(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
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- Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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
WBASNY Congratulates Hon. Marguerite A. Grays for Appointment as Queens County Administrative Judge for Civil Matters
(New York, NY, Wednesday, June 24, 2020) – The Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York (WBASNY) congratulates the Hon. Marguerite A. Grays on being appointed Administrative Judge of Queens County (11th District) for Civil Matters. Judge Grays is a past president of WBASNY’s Queens Chapter, chair of the Queens Chapter’s Board of Trustees, and a longtime and ... Read More
WBASNY Celebrates Supreme Court’s Decision Supporting Undocumented Children
(New York, NY, Friday, June 19, 2020) – The Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York WBASNY) applauds the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Department of Homeland Security, et al., v. Regents of the University of California, et al., which vacates the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) termination of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) ... Read More