a long time to come. Let’s get started! Firstly, if you haven’t checked out Ms. JD’s Covid-19 resource page and Opportunities Board, run don’t walk on over to our site. Hopefully you’ve been taking part in our Virtual…-100x100.jpg)
Practice Pointers – Investing in Your Mental Health
By Natasha Alladina • May 31, 2020 •Writers in Residence, Law School, Other Law School Issues, Issues, Other Issues
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and I couldn’t let these 31 days go by without addressing mental health and the practice of law. So here I am anxiously asking myself what I want to say at 8:41 pm on Sunday, May 31. (Full credit goes to my generalized anxiety disorder for this latest installment of “Natasha psyched herself out and procrastinated yet again even though she knows she shouldn’t.”) It would be the understatement of the year to say that lawyers suffer from a mental health and substance abuse epidemic. ALM’s most recent Mental Health and Substance Abuse Survey…
How Technology Intervention Can Help Address Healthcare Fraud Rise
By Jim Dwyer • May 11, 2020 •Careers, Nonprofits and the Public Interest, Issues, Other Issues
Fraud in all forms and sizes may occur in healthcare, most especially now in the middle of a crisis. Health care fraud schemes are again on the rise. An unscrupulous medical doctor could, for example, use patient information to check for non-rendered services. There is also something called the unbundling of the medical code, whereby a patient is charged for every individual step of the procedure. Enhance Biometrics Security One way to combat medicare fraud and abuse is by applying biometric safety measures in hospitals. When a patient reaches a verification stage, the process is strengthened by biometrics — such as…
On Lockdown? Here’s How To Post Your Bail Online
By Anonymous • April 26, 2020 •Issues, Mentoring and Networking, Women and Law in the Media, Other Issues
Health authorities recommend social distancing, isolation, or screening to prevent the spread of the disease from people who are or are exposed to the new coronavirus. The distance from the others (approximately 6 meters) ensures that areas such as schools, churches, concert halls, and public transport are safe and avoided. Quarantine means preventing contact with others when a human detects a coronavirus. Isolation means separating a person who has entered COVID-19 so that it can not spread it to other individuals. How Bail Normally Works Bail works by releasing an accused of money held by the court until all the…
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
Ms. JD Virtual Toolkit: Financial Management in Times of Uncertainty (4/7)
By Ms. JD Editor • March 31, 2020 •Ms. JD, Issues, Other Issues
Ms. JD Virtual Toolkit Webinar Series "Financial Management in Times of Uncertainty" with Amy Irvine, CFP®, EA, MPAS®, CCFC Register today at https://bit.ly/msjdvirtualtoolkit2
Everything Nobody Ever Told Me: How To Deal with a Perfectionist
By Paula M Jones • March 26, 2020 •Ms. JD, Writers in Residence, Careers, Other Career Issues, Law School, Other Law School Issues, Issues, Mentoring and Networking, •Other Issues
“Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor.” – Anne Lamott Have you ever encountered the kind of people who expect the impossible from others? They view anything less than perfection as a failure. They hyper-focus on your mistakes and they never seem to notice all the things that you do right. You, my friend, have encountered a perfectionist. While at first blush this term may seem like a compliment, the reality is that it is not. Perfectionists should really be called “imperfectionists” because they don’t look for the perfection in others - they look for their imperfections. There is a…
Combating Anxiety and Depression During COVID-19
By Brandy Simpson • March 24, 2020 •Issues, Other Issues
Social distancing is in full effect, numerous counties and states have implemented stay home orders, schools and daycares across the U.S. have been closed, and you’re still trying to work and maybe even homeschool your children at the same time. Sound familiar? The struggle is real folks. Admittedly, I’m generally a realist rather than an optimist. However, I must be intentional during this time with my work schedule, socialization and mindset, or I’ll inevitably become anxious about the hundreds of things I can’t control during this global pandemic. Like many of you, as a litigation attorney, I spend much of…
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…