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April 2023 symposium participants Victoria Nourse, Irin Carmon, Ria Tabacco Mar ’08, Chisun Lee, Dr. Jamila Perritt, BWLN Executive Director Jennifer Weiss-Wolf, and Jessica Valenti -
April 2023 symposium attendees listen to BWLN Faculty Director Melissa Murray in conversation with Jessica Valenti -
BWLN co-founder Sheila Birnbaum ’65, Faculty Director Melissa Murray, Executive Director Jennifer Weiss-Wolf, and founding supporter Sara Moss ’74 at the BWLN’s April 2023 symposium on Women’s Rights and Backsliding Democracies -
Former Attorney General Eric Holder, BWLN Executive Director Jennifer Weiss-Wolf, Dr. Sharon Malone, and NYU Law Dean Troy McKenzie before Public Justice and Private Harmony in November 2022 -
BWLN Faculty Director Professor Melissa Murray, BWLN Executive Director Jennifer Weiss-Wolf, and MSNBC host Chris Hayes following an NYU Law Forum on The Future of Abortion, Privacy Rights, and Equality in November 2022 -
During a visit to the White House in June 2022, BWLN Faculty Director Melissa Murray, BWLN Executive Director Jennifer Weiss-Wolf, and other scholars met with Vice President Kamala Harris to discuss privacy issues following the Dobbs ruling. -
Michele Bratcher Goodwin, BWLN Faculty Director Melissa Murray, Lourdes Rivera, Monica Simpson, Jennifer Weiss-Wolf, and Kathy Spillar following the Abortion is Essential to Democracy panel in April 2022 -
Moderator Michele Bratcher Goodwin, BWLN Faculty Director Melissa Murray, and Lourdes Rivera during the Abortion is Essential to Democracy panel in April 2022 -
Verbatim Performance Lab cast members during The Kavanaugh Files: Gender, Gesture, and the Making of a Supreme Court Justice in March 2020 -
Panelists Rabia Belt, Elaine Weiss, and Martha Jones during “That Important Trust”: Suffrage & Citizenship 100 Years After the Nineteenth Amendment in February 2020 -
“That Important Trust”: Suffrage & Citizenship 100 Years After the Nineteenth Amendment panelists Julie Suk, Kristen Clarke, and Diana Kasdan '01 -
BWLN Faculty Director Melissa Murray in conversation with Dahlia Lithwick during BWLN's Nineteenth Amendment symposium -
Faculty Director Melissa Murray with panelists Dina Bakst, Alex Baptiste, Gillian Thomas, Congressman Jerry Nadler, and Carmelyn Malalis during Long Overdue: Eradicating Pregnancy Discrimination & Other Barriers to Workplace Equality, in November 2019 -
BWLN Faculty Director Melissa Murray and Professor Kim Taylor-Thompson during From Anita Hill to Christine Blasey Ford: Looking Back and Looking Forward in October 2018 -
Jenny Yang ’96 participates in an alumnae panel moderated by Law Women co-chair Laura Sorice ’19 during Celebrating Over 125 Years of Women at NYU Law, February 2018 -
Birnbaum Women’s Leadership Network founding supporter Sara Moss ’74 with co-founder Sheila Birnbaum ’65 during Celebrating Over 125 Years of Women at NYU Law
The Birnbaum Women’s Leadership Network works to advance women’s-focused leadership and ensure the success of women in public life and the law. We carry out our mission through three core pillars of service: we provide top-notch leadership development opportunities for NYU Law students; we create dynamic public programming and offer a robust line-up of live and virtual events; and we lend our voices and expertise to advocacy and media initiatives that elevate and promote gender equity.
Women’s Leadership Fellows Program
The BWLN offers a unique leadership development opportunity for JD students at NYU Law. The Fellowship program begins in the 1L year with the Sara Moss Women’s Leadership Training Program, a week-long intensive that takes place during the winter break (January 8-13, 2024); sessions include effective communication, grit and resilience, strategic authenticity, and skills for developing internal and external networks. Throughout the 1L, 2L, and 3L years, Fellows receive individual and group executive coaching, opportunities for networking, and an array of social and substantive camaraderie-building activities. The BWLN also provides one-time financial stipends for Fellows. Applications for the 2023-24 academic year will open on September 1. For more information, please view our Inside the Women’s Leadership Fellows Program video.
Event Spotlight
On April 14, the Birnbaum Women’s Leadership Network presented its annual symposium. This year’s event featured leading national and global scholars, advocates, and journalists discussing Women’s Rights and Backsliding Democracies. For symposium videos and related content, visit Ms. Magazine: Women’s Rights and Backsliding Democracies.