Taking the Bar Exam… Again
By Thea Pitzen MSJDN members are no strangers to the bar exam. The vast majority of MSJDN members have taken and passed at least one, and over a third have taken multiple bar exams. Some have even taken the...
MSJDN’s Year in Review: 2015
2015 was an incredibly busy and productive year for MSJDN and military spouse attorneys around the globe! January 2015 started with the good news that six military spouse attorneys were nominated for the 2015 Armed Forces Insurance Military Spouse...
MSJDN Welcomes New State Licensing Chair
Military Spouse J.D. Network is pleased to announce that Kari-Lynn Wenciker has accepted the role as State Licensing Chair. MSJDN’s state licensing initiative is run by a committee of state directors working with teams of volunteers to implement strategic state licensing...
New York State of Mind: 11th State Adopts Military Spouse Attorney Licensing Policy
Military spouse attorneys are in a New York state of mind after learning that the New York State Board of Law Examiners (BOLE) has recently published a military spouse attorney licensing policy. The following message appears online: NOTICE TO MILITARY SPOUSES SEEKING...
Massachusetts Becomes Second State to Voluntarily Enact Military Spouse Attorney Licensing Policy
The Massachusetts Board of Bar Examiners has voluntarily enacted a military spouse attorney licensing policy as of March 2014. The following message appears online: “The Massachusetts Board of Bar Examiners welcomes inquiries and applications for Admission on Motion from attorney spouses of...
South Dakota Becomes Sixth State to Adopt a Military Spouse Attorney Rule
Today, the South Dakota Supreme Court issued an order adopting Rule 13-10, a licensing rule for military spouse attorneys. Originally part of a set of bills to provide licensing accommodations to military spouses in other professions, Rule 13-10 was...
Grassroots Push: Urging Senators to Ignore Rhetoric, Hear Reality
This has been a whirlwind of a week for the Military Spouse JD Network, and it’s not over yet! It all started when our ongoing rule change efforts in California were derailed by a piece of legislation, AB 296,...
NORTH CAROLINA GOVERNOR SUPPORTS MILITARY SPOUSE ATTORNEYS
Last week, North Carolina’s Governor Bev Perdue signed a law reducing barriers for military spouses in licensed professions. See http://www.stripes.com/news/army/continuing-us-trend-nc-helps-military-spouses-with-licensing-1.184047 The White House Joining Forces and the Department of Defense campaign to address barriers for military spouses in licensed...