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If your bar association has an upcoming event please e-mail the details to Kathryn Salensky, KSALENSK@courts.state.ny.us.
2008
January
Wednesday, January 16th, 2008 - NETWORK MEETING - New York County Lawyers, 14 Vesey Street, Boardroom 6pm. Topic: "Pakistan's Crackdown on Lawyers and Judges." RSVP: dan@gabormarottalaw.com.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008, 6pm - New York City Bar's Task Force on Women in the Courts Presents RESPECTING OUR ELDERS: 2008 PANEL ON ELDER ABUSE, The New York City Bar, 42 W. 44th Street. Moderated By the Honorable Justice John Stackhouse. Free & Open to the Public, E-Mail: Kathryn Salensky, 718-590-3870 or KSALENSK@courts.state.ny.us.
February
Tuesday, February 12th, 2008 - SMALL CLAIMS COURT ARBITRATORS TRAINING PROGRAM, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM @ Civil Court - New York County, 111 Centre Street - 12 th floor Boardroom, New York, New York 10013
Tuesday, February 21th, 2008 - NETWORK MEETING - RESCHEDULED.
March
Thursday, March 6th, 2008 -The Brehon Law Society's St. Patrick's Day Dinner, 6pm, The Manhattan Club, 800 Seventh Ave @ 52nd Street.
Honoring:
Justice Theodore O'Connor Donlon, Court of Appeals
Deidre O'Connor Donlon, Court Attornry
Michael McAllister, Esq.
Tickets: $125 RSVP Marisa Portello, (646) 278-6302.
Tuesday, March
11th, 2008 - NETWORK MEETING
- New York County Lawyers, 14 Vesey Street, LOUNGE 6pm. Chief Administrative
Judge of the State of New York, Hon. Ann Pfau, will be our special guest
speaker. RSVP:
dan@gabormarottalaw.com. Thursday, March 13th, 2008 Contact: Ameela Mohamed (646) 386-5420
Thursday, March 20th, 2008 - LeGal Annual Dinner -
at Ritz Carlton, Battery Park (212)353-9118.
Civil Court House- 927 Castleton Avenue Staten Island, NY 10310
Featuring: Marshal Ileana Rivera
Contact: Jennifer Gebbia (718) 390-0014
April
Tuesday, April 1, 2008 New York County Lawyers Association, 6p.m.-“The Obama Factor Race Law & Voting Rights."Network has arranged with NYCLA to have all of our members as co-sponsoring bar associations of a 4 part CLE lecture series, to be presented by professor, playwright, author, and president of the Law and Policy Group, Gloria Browne-Marshall.
The special price for all four lectures is $95.00. Other dates include April 11, May 20th, June 10th and July 1st.
Please feel free to call NYCLA’s CLE Director, Bari Chase, at 212-267-6646 Ext. 215, or M. Barry Levy at 212-425-0055 for further information.
Those who attend all four lectures will receive the reduced price as well as 8 CLE credits.
Thursday, April 3, 2008- Jewish Lawyers Guild Annual Dinner, NY
Hilton, 6pm. Tuesday, April 16th, 2008 This is OCA's newest courthouse, which just opened in February 2008 and been hailed by some as an architectural wonder.
Judge Ann Pfau will be our special guest introductory speaker. The panelists are: Justice Phyllis Skoot Bamberger, Chair City Bar Committee on Reform of the Town and Village Justice Courts; and David Fuller, Esq. Past President Of the State Magistrates Association. RSVP: Networkofbarleaders@gmail.com
Our panel will address what reforms are needed in New York State's small town justice courts where over 75% of the Village Justices ARE NOT lawyers. In 2006, the New York Times did a year long investigation of our state's town courts called: BROKEN BENCH. Various bar associations have made numerous recommendations and OCA is beginning to implement an action plan---but how quickly can they fix the broken bench? Directions: Take any subway to the Yankee Stadium and head east on 161st Street. Parking available at the Concourse Plaza on 161st Street. For special accommodations or more detailed instructions call our event chair Kathryn Salensky. ***Location: Bronx Hall of Justice, Part C, Room 300, 3rd Floor***
PLEASE NOTE: THERE IS A YANKEES HOME GAME, MASS TRANSIT IS STRONGLY ENCOURAGED.
Thursday, April 17th, 2008 - Federal Bar Association Event at Federal Hall Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 - NETWORK MEETING -
New York County Lawyers, 14 Vesey Street, LOUNGE 6pm. RSVP:
dan@gabormarottalaw.com. Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 - Queens County Bar Association Small Claims Arbitrator Training - 2 free CLE credits 90-35 148th Street Jamaica, NY 11435 Time:6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Contact: Ameela Mohamed (646)386-5420 Wednesday, May 21st,
2008- NETWORK OF BAR LEADERS ANNUAL DINNER
Join the Network of Barleaders in celebrating the contributions to the Bar of our Honoree,Professor John D. Feerick, former Dean of Fordham Law School and our awardee, Emmanuel Halper, Esq. Justice Judith Kaye will also be on hand to swear in M. Barry Levy as our new president. Our annual dinner will be held at the Manhattan Penthouse, 80 Fifth Avenue, 17th Floor, New York, New York.
For more information, please contact the Dinner Chairperson, Taa Grays, at 212-578-4113 or e-mail networkofbarleaders@gmail.com.
Thursday, May 22th, 2008 -Dominican Bar Association-
5th scholarship dinner dance-Dominicans thriving in Transnatinal Law
Special Honoree-The honorable Rolando Acosta Justice of the Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Also Honoring-Josefa Sicard-Mirabal, Esq- Director for the ICC International Court of Arbitration, North America Time and Location:600 p.m Cocktail-7:00 p.m Dinner,Business Attire -The Manhattan Club(The Broadway Room @ Rosie O’Grady’s)800, 7th Avenue at 52nd Street
For ticket information, contact Jasmine at 347-591-6685
A portion of the proceeds shall be used towards theDominican Bar Association scholarship Fund www.dominicanbarassociation.org
June Thursday, June 5th, 2008 - New York Women's Bar Association Annual Dinner- Cocktails 6:00 pm, Dinner 7:30 pm
Place: Capitale, 130 Bowery (at Grand St) New York, NY Honorable Ann Pfau,Chief Administrative Judge Thursday, June 5th, 2008 -The Puerto Rican Bar Association Annual Gala at the Marriott Marquis. CONFIRMED SPEAKERS: July August September October
Where: New York
Marriott Downtown (85 West Street / New York, NY 10006). Contact: Ameela Mohamed (646) 386-5420 Thursday, October 16, 2008- JLG Membership and Sukkah Party
Thursday,
October 23, 2008 The Health Effects of Hurricane Katrina by Dr. Irwin Redlener, MD, Columbia U School of Public
Health
Where:
Feerick center for Social Justice Fordham University School of Law
33 West 60th Street- 9th Floor November Friday - Sunday, November 14 - 16, 2008
The Bronx Family Court Bar Association
"Annual CLE Weekend in West Atlantic City, New Jersey" "Matrimonial procedures and practical considerations" by Jeffrey "A Discussion of the Indian Child Welfare Act and its applicability to
Family Court cases" by James M. Abramson, Esq. (1 CLE credit) "2008 Update of juvenile delinquency law" by Thomas T. Caruso, Esq. (1
CLE credit) Attendance fee for both days: $35.00 Non-Members
$25.00 Members of the BFCBA Where:
Ramada West Atlantic City
Hotel Accommodations are available for those who attend the CLE for a
special rate of $71.30 per night/per room; continental breakfast is
included. Please provide identification code "Bronx Family Court Bar Association" to
make your reservation by 11/3/08. Limited number of rooms available on For additional information or to RSVP: Richard
Beaman, (beaman111@aol.com),
Janette Cortes-Gomez
(jcortesesq@optonline.net) or
Fiordaliza Rodriguez
(frodriguezesq@aol.com) at 718-410-7775. December Wednesday, December 17, 2008 JLG Annual Chanukah Party January February March April May
For more information, please contact:
May
Jaime Mercado, Esq. -Partner at Simpson & Thacher
Ramona Romero, Esq.-HNBA National President-Elect-Corporate Counsel, Logistics & Energy, DuPont
Cost Per Ticket: $195 on or before 5/27; $215 per ticket after 5/27
Awardees:
Mariska Hargitay,
actress and philanthropist from Law and Order, Special
Victims Unit.
Contact
PRBA President Ed Flores at 212-964-5000
This well-attended annual event is an informal way for elected officials to converse with the legal community. All Bar Presidents, Delegates and bar leaders are encouraged to attend. The event is free.
Please advise if you will be able to join us by having your staff contact our President, M. Barry Levy at (212) 425-0055 ext 230 as soon as your schedule permits.
Senator Diane Savino
Senator Malcolm Smith
Assemblyman Richard L. Brodsky
Assemblyman Richard Gottfried
Deputy Mayor Carol Robles-Roman
Councilman David Yassky
Aitzaz Ahsan, President of the Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan and theleader of the "Lawyers' Movement" in that country, will speak at the
New York City Bar on Tuesday. Mr. Ahsan will discuss
the latest developments regarding the legal system and judicial independence in
Pakistan.
All Bar Leadersare invited to attend the breakfast as Mr. Ahsan provides an update on the historic events taking place in Pakistan.
Save the Dates for Network Meetings
*Executive Committee will meet at 5 P.M. sharp!
4th Annual MuBANY Ramadan Iftar
September 18, 2008
The Muslim Bar Association of New York (MuBANY) cordially invites you to join us in
breaking the daily Ramadan fast at our fourth annual MuBANY Ramadan Iftar!
Keynote Speaker: Maria LaHood, Senior Staff Attorney, Center for Constitutional
Rights
Come hear Maria talk about Arar v. Ashcroft, the case against U.S. officials who
rendered Canadian Muslim Maher Arar to Syria where he was tortured and detained for a
year. http://ccrjustice.org/ourcases/current-cases/arar-v.-ashcroft
Dervish Restaurant
146 W 47th St (Located between 6th & 7th Avenues)
New York, NY 10036
(212) 997-0070
www.dervishrestaurant.com
Time: Sept. 18, 2008 at 7:00 pm
Cost: $25 for MuBANY members / $35 for non-Members
Menu: Full Halal Turkish buffet with six appetizers, four entrees, desserts and
beverages.
Please rsvp to iftar@muslimbarny.org. For questions about membership status, please
contact zuberi.madiha@gmail.com. You can find out more about MuBANY at
www.muslimbarny.org.
THE NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT LAWYERS ASSOCIATION’S
NEW YORK AFFILIATE (NELA/NY)* AND THE ASIAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF NY (AABANY)
“TACKLING NATIONAL ORIGIN DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT”
Learn from two practitioners about the current state of the law in national origin discrimination, recent developments, and the steps to litigating a national origin discrimination claim under federal, state and city employment laws. Designed for all attorneys – from new attorneys, veterans, solo practitioners, non-profit and government lawyers. This CLE will provide you with insights from two practicing plaintiff-side NELA/NY employment lawyers.
When: Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Where: Moot Court Room
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
55 Fifth Avenue (at 12th Street), New York, NY 10003
CLE**: CLE from 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Reception with refreshments to follow
Cost: FREE to Attend!!
**Earn 2 Practical Skills CLE Credits learning about the following topics:
Representing Employees in a National Origin cases under:
• Title VII of 1964 Civil Rights Act (Title VII)
• 42 U.S.C. Section 1981 (Section 1981)
• New York State Human Rights Law (NYSHRL)
• New York Labor Law (NYLL)
• New York City Human Rights Law (NYCHRL)
Issues including:
• Ethnicity Discrimination
• Country of Origin Discrimination
• Inter-ethnic discrimination
• Accent Discrimination
• English only policies in the workplace
• Retaliatory questioning about immigration status
*NELA/NY helps provide assistance and support to lawyers in protecting the rights of
employees against the greater resources of their employers and the defense bar. NELA
is comprised exclusively of lawyers who represent individual employees in cases
involving employment discrimination, wrongful termination, employee benefits, and other employment-related matters.
MARLIN Fine Auctions Creative Events
New York County Lawyers' Association
Sponsored by
NYCLA's Minorities & the Law Committee
To Benefit the Minority Judicial Internship Program
Thursday Evening, October 2, 2008
New York County Lawyers'Association
14 Vesey Street
New York, NY 10007
Preview: 5:30 p.m. Auction: 6:30 p.m.
Admission: $25.00 per person - $35.00 per couple
Door Prize - Raffle Prize
Wine - Light Hors D'oeuvres
For more information or to purchase tickets, please email art auction@nycla.org
Credit cards and checks are accepted. Checks (made payable to the New York County Lawyers' Association) can be sent to:
NYCLA - Art Auction 14 Vesey Street, New York, NY 10007
Featuring Art in All Media and Price Ranges
Please show your support today! Visit marlinart.com and any purchase you make will benefit NYCLA. Simply enter code 63328 upon check out.
Coordinated by:
Marlin Art Inc. 920 Grand Blvd., Deer Park, NY 11729 (631)242-3344
Selections may include:
AGAM CHAGALL HAENRAETS NEIMAN SHVAIKO ZULE ALVAR DELACROIX KUN PATCHELL-OLSON TARKAY SPORTS MEMORABILIA BORELLI FAZZINO LENA LIU ROCKWELL WISSOTZKY BOULANGER GHAMBERO ROBERT LUI ROTHENBERG WOOSTER-SCOTT BRODINSKY GORMAN MOSES SCHLUSS WYETH AND MANY MORE
Saturday-Wednesday, October 11 - 15, 2008 National Association of Administrative Law Judiciary
2008 Annual Conference
The Administrative Judiciary: Defining Justice in a Changed World
Sponsored by New York State Administrative Law Judges Association and New York
County Lawyers Association.
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM
Program will comprise 16 Credit hours* and Educational Topics will include the
following:
§ Access to Justice: Transparency, the Agency/Tribunal’s Role, the Judges Role.
§ Judges are People Too: Integrating our personal and work lives.
§ Demystifying Scientific Evidence: Categorization and Prediction.
§ Special Education: Recent Case law, Developing the Record.
§ New Tools and Common Traps in Online Legal Research
§ The Battle against Bias: Our Role as Judges. Our Responsibility as Humans.
§ ALJ Supervision/ALJ Independence
§ Complex Litigation
§ Administrative Appeals
§ Alternative Dispute Resolution and Mediation
§ Evidence in Administrative Hearings
§ Traffic Safety
§ Administrative and Constitutional Case Law
§ Writing and Statutory Interpretation
§ Administrative Law Developments in China
* Allocation of MCLE Credits to be determined.
Tuesday, October 14th, 2008 Network Meeting -
6:00 P.M.: NYCLA Lounge -14 Vesey Street.
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Annual Arbitrator Dinner
5:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Members and Judges - $75.00
Non Member - $90.00
National Arts Club, 15 Gramercy Park South
New York, NY 10023
Tel: 212-636-6807
Fax646-312-82328
rreilly@law.fordham.edu
GROWING (or, at least preserving) YOUR BAR ASSOCIATION
DURING AN ECONOMIC DOWNTURN
It's not just the investment Banks who are in need of help; Bar
Association memberships are going down as quickly as the stock market.
How do you insure that your Association will get at least their
needed dues as lawyers shrinking discretionary budgets effect us all.
Presented by NBL's Past President
GARY PILLERSDORF, ESQ.
November 12, 2008 6 PM at
New York County Lawyers Association
14 Vesey Street, New York, NY 10007
(We are still waiting confirmation from Chief Judge Judith S. Kaye,
who will provide us with an update on the mortgage foreclosure
crisis).
RSVP: The deadline for seating for this event is Monday November 10.
Please furnish the names (limit 2 per bar association) of those who
will attend from your organization to me at MBARRYLEVY@SPCBLAW.COM.
PLEASE NOTE:
Network has a new website: www.networkofbarleaders.com
and new e-mail: networkofbarleaders@gmail.com
Friday, November 14, 2008 Welcome Reception 6-8pm
Saturday, November 15, 2008 (10 am-3pm)*
"What incarcerated parents and agency caseworkers are supposed to do in
termination of parental rights cases" by James M. Abramson, Esq. (1 CLE
credit)
Gordon, Esq. (1 CLE credit)
Sunday, November 16, 2008 (10 am-12 Noon)*
"Everything you want to know about child support litigation" by Support
Magistrate Cheryl Jo seph-Cherry, (2 CLE credits)
* CLE Accreditation pending.
609-646-5220
a first come, first serve basis.
Co-Sponsored by the Appellate Division, First Department
Tuesday, December 16th, 2008 Network Meeting - 6:00 P.M.: NYCLA Lounge -14 Vesey Street.
