#MillennialMom: Law Student, Leader, and MOM!
By Katherine Larkin-Wong • February 26, 2018 •Careers, Other Career Issues, Issues, Balancing Private and Professional Life, Features, Guest Bloggers and Profiles of Women in the Law
Shortly after I launched #MillennialMom on Ms. JD last month, I got a DM on Twitter (you can follow me @kmlarkinwong). "Did you know that THREE of the ABA Law Student Division's Leaders are Moms? I think this is column-worthy!" You know what, I agree! So I reached out to the #MillennialMoms who are leading the lawyers of the future and asked them a few questions about being law students, leaders, and Moms. Two of them were able to be interviewed between school and Mom Life! First, a bit of biographical information: Name: Meredith Parnell ("MP") Law school: Harvard Law School…
#MillennialMom: How are Millennial Parents Different ... Or are We?
By Katherine Larkin-Wong • January 08, 2018
Happy New Year Ms. JD! What were your big events in 2017? What are your new year's resolutions? How are you planning to leverage your community (including the Ms. JD Community) to help you stick to your goals? (Tell me in the comments!) I'll tell you my plan! My BIG event for 2017 and one of my new year's resolutions happen to intersect and I'm hoping the Ms. JD Community can help! You see, 2017 brought the birth of my daughter, Kieran (gratuitous family photo taken a few days after Kieran was born included below because ... why not?!?!). (Photography Credit - Angela Lang Photography)…
What #PROPELS Ms. JD’s Immediate Past President: Katie Larkin-Wong
By Katherine Larkin-Wong • January 22, 2017
1. Three things that #PROPEL me are: I can only choose three? :) There are a million things that #PROPEL my life but #1 has always been my family. Pictured below is my husband, Jono, my Mom, Sister, Jono, and I hiking in Montana, and my rescue pup, Wes, with his favorite (no longer squeaky!) toy Alligator. Other things that #PROPEL me include: (2) a deep commitment to justice and empowerment, things that I try to work toward, in some small way, every day and (3) a passion for learning that means that even when I make mistakes (which we…
Millennial Survey Redux: Help Ms. JD and ATL Help YOU!
By Katherine Larkin-Wong • February 23, 2016
Survey says. . . Ms. JD is again partnering with ATL and Grover Cleveland, ATL and Ms. JD columnist and author of Swimming Lessons for Baby Sharks, to gain insights from new lawyers about law firm recruiting and firm practice. (To see the previous survey results click here.) Ms. JD's Immediate Past President, Katie Larkin-Wong will join Grover to share the results at the annual NALP conference in Boston and with the Ms. JD audience. If you are a lawyer in private practice or a law student who has been through law firm recruiting and you were born in 1980 or later, please take our quick (2-3 minute) 20-question survey. Thanks for the…
XOXO To the Best Community in Law - My Last Letter as Ms. JD President
By Katherine Larkin-Wong • January 24, 2016
Dear Ms. JD Supporters: Ten years ago, a small group of law students came together to address a problem: women being treated unequally in their law school classroom. To raise awareness, they formed a blog called Ms. JD. Ten years later, Ms. JD is 10 different programs serving a community of women Determined to Rise. And rising we are. In its short history, Ms. JD has produced incredible women leaders who are holding leadership positions in the ABA, NAWL, and their local bar associations, are executive directors of national non-profits, top producing associates and partners in their law firms, starting their own…
#SuperwomenJDs: Ms. JD Board Member Katie Larkin-Wong
By Katherine Larkin-Wong • December 20, 2015
As we prepare for Ms. JD's Eighth Annual Conference, we are asking each of our board members and volunteers to reflect on their superpowers and superheroines. Please join us by posting your own responses to the questions below. Better yet, join us for an out of this world conference February 19, 2014 in New York, New York! 1. What is your superheroine avatar? 2. What is your superheroine theme song? (Bonus points if you embed the YouTube video.) 3. If you could have any superheroine power what would it be? With everything going on in the world today, I would…
Walk the Walk: Why #StrongerTogether Features LOADS of Women and Minority Owned Businesses
By Katherine Larkin-Wong • February 28, 2015 •Ms. JD, Conference
We are one week out from welcoming the Ms. JD Community to San Francisco for the Stronger Together Conference and we could not be more excited. (Don't have your tickets yet? Well get on it! Click here.) I'm particularly excited to show off the city that I now call home. One thing that was particularly important for me in planning this conference was to give you a taste of our city but not just of San Francisco ... that would never be enough for me ... I wanted to give you a taste of all of the incredible women and…
Ms. JD Announcement: Pat Gillette will Keynote the 2015 Ms. JD Honors.
By Katherine Larkin-Wong • January 14, 2015 •Ms. JD, Conference
Ms. JD is proud to announce that Pat Gillette, Partner at Orrick, will keynote the 2015 Ms. JD Honors which will mark the beginning of Ms. JD's 2015 Stronger Together Conference. During the Ms. JD Honors, Ms. JD will present seven awards to inspiring legal professionals. Ms. JD chose Pat as the 2015 Ms. JD Honors Keynote because her career history demonstrates her commitment to this year's conference theme, Stronger Together. Pat has been a tireless advocate of women in the legal profession. She is the founder of the Opt-In Project and a co-founder of the San Francisco Bar's No…
What Stronger Together Means to Ms. JD President Katie Larkin-Wong
By Katherine Larkin-Wong • November 30, 2014 •Ms. JD, Conference
To me, stronger together means . . . we cannot go through life alone and our professional lives are no different! When we have supportive colleagues, employers, partners (in the office and at home), and friends, we are stronger together. I’m a member of the following professional organizations, which have demonstrated to me that there is strength in numbers . . . The Bar Association of San Francisco - When I moved to SF from Northwestern Law, I had a small group of classmates and friends in the city. BASF has helped me make numerous professional contacts plus I’ve…