WWBA Holiday Party
2022-12-07 17:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York)
REGISTER HERE

RCWBA Holiday Party
2022-12-08 08:00 - 17:00
Save the date – RCWBA Holiday Party, Thursday, December 8, 2022

We are pleased to announce that Crismelly Morales, formerly of Ellen Holtzman’s office, has graduated and opened her own practice focused on immigration law.

Crismelly Morales, Esq.
3 E. Evergreen Road, Suite #289
New City, NY 10956
Tel. (845) 293-5040
Website: https://cmoraleslaw.com

Suffolk County Holiday Party
2022-12-08 18:00 - 21:00

Annual Holiday Party and Wishing Tree
2022-12-09 18:00 - 20:00
Western New York Chapter

WBAOSC's Holiday Wrapping Party
2022-12-12 17:30 - 18:30
Join us for WBAOSC’s
Holiday Wrapping Party!

Monday, December 12
Jacobowitz & Gubits
158 Orange Avenue, Walden
5:30 pm

This year we will be celebrating the holidays by wrapping presents together for the local families adopted by WBAOSC. We have adopted four local families this year and are providing clothing, toys, household goods, and food.

Join us for refreshments, snacks, holiday cheer,
and some light, festive manual labor!

Please RSVP to rsvp@wbaosc.org by December 8
Feel free to bring donations of wrapping supplies,
including wrapping paper, tape, gift labels, bows, etc.

Happy Holidays!

Breakfast at the Bar
2022-12-13 08:00 - 09:30, 2023-01-10 08:00 - 09:30

Brooklyn Holiday Party
2022-12-13 17:30 - 20:00
HOLIDAY CELEBRATION RSVP HERE

CNYWBA Holiday Party
2022-12-14 17:30 - 19:00
Register

GRAWA Holiday Party
2022-12-14 17:30 - 20:30
December 14:
GRAWA Holiday Party:
Save the Date! Wednesday, December 14: 5:30pm-8:30pm. More details to come soon.

QCWBA Holiday Party
2022-12-15 17:30 - 21:30
December 15: Holiday Party.
Thursday, December 15, 2022
5:30 pm to 9:30 pm
Jericho Terrace
249 Jericho Turnpike
Mineola, NY 11501
$110/Person or Table of 10 for $990
if payment received by Dec. 5th
$135/Person or Table of 10 for $1,215
if payment received Dec. 6th or at the door
Buy Tickets HERE or
Mail checks to:
QCWBA
P.O. Box 585
Borough Hall Station
Kew Gardens, NY 11424

NYWBA Bereavement Group Meeting
2022-12-15 18:00 - 19:00
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

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.
