Ms. ND: Changing the Face of the Legal Profession
“Concerned by the rates at which women opt out of the legal profession, the lack of representation of women in the highest courts and echelons of the legal community, and the role of gender in the progression of many women’s legal careers, a group of female law students from Boalt Hall (UC Berkeley), Cornell, Georgetown, Harvard, NYU, Stanford, UCLA, UT Austin, the University of Chicago, the University of Michigan, the University of Virginia, and Yale came together and created Ms. JD in March 2006. Serving women in law school and the legal profession, Ms. JD is an online community that provides a forum for dialogue and networking among women lawyers and aspiring lawyers.” Ms. JD launched at a national conference co-hosted by Yale Law School Women on March 31, 2007. The Chairwoman of the Board and President is Elizabeth Pederson, a third-year law student at Stanford Law School.
URL: http://ms-jd.org/
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I think it's important to have those opportunities and spaces for women networking. Many of the existing institutions and structures are de facto opportunities for men to connect with and support each other, especially in a profession like law.
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