Ms. JD

Ms. JD

Law Practice

San Francisco, CA 7,634 followers

Women of the legal profession standing together, rising together.

About us

Ms. JD is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to the success of women in law school and the legal profession. Ms. JD is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors comprised of law students and recent graduates and an Executive Director. Founded at Stanford Law School in 2006 by 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, Ms. JD is a 501(c)(3) incorporated in California. Serving as a unique nexus between the profession and the pipeline of diverse attorneys, Ms. JD’s online community provides a forum for dialogue and networking among women lawyers and law students. With campus chapters throughout the nation, Ms. JD is also home to the National Women Law Students’ Organization. Ms. JD celebrates women’s achievements, addresses remaining challenges, and facilitates continued progress by bringing legal practitioners and law students together to share in an ongoing conversation about gender issues in law school and the profession.

Industry
Law Practice
Company size
2-10 employees
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA
Type
Nonprofit
Founded
2006
Specialties
prelaw, lawyers, attorneys, legal community, law firm, general counsel, law school, women in law, women lawyers, diversity and inclusion, gender equity, legal profession, and legal education

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