On January 30, 2020, the Supreme Court of Alabama officially adopted a military spouse exception to the reciprocity rule for admission to the Alabama State Bar. Under the rule, military spouses who will be stationed in Alabama for more...
Justice for Military Families: Pro Bono for Military Families by Military Families The Justice for Military Families (JMF) team has been busy in recent weeks. As I finish my tenure as Pro Bono Director and turn over the position...
Up next in our “Get to Know Your Board” series is Dawn Gile, Membership Director.
By Gina Hannah “Blessed are the flexible for they shall never be bent out of shape” is the mantra of MSJDN’s 2018 Making the Right Moves Volunteer Service Awardee, Adrianne Blake. Adrianne is an activist and avid volunteer for...
Up next in our “Get to Know Your MSJDN Board” series is Karen Scanlan, MSJDN President-Elect:
by Jasmine Green McNamara Choosing where to take the bar exam is the easiest part of becoming a lawyer for most law graduates. For military spouse lawyers, it’s one of the most difficult and frequent issues we face in...
by Tamar Yellin I had the privilege of attending the latest AMPLIFY Military Spouse Career Intensive this March in Seattle, along with 2 other MSJDN members. The program was put on by the In Gear Career and Hiring our...
By Johanna Thibault As attorneys, and especially as military spouses, we are particularly prone to creating a life full of “busy-ness”. It seems we are in a perpetual mode of fighting for our career and/or defining our self worth....
by Maria Campbell I had hoped by the time I started writing this post on finding a job, I would have already secured a permanent attorney position—that way I could write this post with more authority. But, as fate...
by Camille Edwards Bennehoff So your spouse just got orders, and you are going to make a permanent change of station (PCS) to a new state or country. How do you find a job? Networking may be your key...