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"What it's (Really) Like to Practice Law as a Woman" - July 22, 2009.. Are you a summer associate, summer intern, new lawyer or a legal recruiter? Join us at this terrific annual program that features an outstanding panel of women attorneys and provides unique insights on practicing law as a woman. The program is sponsored by the New York Women's Bar Association and the New York City Bar (Committees on Law Student Perspectives, Sex and the Law, and Women in the Profession). It will be held at the City Bar (42 W 44th Street, NYC). Individuals can click here to register online to attend the program. Law firms, corporations, government offices, not-for-profits and other legal employers should send a note to SummerProgram
@nywba.org to arrange for your summer lawyers / law students / new lawyers to attend. Click here for information about our speakers and other details about the program.
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Help fight hunger in New York! Join the NYWBA Food Drive. The Food Bank for New York City helps to provide meals to 300,000 NYC residents every day. Please donate non-perishable food items (canned & boxed goods) to one of our designated collection locations in Manhattan thru June 26th, 2009. Click here for a list of locations (PDF), the types of food you can donate (PDF), and a description of the program (PDF). The NYWBA thanks our partners in the NYS Courts, law firms and institutions that are supporting this important effort.
Online donations - We hope you will also help us meet our goal of $2,500 in financial contributions! It's easy - just click on the NYWBA page on the Food Bank For New York City website.
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NYWBA Kicks Off 75th Anniversary Year at Its Annual Dinner on June 9, 2009. The NYWBA held its Annual Installation and Awards Dinner on June 9, 2009 at Capitale, on the Bowery. The Association presented the President's Special Award to the Hon. Jonathan Lippman, Chief Judge of the State of New York, and the Doris S. Hoffman Service Award to Lisa A. Bauer.
Donna M. Praiss was installed as President for 2009-2010, as were the other officers and directors of the NYWBA and the NYWBA's Directors on the Board of the Women's Bar Association of the State of New York. (Click here for a directory of the incoming and continuing officers and directors.) The silent auction to benefit the Hon. Betty Weinberg Ellerin Fellowship, which is administered by the New York Women's Bar Foundation, a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) charity, was a huge success as well.
Established in 1934 and incorporated in 1935, the NYWBA is proud to begin its 75th anniversary years with this gala dinner and looks forward to a year full of extraordinary programs, events and celebrations. Please plan to join the festivities!
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Caren Aronowitz Unity in Diversity Program
The NYWBA was proud to participate in a celebration of diversity on June 5th! The "Caren Aronowitz Unity in Diversity Program" was held in the Rotunda of the Supreme Court at 60 Centre Street. The Women's Bar's "Family Thais" table featured Thai food and NYWBA fun!
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The NWYBA Foundation has made a grant to support a conference on 'Gender & Justice: An International Inquiry', which will address issues of concern to NYWBA members , on June 14-16, 2009. NYWBA Board member Yacine Barry will attend and report on the conference. To register, or for more information, click here.
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Notice of Annual Meeting and Elections: At its Annual Meeting on April 27, 2009, the NYWBA's membership elected new officers and directors for 2009-2010.
The Annual Meeting was followed by an excellent CLE Program on Appellate Practice featuring distinguished appellate attorney as moderator and four Justices of the Appellate Division, First Department as speakers.
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NYWBA Honors Justice Jacqueline W. Silbermann in a special Women's History Month Tribute, and read the other news and articles. Please click here
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History in the First Department: An All-Woman Bench, Please click here for details.
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Read our latest newsletter, with stories, announcements and recaps of our latest events and upcoming ones, too. Click here.
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Does your practice include Family Law? Or would you like it to? Come join our newly reformatted Family & Matrimonial Law Committee. As part of our focus on Family Court and the compelling needs of children and their parent-litigants there, we have expanded our former committee to include an entire Family Law component. Committee Chair Jennifer Brown is working with two extraordinary co-chairs. Rhoda Clary, a sole practitioner, will be responsible for the Matrimonial side of this growing committee (already our largest), and Joan Tannenbaum, Supervising attorney for ACS in Family Court, NY County, has generously agreed to be our Family Law co-chair. The meetings will include the Matrimonial Court Attorneys, and the Family Court’s Court Attorneys and Referees, and many more. Please stay tuned for notices from Briana Denney, the committee’s Corresponding Secretary, and let us know at info@nywba.org if you want to join. Check the calendar now for committee meeting dates for the year.
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 Welcome to the New York Women's Bar Association! I look forward to serving the NYWBA as president through its 75th year and hope you will join us as we continue to strive to improve the status of women, educate women lawyers and support professional development and advancement.
Membership in the NYWBA provides an opportunity to network with lawyers and judges in New York who are committed to these same goals, participate in a variety of committees, and obtain continuing legal education credits at great value. NYWBA also sponsors numerous special events, including an annual awards dinner, a summer program for law students, an annual membership reception in the fall, and an annual reception for newly elected and newly appointed judges. Our Judiciary Committee actively reviews the qualifications of judicial candidates, and through our affiliation with the Women's Bar Association of the State of New York (WBASNY), NYWBA also comments on proposed legislation and policy at state, federal and international levels.
NYWBA also supports the NYWBA Foundation, a non-profit 501(c)(3) charity whose mission is to eliminate gender bias and other forms of discrimination from the legal system and profession; to promote the social and economic equality, safety, and well-being of women and children; and to address the unmet legal needs of women and children.
Our membership year is June 1st to May 31st. If you are a current member it's time to renew for 2009-2010. If you are not a member, now is the perfect time to join. Click here to join online or download a membership form (PDF).
Time to Renew
Our membership year is June 1st to May 31st. If you are a current member it's time to RENEW. If you are not a member, it's time to JOIN: Click here to download a membership form or here to join online.
Moved? New Email Address or Fax Number? Be Sure to Update Your Listing with NYWBA
Just provide your updated information on your membership form, or send an email to info@nywba.org. If you have any questions or need additional information, send a note to the same email address or call us at 212-490-8202.
Welcome New Members
Click here to view our newest members
Thanks to our Sustaining Members
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