Today, over five months after President Obama’s June 4, 2013 nomination of Patricia Millett to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, the Senate voted to close debate and proceed with the nomination to the judiciary of this exceptional military...
Summer can be a relatively quiet time for military organizations: spouses deploy and return, families PCS or vacation, and Board Members take a little break. And for legal families it’s a double-whammy as bar exams are administered and firm social...
Last week, Military Spouse JD Network members from across the United States gathered in Washington D.C. for our flagship event, “Making the Right Moves,” organized by MSJDN Board member Stephanie Crosse and held in the historic Army & Navy...
We would like to make an admission against interest: we like pretty things. And though this space is usually reserved for member spotlights and breaking legal news and updates on state rule changes that affect military spouse attorneys, today we’re...
At MSJDN we’re always looking for ways to make law careers more portable for military spouses. Our legislative and governmental affairs teams work hard to work for you on the advocacy side of that coin. But sometimes real-world practical...
MSJDN’s President, Mary Reding Smith, was recently selected to attend Inc. Magazine’s annual entrepreneurial event, GROWCO, as a military family delegate. This gave her the opportunity to meet with a nationally recognized corporate mentor, discuss her business model for corporate success, and...
with additional contribution from Steven G. Fisher The DoD Military Family Readiness Council has been under fire in recent months, and some of the reviews have been downright scathing. With a mandate from Congress to consider the efficacy of military family...
From time to time MSJDN recieves requests for support, and we are pleased to announce our support of a forward-looking candidate for president of the DC Bar. Lorelie S. Masters, a partner at Jenner & Block, served on the ABA Commission...
As a Navy wife, Judy Brown is no stranger to self-sacrifice, family separation, and the flexibility required for constant relocations that are a fixture of military life. Yet having to give up her career as a Dental Assistant ranks...
On President’s Day I had the opportunity to be interviewed on Army Wife Network’s Army Wife Talk Radio about what MSJDN has been doing to help military families. It was amazing to retell the steps since our formation, discuss the common...