© 2008 New York Women's Bar Association. All Rights Reserved. Magistrate position open in EDNY. For more information click here. Applicants sought for the Criminal Justice Act Panel of the United States District Court for the Southern District. For an application please click here, all applications are due by June 30, 2008. Completed applications should be sent to Leonard F. Joy, Esq., 52 Duane Street, 10th Floor, NY, NY 10007, and more information can be found at www.nysd.uscourts.gov. New York State Unified Court System seeks Legal Fellows for Fall 2009, applications due by November 2, 2008. Click here for more details. For a listing of Court Facilities outside of the City of New York, click here. Questions can be addressed to Alice M. Chapman-Minutello at achapman@courts.state.ny.us. The Federal Court for the Eastern District of New York is looking for qualified mediators and arbitrators ! All EDNY panelists should be members of a state bar for five years or more, trained in mediation or arbitration, and interviewed and screened by the court. EDNY mediators serve pro bono, and will therefore not receive any compensation. EDNY arbitrators are compensated accordingly, dependant on whether they serve alone or jointly. A pre-requisite for certification to the mediation panel is the successful completion of at least two days of mediation training from a recognized ADR organization, University, or court. A pre-requisite for certification to the arbitration panel is the successful completion of at least half a day of arbitration training from a recognized ADR organization, University, or court. For more information, email gerald_p_lepp@nyed.uscourts.gov. The National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) helps people who need a life-saving marrow or blood cell transplant. They connect patients, doctors, donors and researchers to resources they need to help more people live longer, healthier lives. The NMDP is the hub of a worldwide Network of more than 500 leading medical facilities in marrow and blood cell transplantation. More than 260 patients receive marrow or blood cell transplants through this Network each month. Since it began operations in 1987, the NMDP has helped give more than 25,000 patients a second chance at life. Please note: a person's race or ethnicity affects matching Because tissue type is inherited, patients are most likely to match someone of their same race and ethnicity. There is a special need to recruit more donors who identify themselves as: Black or African American, American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, Hispanic or Latino. For more information please go to www.marrow.org. The Lawyer Assistance Program (LAP) of the New York State Bar Association was established in 1990 to assist attorneys, judges, and law school students who are affected by alcoholism, drug abuse, debilitating stress, depression, and also provides supportive services to law firms, other legal entities, and families regarding mental health issues in the legal profession. The goal is to prevent health, family and work-related problems that can occur as a result of a mental health issue. For further information, please click here to download our brochure. Or you may contact our NYWBA liaison to the LAP, Christina Kallas, at 212-569-5779. All calls are STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL.