NYWBA | New York Women's Bar Association

NYWBA Annual Luncheon, May 21, 1949

NYWBA 2025 Annual Dinner, June 9, 2025

NYWBA 2025 Annual Dinner, June 9, 2025 with new NYWBA President, Lissett Costa Ferreira

NYWBA 2025 Annual Dinner, June 9, 2025

NYWBA 2025 Annual Dinner President’s Special Award recipient, Safe Horizon

NYWBA 2025 Annual Dinner President’s Special Award recipient, Planned Parenthood

NYWBA 2025 Annual Dinner President’s Special Award recipient, U.S. Representative Carolyn B. Maloney

NYWBA 2025 Annual Dinner, June 9, 2025

NYWBA 2025 Annual Dinner, Past NYWBA Presidents

NYWBA 2025 Annual Dinner, June 9, 2025

I am honored and excited to serve as President of the New York Women's Bar Association for 2025-2026. I know I stand on the shoulders of the strong women who founded and led our organization, shaping it into the formidable force that it is today.

There is much work to be done. I look forward to working with all of you to advance our mission and to stand up for the principles our organization holds dear: the rule of law, equal justice for all, judicial independence, and women's rights--which include reproductive rights. ~ Lissett Costa Ferreira

Click here to read the President's Message from the most recent newsletter.

WBASNY Expresses Dismay at SCOTUS’s Emergency Docket Ruling in National Institutes of Health v. American Public Health Association

New York, NY, Thursday, August 28, 2025 – The Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York (“WBASNY”) expresses dismay at the United States Supreme Court’s emergency “shadow” docket ruling on August 21, 2025, in National Institutes of Health v. American Public Health Association, allowing $783 million in cuts to NIH medical research grants to go forward. This action, related to current Executive Orders removing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion within government, affects medical research benefitting women and children, stifles Covid-19 related research, and has a disproportionate impact on medical issues involving minority and LGBTQIA+ populations. Termination of this funding, even on a temporary basis, can irreparably disrupt the progress of significant medical research affecting public health.

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