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Ms. JD 2020 Public Interest Scholarship Application
By Stephanie Kerr • June 12, 2020 •Ms. JD
Upon beginning my service as a City Year AmeriCorps Member in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, I was shocked by how starkly the community contrasted the images of wealth and glamor typically associated with the city. The rates of poverty, violence, and unemployment were among the highest in the state, and the neighborhood schools further reflected the inequities long faced by the community. Crammed classrooms with limited supplies led by a slew of substitute teachers were a daily occurrence, and declining budgets significantly reduced the number of counselors available to support the thousands of students struggling from the effects…
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Navigating Your Career in Times of Uncertainty
By Erika Stallings • March 30, 2020 •Writers in Residence
Back in December when I was envisioning what this column would look like I had envisioned that the March column would likely focus on how to succeed during a summer internship or an interview with a woman working in entertainment law. But the world has changed a lot since December. Most of the country is under shelter in place orders due to the coronavirus epidemic. Entertainment companies, particularly in the live music or events sector, have been heavily impacted. Firms are reconsidering timing for on campus interviews. Given the uncertainty that we’re all facing, I decided to re-focus this month’s…
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We are the phanthoms . we are not supposed to be here
By ilise feitshans • December 01, 2019 •Ms. JD, Conference, Careers, Legal Academia, Nonprofits and the Public Interest, Politics and Government, Issues, Sexism, Sexual Harassment, and Other Forms of Discrimination, •Features, Superwomen JDs and What You Can Learn From Them
We are the phanthoms.we are not supposed to be here by Dr ilise L Feitshans JD and ScM and DIR In the middle of the spring semester of second year law school when students have often successfully adjusted to the rigors of a difficult almost military austerity and discipline regime one professor chose to rattle the box of security his students had constructed so very carefully I don't know why I am here teaching constitutional law professor Roy Schotland proclaimed in his squeaky unsettling voice. None of you are going to argue before the Supreme Court The year was…
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How Women Lawyers Are Perceived: The Double Bind
By Susan Smith Blakely • October 16, 2019 •Careers, Firms and the Private Sector
Perception can be more important than fact. I learned that when I was Chief of Staff for an elected official. Politics is ripe for misperception, but the applications go far beyond that setting. Women often are the unfortunate recipients of misperceptions. And that is especially true of women lawyers. For example, women lawyers often are judged in a harsher light than their male counterparts when they display assertiveness, self-promotion or anger, according to a survey conducted by the Center for WorkLife Law at UC Hastings College of Law for the ABA Commission on Women in the Profession and the Minority Corporate Counsel…
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Where Are All the (Asian American) Female Lawyers?
By Kim Tran • October 01, 2019
In my ongoing discussion about why women lawyers leave law firms, I want to take a look at why one subset in particular leaves at higher rates than all others: Asian American women. So why are Asian American women leaving law firms? My personal answer: Statistical Probability. Google this question, and you’ll see article after article about Asian Americans and the practice of law. And in my very unscientific survey of these articles I note the following: (1) for the last two decades Asian Americans make up the largest minority group within big law firms; (2) Asian Americans have one…
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Why Can’t Law Firms Retain Their Female and Minority Lawyers? Because Conformity is Exhausting.
By Kim Tran • August 30, 2019 •Writers in Residence
A common topic of conversation among my female professional friends is how much of our work lives are controlled by gender and racial stereotypes. The most common one is being told to smile. I can’t tell you how many times in my working life that a male partner or associate has walked into my office while I was deep in thought working on a brief or an important client memo and looked at me and said, “is there something wrong?” or “are you ok?” When I say that everything is fine, they often say something like, “you’re not smiling, you…
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Using Law to Protect Children from Violence
By ilise feitshans • July 28, 2019 •Issues, Sexism, Sexual Harassment, and Other Forms of Discrimination
TO: Ms. Najat Maalla M’jid of Morocco Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence Against Children United Nations Secretariat New York City USA July 15 2019 STATEMENT OF INTEREST The Work Health and Survival project, founded in 1999 has addressed legislative questions in the USA the United Nations agencies and in several foreign nations at various levels of government. This testimony supports the Zero tolerance for Violence Against Children initiative of the UN SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL in New York City July 15 2019 On September 2015, the new global sustainable development agenda was unanimously adopted by the Member States…
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The Limiting Effect of Biology on a Legal Career
By Kim Tran • July 01, 2019 •Writers in Residence
In private practice a lawyer’s reputation is built on the number of times they have done something: the number of times they have gone to trial, successfully settled a case, argued in a specific court, or argued before a certain judge. Getting as many opportunities as you can early in your career shapes the opportunities and the clients you will have in your later years. But for some female lawyers, this requirement does not coincide well with their own biology – the choice to have children and to prioritize the needs of their family. While this is not true for all,…
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Interview with Jacques Anderson, Counsel at The Players’ Tribune - On the Field: Women in Sports Law
By Tatum Wheeler • December 31, 2018 •Ms. JD, Writers in Residence, Careers, Issues, Sexism, Sexual Harassment, and Other Forms of Discrimination, Women and Law in the Media
I’m excited to introduce Jacques Anderson, Legal Counsel at The Players’ Tribune. A graduate of Harvard Law and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champagne, Jacques Anderson worked as a Mergers and Acquisition Associate at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates prior to joining The Players’ Tribune in 2018. Welcome, Jacques! Thank you so much for taking the time to speak with me today. I was hoping you could share with me your path to The Players’ Tribune. Did you have an interest in sports during your undergraduate and law school education? Jacques: At a high-level, entering the…
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All Legal Jobs Are Not Created Equal
By Dennis Hung • August 01, 2018 •Careers, Firms and the Private Sector, Other Career Issues
Whether you have just passed the bar exam or have been practicing law for years, keep in mind that every legal job has its own unique situation. Not every job will be right for every job seeker, but there are indicators that can guide you in determining which job offer be a good fit for you. The Interview Liz Ryan, an HR expert, gives ten reasons you should run away from a job offer. Asking to read the employee handbook at your interview, prior to receiving a job offer, is her first tip. Reviewing that handbook in order to see how…Connect with us
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