RCWBA 15th Annual Judicial Reception
2023-01-12 17:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York)
The Rockland County Women’s Bar Association invites you to an evening of relaxed, “off the bench” conversations with our distinguished Judges from the Appellate Division, Supreme
Court, County Court, Family Court, Surrogate’s Court and Justice Courts

Date: January 12, 2023
Time: 5:30 to 8:30 pm
Location: Norcina
186 N. Main Street
New City, New York 10956
Appetizers, Pizza, Pasta, Wine, Beer and Desserts!
Cost: $100.00 per person
Sponsor a Judge for $100!

RSVP by January 3, 2023 to: Julie Curley at treasurer@rcwba.org. Payments can be made by check or credit card by clicking HERE.

"Off the Bench"
2023-01-12 17:30 - 20:30
As we head towards 2023, the Rockland County Women’s Bar Association invites you to an evening of relaxed, “off the bench” conversations with our distinguished Judges from the Appellate Division, Supreme
Court, County Court, Family Court, Surrogate’s Court and Justice Courts

Date: January 12, 2023
Time: 5:30 to 8:30 pm
Location: Norcina
186 N. Main Street
New City, New York 10956
Appetizers, Pizza, Pasta, Wine, Beer and Desserts!
Cost: $100.00 per person
Sponsor a Judge for $100!

RSVP by January 3, 2023 to: Julie Curley at treasurer@rcwba.org. Payments can be made by check or credit card by clicking HERE.

JAG Corp's CLE
2023-01-12 18:30 - 20:00

Sip & Spin
2023-01-12 18:30 - 20:30
Thursday, January 12

6:30 – 8:30 pm

Rise Fitness, 97 Main St, Hamburg

Register

CLE-Human Trafficking 101: What You Need to Know from Those Who Know Firsthand
2023-01-17 18:00 - 19:30
Sex Trafficking Committee presents

Human Trafficking 101: What You Need to Know from Those Who Know Firsthand

Sponsored by

January 17, 2023

6:00 – 7:30 pm

Human trafficking in all its manifestations devastates the lives of individuals and destroys families and communities. Although no State can offer a specific count of the victims of human trafficking, due in part to its clandestine nature, the magnitude of this crime is clear. What is most important for us to understand about this deadly phenomenon is that there is a vibrant market ready to exploit and profit from these human beings.

In this one and a half hour CLE, you will learn legal definitions of human trafficking, both state and federal, and what it looks like in real life. Panelists will debunk common myths about the realities of trafficking and discuss how trafficking laws in NYS have evolved since 2007. Finally panelists will discuss the importance of New York adopting the Sex Trade Survivors Justice and Equality Act – The Equality Model in New York State.

Panelists:

Mary Armistead, Esq., Staff Attorney
The Legal Project
Dorchen Leidholdt, Director
Center for Battered Women’s Legal Services,
Sanctuary for Families
Taina Bien-Aimé, Executive Director
Coalition Against Trafficking in Women
Melanie Thompson, Youth Outreach Coordinator
Coalition Against Trafficking in Women
Moderated by:
William Silverman, Partner, Proskauer Rose

1.0 CLE Credits
(Ethics/Professionalism)
(Transitional / Non-Transitional)

Cost:
Free to Members

To register for this virtual event, please email RCastela@proskauer.com

CLE credits will be provided by Proskauer Rose

Lunch with Hon. Oliver N. Blaise
2023-01-18 12:00 - 13:00
Del-Chen-O “Lunch with a Judge” Series

12:00 noon, Wednesday, January 18, 2023
The next session will feature Supreme Court Judge Oliver N. Blaise

Time is Money: The Benefits of Using A Practice Management System
2023-01-19 09:00 - 10:00
The Solo & Small Practice Committee presents

Time is Money: The Benefits of Using A Practice Management System

The focus of our next meeting will be how selecting the right practice management system can streamline the processes with which we run our firms. Our speaker will be Jeff Levine, the founder of The Systems Shop, Inc., a boutique IT consulting firm that has specialized in the needs of small and medium‑sized law firms for more than 30 years. Jeff will show us how the right software can make staff more efficient, lawyers more productive and firms more profitable. We will learn about the different systems which are available, and why one may be a better choice than another based upon the size of the firm, the practice area, and the desired level of integration with other software. Jeff is certified in Timeslips, Time Matters, Billing Matters, Tabs, Practice Master, AbacusLaw, Clio, Cosmolex, LawRuler, MyCase, NetDocuments, Rocket Matter, SolunoLegal, TimeSolv and ZolaSuite.

January 19, 2023, 9:00 a.m., by Zoom
RSVP ssfchairs@nywba.org

CLE-Pro Bono Immigration Legal Services Project Launch
2023-01-19 12:00 - 13:00
Register @ http://bit.ly/3jelCuV

CLE-Activist Defense: What Happens When Doing the Right Thing Can Land You in Jail?
2023-01-19 18:00 - 19:00
NYWBA’s Animal Law Committee
presents a CLE Program:

Activist Defense:
What Happens When Doing
the Right Thing Can Land You in Jail?

This panel will focus on strategies for defending activists. It will discuss recent cases involving environmental activists in upstate New York and the “Smithfield Trial” in which two animal activists were acquitted of rescuing sick piglets from a factory farm in Utah.

Speakers: Chris Carraway, Director of the Animal Activist Legal Defense Project at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law; Wayne Hsiung, attorney and activist who successfully defended himself in State of Utah v. Hsiung; and Sujata Sidhu Gibson, Attorney for We Are Seneca Lake and Professor of Law at Cornell Law School

Moderator: Michael Dorf, Professor of Law at Cornell Law School

January 19, 2023, 6:00 p.m., by Zoom
Click here for more info and to RSVP.

Retirement Party for Hon. Robert A. Onofry
2023-01-19 18:00 - 22:00
*an additional payment of $5.00 is optional for a gift.

Board of Directors Meeting
2023-01-21 10:00 - 15:00

Health and Reproductive Rights Committee
2023-01-23 12:00 - 13:00
Kindly RSVP to Healthreprorightswbasny@gmail.com

NYWBA ADR Committee Meeting
2023-01-23 18:00 - 19:00
NYWBA ADR Committee Meeting
Agenda Items:

Planning a CLE on new statewide ADR Rules
Creating a NYWBA Mediator Roster
Diversity & Inclusion in the Mediation Community

ADR Co-Chairs:
Marcy Einhorn, Carol Swidler & Susan Salazar
January 23, 2023, 6:00 p.m., by Zoom
RSVP adr@nywba.org

New Year Headshot Membership Mixer
2023-01-24 18:00 - 19:00
Join Us for our
New Year Headshot
Membership Mixer!

The SIWBA is happy to provide our membership with free professional headshots!

January 24, 2023
6PM
at
Osteria Santina

**FREE TO ALL MEMBERS**

Food and Drinks will be provided.

**Entry and headshots are free for all members. Attendees are can join or renew their membership online HERE or at the door.

RSVP HERE

Child Custody Case Review Update 2020-2022
2023-01-24 18:00 - 19:00
NYWBA’s Matrimonial and Family Law Committee presents:

Child Custody Case Review
Update: 2020 – 2022
We invite you to join us for a case review update of interesting and notable child custody cases spanning from 2020 to 2022. Discussion to follow the presentation.
Presenters: Olivia Lee, Esq. and Nicole Riordan, Esq.

January 25 2023, 6:00 p.m., by Zoom
RSVP: By January 24, 2023 to MFchairs@nywba.org

Lunch with Hon. Hector D. LaSalle
2023-01-25 13:00 - 14:00
Brooklyn Chapter

RSVP HERE

The Power of Remembrance: Reflections of a a Descendant of Genocide
2023-01-25 18:00 - 19:00

Attorney Careers in the Courts
2023-01-26 12:30 - 14:00
The Franklin H. Williams Judicial Commission
presents:
Attorney Careers in the Courts
Thursday, January 26, 2023, from 12:30PM-2:00PM
Virtual via Microsoft Teams
Do you want to be a Court Attorney, Support Magistrate, Special Referee or explore other available attorney positions in the New York State Courts?
Join us for a discussion of opportunities for attorneys in the New York Courts.
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR THE EVENT
Co-Sponsored by the Association of Law Secretaries to Justices of Supreme and
Surrogates Court in the City of New York and the Court Attorneys Association of the City of New York
For questions about the event, please contact the Williams Commission at FHWilliams@nycourts.gov.

CLE- The Danger Assessment Tool: How to Accurately Assess Lethality Risk for Clients Experiencing Domestic Violence
2023-01-26 17:30 - 18:30
The Domestic Violence Committee
presents a Program:

The Danger Assessment Tool: How to Accurately Assess Lethality Risk for Clients Experiencing Domestic Violence

Speaker: Dr. Jacquelyn Campbell, Ph.D, MSN, RN,
Professor at John Hopkins Nursing School

Dr. Campbell is a nationally renowned scholar and expert on violence against women. In 1985, Dr. Campbell developed the “Danger Assessment,” a graded questionnaire that is among the first tools created to assess a woman’s risk of being killed by an abusive partner. The Assessment also gives the victim/survivor a greater awareness of their situation, a tool to plan their own safety, and a way for providers to give them more personalized help. The tool is now used widely by attorneys, service providers, law enforcement, and others. Attendees can become certified in this method at the end of the training.

January 26, 2023, 5:30 p.m., by Zoom
Click here for more info and to RSVP.

Beat the Blues Spa Day and Brunch!
2023-01-28 11:00 - 12:00
Beat the Blues Spa Day and Brunch!
Featuring brunch, yoga, and mini spa treatments
including manicures, mini-facials, and massages

Saturday, January 28, 2023
10:30am to 1:00pm
Stations open at 11:00am

New Windsor Community Center
Town Hall Complex
555 Union Avenue, New Windsor, NY

$40 for members, $50 for nonmembers
$20 for children 12 & under
Gratuity not included

Please RSVP to rsvp@wbaosc.org

Judiciary Night
2023-01-31 17:30 - 19:30
Judiciary Night

Celebrating the newly elected, newly appointed, re-elected and re-appointed Judges and Justices in Brooklyn

https://bwba.formstack.com/forms/bwba_annual_judiciary_night

GRAWA's Annual Wear Red for Go Red Event
2023-02-03 17:30 - 18:30
Join us for our annual Go Red event at Red, White and Brew of Rochester. It will be a wine and chocolate social.
Wear Red for Go Red event. Annual fundraiser to benefit the American Heart Association!
Megan Vargulick and Kate Eldredge from the Rochester America Heart Association (AHA) will be available with information on heart disease.
Guests & Non GRAWA Members are welcome!
Cost: $35.00 (includes a $10 donation to AHA)
RSVP by February 1
REGISTRATION:
https://checkout.square.site/buy/CBCCMOVKA6GO6VYXPXBFH5RM

Red, White & Brew of Rochester – 147 State Street, Rochester, NY 14614

$35 (including a $10 donation to AHA)

Officers Zoom Meeting
2023-02-06 18:00 - 21:00

GRAWA Diversity Committee Meeting
2023-02-07 12:00 - 13:00
GRAWA Diversity Committee Meeting

GRAWA Diversity Committee Meeting on Zoom.
Virtual

E-mail Erin at eelmouji@woodsoviatt.com to RSVP

Torts Committee
2023-02-07 17:30 - 18:30
Torts committee will be having a zoom meeting on Feb 7 at 5:30pm.

Student Loans: What Lawyers Need to Know
2023-02-07 18:00 - 20:00
CLICK HERE TO RSVP

Del-Chen-O Lunch with a Judge Series
2023-02-08 12:00 - 13:00
The next session will feature Justice of the Supreme Court, Appellate Division- Third Department Molly R. Fitzgerald.

Please save the time and date on your calendar:

12:00 noon, Wednesday, February 8, 2023

Nutrition 101 and Benefits of High Intensity Interval Training
2023-02-08 18:00 - 19:00
WBASNY Wellness Committee
Nutrition 101 and Benefits of High Intensity Interval Training
February 8, 2023
6:00 – 7:00 pm
Theresa DeLorenzo, R.D., will offer Nutrition Tidbits: mindful eating, disease prevention, food fad pitfalls, nutrients of concern, and nutrient timing with work outs. WBASNY’s own Erin R. Lynch will give an overview of High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT), and its health benefits.
This is a free, virtual program.

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTORS

Theresa DeLorenzo is a Registered Dietician who is also a 200-hour trained yoga teacher with a certificate in yoga therapy providing emphasis on improving body image. She is also the owner and founder of Nutrition for Optimal Performance, working with athletes to make sure they are eating the correct proportion of macro and micro nutrients to perform at their best.

Erin R. Lynch is an attorney, mom, and fitness instructor. Her path to fitness began when her father brought her to the school track to run laps as a little girl. She dedicated years to running and eventually found greater health benefits from incorporating strength training and yoga into her life. Erin is a certified yoga teacher (200 YTT), kids yoga instructor, and Hot HIIT instructor. She teaches at a hot yoga studio in the Capital Region.
REGISTER HERE

Judge's Choice Dinner with Hon. Brenda Freedman
2023-02-09 08:00 - 17:00
Judge’s Choice Dinner with Hon. Brenda Freedman
Thursday, February 9
Save the Date – details and information will follow soon!

Lunch with Hon. Celeste Bailey
2023-02-09 12:30 - 13:30
Women’s Bar Association of Orange and Sullivan Counties

Please join us as our Lunch with a Judge series continues!

Orange County Support Magistrate
Honorable Celeste Bailey

February 9, 2023 at 12:30pm

Delancey’s
40 Park Place
Goshen, New York

$20 members/$25 non-members
Please RSVP to rsvp@wbaosc.org
