(New York, NY, Friday, August 28, 2020) The Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York (WBASNY) applauds a decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit that allows a survivor of an on-campus sexual assault to sue the University of Kentucky (UK) under Title IX, the federal civil rights law that protects people from discrimination in education programs or ... Read More
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- Ruth Bader Ginsburg
WBASNY Supports Mandatory E-Filing in Matrimonial Matters
(New York, NY, Friday, August 28, 2020) – The Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York (WBASNY) supports mandatory electronic filing (e-filing) in both contested and uncontested matrimonial actions throughout the Unified Court System. Mandatory e-filing, with exemptions for pro se litigants and lawyers not having the necessary technology, would enable litigants to advance ... Read More
WBASNY Supports Cybersecurity CLE Requirement
(New York, NY, Monday, August 10, 2020) – The Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York (WBASNY) supports a proposed continuing legal education (CLE) requirement that all New York attorneys take one CLE credit relating to cybersecurity during each biennial reporting period. The proposal to amend the mandatory CLE rule, which was recommended by the Technology Committee of the New ... Read More
WBASNY Extends Condolences to U.S District Judge Esther Salas
(New York, NY, Wednesday, July 22, 2020) The Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York (WBASNY) extends its sincerest condolences to the Hon. Esther Salas, United States District Judge for the District of New Jersey, in response to the tragic death of her son Daniel Anderl. Daniel was preparing to start his junior year at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., in the ... Read More
WBASNY Dismayed by Supreme Court Decisions that Undermine Equal Employment Rights and Limit Access to Contraception under Affordable Care Act
(New York, NY, Tuesday, July 8, 2020) – The Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York (WBASNY) is disappointed by two decisions issued by the U.S. Supreme Court this week in which the majority upheld regulations that expanded the ability of employers and businesses to use asserted religious grounds and/or undefined “moral beliefs” (a) to deny women access to free ... Read More
WBASNY Welcomes Supreme Court’s Decision Affirming Reproductive Rights
(New York, NY, Tuesday, June 30, 2020) – The Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York (WBASNY) is gratified by Monday’s decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in June Medical Services v. Russo, which affirms the reproductive rights of women in this country. The Court decided by a vote of 5 to 4 to invalidate a Louisiana law that, if permitted to stand, would have ... Read More