NYWBA Bereavement Group Meeting
2022-12-15 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York)
NYWBA Bereavement Group Meeting

The holiday season can be fraught with mixed emotions, especially for those who have suffered the loss of a spouse, partner or other family member. Please join our group as we band together to face the holidays. Coping and survival mechanisms as well as ways to find new comfort and peace will be discussed as well as any other topics anyone cares to discuss. RSVP bereavement@nywba.org.

December 15, 2022, 6:00 p.m., by Zoom

Lunch with Hon. Gary Rosa
2022-12-16 12:00 - 13:00
The monthly meetings with Judge members of our chapter will allow you to get to know each judge and perhaps learn a few tricks for success as well as pet peeves to avoid. It is a wonderful opportunity to have a casual meeting and be able to chat about any topic.

The next session will feature Family Court Judge Gary Rosa

Please save the time and date on your calendar:

12:00 noon, Wednesday, December 16, 2022

If you do not have Teams on your computer, download it now so you are ready to go.

We will circulate the Team link on when we get closer to the event so it stays on top of your e-mail and is easy to find.

Christmas Civics
2022-12-17 12:00 - 14:00

Queens Family Court Access to Justice Workgroup: LGBTQ 101 and Second Parent Adoption
2022-12-19 13:00 - 14:00
Queens Family Court Access to Justice Workgroup: LGBTQ 101 and Second Parent Adoption
December 19, 2022, 1:15pm to 2:15pm
View HERE

Investiture Ceremony for Jacqueline Ricciani
2022-12-29 12:00 - 13:00

GRAWA Diversity Committee Meeting
2023-01-03 12:00 - 13:00
Diversity Committee meeting on Zoom.
Please e-mail Erin at eelmouji@woodsoviatt.com to RSVP.

GRAWA's Membership Committee Meeting
2023-01-06 12:00 - 12:30
1/6/23 from 12-12:30 pm via Zoom
Please RSVP to Jennifer at jjovcevski@nixonpeabody.com to receive the Zoom link.

GRAWA Membership Committee Meeting
2023-01-07 12:00 - 12:30
December 7:
GRAWA Membership Committee Meeting
12:00pm-12:30pm pm via Zoom
Please RSVP to Jennifer at jjovcevski@nixonpeabody.com to receive the Zoom link.

Officers Meeting and Dinner
2023-01-09 17:00 - 20:00

Breakfast at the Bar
2023-01-10 08:00 - 09:30

From Laywer to Author to Netflix: A Conversation with Helen Wan
2023-01-12 08:00 - 17:00
Mark Your Calendars
January 12, 2023

From Lawyer to Author to Netflix:
A Conversation with Helen Wan
NYWBA Foundation Board Member and
Author of the Best-Selling Novel
The Partner Track
Now a Netflix Series!
Event is in person and benefits the NYWBA Foundation, Inc.

RCWBA 15th Annual Judicial Reception
2023-01-12 17:30 - 20:30
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.
