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Ms. JD Weekly Roundup: Week Ending April 23, 2010

Posted on April 23, 2010
Image:  ms_jd_weekly_round-up.jpg Remembering Dorothy Height, Civil Rights Trailblazer When is an Equity Partner NOT an Equity Partner? An All Women Supreme Court?  Once Upon a Time in Texas ...

Swimming in Small Ponds: The Peculiarities of Etymology and an Overview of the Elements of Culture

Posted on April 21, 2010
Image:  swan.jpg My upstairs neighbor and I share a similar story: we?re both from small towns, went to school in larger cities, and last year, rented a flat in the same duplex when we started our careers...

Esquisite Paths: Rhonda Joy McLean

Posted on April 21, 2010
Image:  PaulaEdgarprofpic.jpg Rhonda Joy McLean is an inspiration.  I first met Rhonda briefly when she was honored at the Association of Black Women Attorneys (ABWA)?s 30th Anniversary gala...

Equaly Pay Day 2010

Posted on April 20, 2010
Image:  fairpay.jpg Today is Equaly Pay Day. It marks the point in 2010 when women and minorities have finally caught up to the 2009 salaries of majority men.  For those of you who are reading this and thinking this doesn't apply to you, keep reading...

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Breaking Chains to Build New Links: Social Media on the Internet

Posted on April 19, 2010
Image:  khayes.jpg If you are anything like me, you have never approached networking or self promotion in a systematic way.  In fact, you may be terrified of it.  Yet, our ability to network and self promote is essential for building a client base, building our own name, and building our careers...

Ms. Prof: Socratic? So Ineffective!

Posted on April 19, 2010
Image:  ufuriperry.jpg Admittedly, I have some beef with the Socratic method.  For starters, ?Researchers?cite the use of the Socratic method in the classroom and the faculty's emphasis on linear thinking at the expense of student creativity and personal values,? write Todd David Peterson and Elizabeth Waters Peterson in their article, Stemming the Tide of Law Student Depression: What Law Schools Need to Learn from the Science of Positive Psychology...

Lawyering and Living for Less: Start a Firm Without Spending a Fortune

Posted on April 16, 2010
Image:  esoldner_0.jpg It's no secret that the legal job market is in depressingly terrible shape.  Ask any recent or prospective law school graduate about their career plans (if you dare) and you'll hear stories of grads fighting tooth and nail for legal assistant and paralegal positions, planning their return to pre-law jobs, or perfecting their latte-making skills...

Running from the Law: Finish Strong

Posted on April 16, 2010
Image:  running2.jpg  In less than a month, I will be able to follow my name with the letters "J.D."  This three year, six semester, incredibly challenging journey will be over, and I will stand at the beginning of the rest of my life...

Ms. JD Weekly Roundup: Week Ending April 16, 2010

Posted on April 16, 2010
Image:  ms_jd_weekly_round-up.jpg April 20th is Equal Pay Day! It symbolizes how far into 2010 women must work to earn what men earned in 2009.  There are plenty of ways to take action: You can join the fight to pass the Pay Check Fairness Act You can Blog for Fair Pay You can wear red, because women and minorities are "in the red" Law Students for Reproductive Justice have created an amazing Fellowship Opportunity Massachusetts Women's Bar Association Extends Voting Rights to Student Members - Congrats to the Students Who Campaigned for this! Anna Burger to Lead Nation's Largest Labor Union Anapata launches online mentoring and begins accepting applications for 2010 Student Fellow Avenues to Advancement Panelist and Longtime Ms...

An Invitation from 85 Broads

Posted on April 15, 2010
Image:  Screen_shot_2010-04-15_at_2.44.31_PM.png Last week 85 Broads extended its membership rate for Vision 20/20 to Ms. JD's readers. (See below). Now comes another great opportunity...

Forget the Linen Closet: The Perpetually Pregnant Law Student

Posted on April 15, 2010
Image:  krichards.jpg I was eight and a half months pregnant with our second child when I started law school.  And I was terrified.  Add that to the fact that I was wait-listed and only allowed into the school three weeks before classes started, I did not feel like I belonged there...

Ask Miranda Pennoyer: of ABBA & Electioneering

Posted on April 15, 2010
Image:  sgreen.jpg It?s time once again for ?Ask Miranda Pennoyer,? the column that answers your questions about life, liberty, and the pursuit of billable hours.  This columnist is one the few to be recognized by members of the ABBA as both a Super Trouper and a Dancing Queen...

Does Law School Kill Your Entrepreneurial Spirit?

Posted on April 13, 2010
Image:  superwomen.jpg I am absolutely struck by this NPR piece interviewing founder of LawScope and one of my favorite interviewees, Elena Kaspi. The piece is about the recession's impact on lawyers, and it has come at a perfect time in my career...

2010 Ms. JD Fellowship Finalists

Posted on April 13, 2010
Image:  Logo_2.jpg We received over 300 nominations and applications for our inaguaral Fellowship. The 2010 Ms. JD Fellowship pairs rising third year law students with mentors chosen from among the ABA's Margaret Brent Award Winners and the Commissioners on Women in the Profession...

1,000 Posts!!

Posted on April 12, 2010
Image:  logo_short.jpg This is Ms. JD's 1,000th Blog Post! In a little over three years we've generated a unique collection of stories, personalities, experts, and advice.  Many thanks are owed to our many guest bloggers and to our sponsors, who make this all possible...

All the Single Ladies: A Chance to Share Your Experiences and Get Published by the ABA!

Posted on March 08, 2010
The ABA Commission on Women in the Profession is developing a new book entitled, "The Road to Independence: A Woman's Guide to Forming Her Own Law Firm." This volume will be a collection of letters (maximum 4 pages double-spaced) focusing on the experiences, challenges, and opportunities of women-owned law firms...

Announcing the National Law Review Writing Contest

Posted on March 08, 2010
The National Law Review (NLR) is accepting submissions for the NLR 2010 Law Student Writing Competition. This competition offers law students the opportunity to submit articles for publication consideration on the NLR Web site. Winning articles will initially be published online in April, May, and June 2010...

Ms. JD Weekly Roundup: Week Ending March 5, 2010

Posted on March 05, 2010
March is Women's History Month. How Are You Celebrating the 30th Anniversary? Congratulations to Lynn Malerba, the New Chief of the Mohegan Tribe of Indians, and the First Woman to be Elected to the Post in over 300 Years! DuPont, Prudential, Microsoft and Others Pledge $30 Million to Minority and Women-Owned Firms Judge Tacha: Making Herstory AmLaw Diversity Scorecard 2010: One Step Back & Additional Analysis Pat Gillette of Orrick, Opt-In, and Avenues to Advancement on Why BigLaw Retention Policies are like Drowning on the Titanic Avenues to Advancement Co-Chair Simone Colgan Dunlap Reflects on her BigLaw firm's Support for Ms...

Leadership, Power, and Politics: How Can You Obtain the Power to Shape Action in Your Organization?

Posted on March 04, 2010
Law firms, governmental agencies, law schools, corporations, not-for-profit agencies, industry groups, and small businesses are organizations. Organizations are systems of government; they are ?intrinsically political,? says Gareth Morgan in his classic book, Images of Organization...

Surveying the Impact of Diversity in Business Development

Posted on March 04, 2010
Harry Keshet, Ph.D  and Angela Meyer, Ph.D. are collecting new research that addresses previously unexplored issues related to business development. They're hoping you'll help them and take this survey How attorneys in different areas of legal specialization successfully generate new business; How law firms help and hinder attorneys' level of business generation; How diversity factors affect business origination (attorneys of different gender, race, ethnicity, sexual preferences); Personal factors that differentiate attorneys who have successful business origination...

Ms. JD Perks: Free Subscription to The Legal Balance!

Posted on March 03, 2010
The Legal Balance is a monthly newsletter dedicated to easing the juggle for female attorneys. Most of the tips and services are focused in the Chicago area, home to founder Erica Zolokar. But there's something in there for everyone and for a limited time Ms...

Superwomen JDs and What You Can Learn From Them: Featuring Tanya Jachimiak of Illinois

Posted on March 01, 2010
Tanya L. Jachimiak received her Juris Doctor in 1998 from DePaul University College of Law.  She practiced employment law, including class action litigation, for over ten years.  Tanya left the private sector for the public, currently holding the position of Associate Director of the Office for Access and Equity, University of Illinois at Chicago...

New Courtroom Capers Contest @ Overheard in Court

Posted on March 01, 2010
The folks at Overheard in Court are offering a $150 prize to posters on their site this month.  The site functions as a lovely tribute to Judge Buchmeyer and his long running, much loved, column in The Texas Bar Journal. February's contest winner Nathalie Pettit submitted this gem: Employer supervisor testifying in gender discrimination claim: Supervisor: "I don't discriminate against them - them women - just because they have them - them things...

Ms. JD Weekly Roundup: Week Ending February 26, 2010

Posted on February 26, 2010
Congratulations to all those who've completed a state bar exam this week! Only 3 Women Among this Year's 30+ Lateral Academic Hires Call for Papers from "New Voices in Gender Studies" Report Finds Gender Bias in Publication Rates of Student-Edited Journals SCOTUSBlog predicts Kagan Will Replace Stevens and Ginsburg Won't Be Going Anywhere AmLaw Dealmaker of the Week: Faiza Saeed More on NALP's Inaccurate Partnership Numbers Gloria Allred's New Feminism Former NY Court of Appeals Judge Judith Kaye Prevails in Judicial Salary Suit Troubling Debate of Female Dean's Performance-Based Salary Bump read more

Mommy Law: Watch Those Corners!

Posted on February 25, 2010
?I arrived exactly on time and went inside.  Within minutes, a nanny came running in as another nanny went running out.  It was probably time for a shift change.  I entered the house and headed to the music room.  Three of the daughters came bounding in to show me their guinea pig, and I could hear the youngest daughter singing upstairs...

You Don't Always Get What You Want

Posted on February 24, 2010
As an older student, people always ask me:  "Why did you decide to go to law school?" I explain how my skills and abilities match those required by lawyers; and the profession will allow me to help others and make a difference.  That response is not untrue; just incomplete...

Ms. JD & CWIL Re-Launch the Library!

Posted on February 24, 2010
Ms. JD and the Center for Women in Law at the University of Texas School of Law are thrilled to announced the update of Ms. JD's Library. The Library includes more than 500 abstracts for books, articles, reports, and best practice recommendations on topics ranging from work/life balance and retention issues to stereotyping and gender bias in evaluation and compensation systems...

Ms. JD Weekly Roundup: Week Ending February 5, 2010

Posted on February 05, 2010
Today is National Girls and Women in Sports Day! One week from the Winter Olympics we're getting excited to see Lindsay Vonn Recapping Nina Totenberg's Interview with Jusrice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Is Workplace Advancement Gender Neutral? Men and Women Disagree ABA President Carolyn Lamm on Diversity in the Profession Always Too Feminine or Not Feminine Enough, Never Just Right Working Women Have Happier Marriages and Families After the jump, women in the boardroom, the judiciary, and behind the camera ...

Ms. JD Welcomes the 2010 Writers in Residence

Posted on February 05, 2010
Ms. JD is thrilled to announce the 2010 Writers in Residence! This accomplished group of men and women will tackle a variety of issues in thought-provoking monthly columns. From finding balance to the finding the perfect interview suit, from advice for making partner to advice for working in a small legal community, from perspectives from law school to perspectives from a CEO's office, we believe you will enjoy the many viewpoints that this diverse group of writers plan to share in the coming year...

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Posted on February 04, 2010

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