“Someday I look forward to seeing some of you arguing in this courtroom” was a phrase I often heard when I competed in high school mock trial on my Baltimore County Public School trial team. The program was after school, ...
Read More »Anniversary speaks to the role of the Women’s Law Center | Generation J.D.
On Aug. 18, 2020, we will celebrate the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage in the United States. This monumental occasion comes in the midst of a global pandemic that has exacerbated challenges and inequities that women in this nation continue to ...
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Read More »A summer youth internship program worth your engagement
With so many challenges facing our community as summer begins, it can seem hard to find ways to continue to engage with one another. With many offices still restricting in-person attendance and our familiar summer outdoor events canceled, it can ...
Read More »Making something out of the ‘new’ normal
While all of us are eager to return to our pre-pandemic lives, there are aspects of this time that provide good lessons for how to engage more people and learn from one another. With everything canceled, it certainly makes it ...
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Read More »Sarah David: Volunteering to help front-line workers
Many professionals are struggling with how to navigate working exclusively from home, how to balance work and childcare, and how to adjust to the many challenges this time presents. Three women have taken this challenge in stride and developed a ...
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Read More »In these challenging times, remember to be kind
This is an incredibly challenging time for our country and the world. As young professionals, we likely find ourselves especially challenged as we try to complete a day of work from home with young children demanding our attention, and as ...
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Read More »PBJ helps close the ‘hunger gap’ for schoolchildren
Sometimes daunting problems require complex and difficult long-term solutions. Sometimes, however, a simple solution can make a big difference even when the problem is big. It doesn’t get simpler than a peanut butter and jelly sandwich — and for the ...
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Read More »For working mothers: Opportunities to give back and meet friends
Finding time and sustaining friendships are some of the most challenging aspects of being a working mother. Though we want to give back to the community and to meet up with friends for a drink or two on a weeknight, ...
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Read More »Speak up! We need to spread the word about the law.
“Does the witness have a subpoena or not?” It might sound like a question from a judge, opposing counsel or court clerk, but this was in fact a question from a ninth-grade student at the recent Civics and Law Academy ...
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Read More »Get inspired: Help a student with high school expenses
Van Brooks in an inspiration who is constantly inspired. Brooks was a three-sport athlete who was paralyzed from the neck down after a football injury in 2004. He graduated from Loyola Blakefield and then from Towson University and uses his ...
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