Birnbaum Women's Leadership Center
The Birnbaum Women’s Leadership Center builds on ÈâÂþÎÝ Law’s rich history at the forefront of advancing women in the legal profession.
The BWLC develops, empowers, and inspires the next generation of leaders in the law. We are a hub for thought leadership — incubating and championing ideas that foster equality in the workplace and society. And we are strategic leaders who work to catalyze meaningful systemic change.
BWLC Fellows Program
The BWLC provides opportunities for ÈâÂþÎÝ Law students to build essential leadership skills not otherwise taught in the classroom. Our signature Fellowship program is open to all JD students, who apply to participate early in their 1L year. The program commences with a week-long January intensive named in recognition of BWLC co-founder Sara Moss ’74.
Event Spotlight
The BWLC proudly hosted the inaugural Sidney Shainwald Public Interest Lecture at ÈâÂþÎÝ Law in September 2024. The Honorable Elena Kagan, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, joined BWLC Faculty Director Melissa Murray to discuss topics such as women on the Supreme Court, the evolution of the shadow docket, judicial ethics, and Justice Kagan’s early experiences clerking for Justice Thurgood Marshall.
The ERA Project Joins the BWLC at ÈâÂþÎÝ Law
We proudly welcome the to the Birnbaum Women’s Leadership Center at ÈâÂþÎÝ Law. Founded in 2021 at Columbia Law School, the ERA Project is widely known as a leader in the movement to develop innovative, transformative legal and policy strategies to advance sex-based equality. We are thrilled to be joined by Ting Ting Cheng, ERA Project Director, and to work together to catalyze the next chapter of influence and impact.
Press Highlights
Equal Rights Amendment Project
Ms. Magazine
Jennifer Weiss-Wolf
Los Angeles Times
Jennifer Weiss-Wolf
Ms. Magazine
2025 Dechert Symposium:
The Collateral Damage of Dobbs on Women’s Health: Beyond Abortion Care
