NAFUSA members Barb McQuade (ED Michigan 2010-2017) and Joyce Vance (ND Alabama 2009-2017) have teamed with Boston Global Opinion columnist Kimberly Atkins and Jill Wine-Banks, the only woman on the Watergate prosecution team, to launch the podcast #SistersInLaw.

Produced by  Politicon, the four MSNBC analysts make up the team that hosts a weekly roundtable, breaking down legal, political and cultural issues of the day.

Dubbed the “sisters in law” by MSNBC viewers, the four get together every Friday for a weekly discussion that educates listeners on the legal issues of the week in a fun and accessible manner. The podcast launched at the #1 spot on the politics charts and at #13th overall. With over 1700 five star reviews after the first few episodes, listeners are praising #SistersInLaw as an “insightful and welcoming” “legal podcast dream team.”

 

Over the past four years, the public has gotten to know Barb, Jill, Joyce and Kim from their frequent appearances on MSNBC and their writing. #SistersInLaw, the podcast, is the result of the demand for a more indepth version of the easy to understand civics lessons they became known for during the unprecedented administration of Donald Trump. Together, the four women have been practicing or studying law for over 15 decades, and have broad expertise in some of the most important areas on the legal and political landscape including criminal justice and policing reform, foreign and domestic terrorism, voting rights and election law, health care fraud, international drug and humantrafficking, violent crime and fighting systemic discrimination.

Joyce White Vance: The first woman U.S. Attorney appointed by President Obama, Vance established the first civil-rights unit in a U.S. Attorney’s Office in Alabama and launched a statewide investigation into inhumane conditions in Alabama’s prisons. She is currently a professor at the University of Alabama School of law, as well as a knitter and backyard chicken farmer.

Barb McQuade: Appointed by President Obama as the first female U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, she also served as the Assistant U.S. Attorney in Detroit for 12 years, focusing on national security cases. She is currently a professor at the University of Michigan Law School. Barb is an avid sports fan whose dream job is playing shortstop for the Detroit Tigers.