I had the pleasure of sitting down with Ms JD last Tuesday to answer their question: how do we network as women in what often feels like the old boys network of law?
Or, as I restated the question:
"How do you network when all of the decision makers are old enough to be your father? And how do you do so successfully without one of three potential scenarios from him: the protective-father...
In June, Ms. JD celebrated the Global Education Fund at
Please join Ms. JD and Sullivan & Cromwell LLP for a reception to celebrate the launch of the Ms. JD Global Education Fund and its inaugural scholars, Ugandan law students Joaninne Nanyange and Monica...
"It's not bragging if you can back it up". - Muhammad Ali
Last week, I participated in the student workshops at Ms JD’s 4th Annual Conference. The workshops (communications, self-promotion and networking) were designed by Linda Chanow and the D.C. Women’s Bar and are now a permanent program at the University of Texas Center for Women in Law. The workshops are challenging -for both the participants and facilitators – and in the...
As an attendee, speaker, attorney, 85 Broads member and friend, I'm delighted to be once again attending Ms JD's annual conference. Ms JD's executive director, Jessie Kornberg (Jessie is also an 85 Broads member) has put together an impressive 3-days of sessions - Informative, timely content as well as skill building workshops.
Stand Up! Stand Out! is a conference for law students and junior attorneys focusing on the skills and knowledge...
For the lawyers & advisors to the legal industry who are members of 85 Broads, a few reasons to jump over to www.ms-jd.org (not the least of which is that Ms JD's executive director, Jessie Kornberg, is an 85 Broads member):
