This year is the NYWBA’s 90^th Anniversary.   Happy Anniversary to us!!

There are so many exciting programs coming up this Spring and I hope that we will see many of you there.  We have chances to learn – at our free CLEs (for members) – chances to mingle at receptions and chances for mentoring.

Along with our statewide organization, the Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York (WBASNY), the NYWBA is hosting a Mentoring Circle Kick-Off event on February 4, 2025, at 5:30 p.m. on Zoom.  Mentoring circles are great for lawyers at all stages of their career to discuss issues related to career and practice.  At this event you will learn more about the circles and how to join one.  You can RSVP on the NYWBA website: www.nywba.org  Hope to see many of you there.

The NYWBA’s Annual NYWBA Judicial Reception is being held on Monday March 10, 2025, at the Yale Club starting at 6 p.m. We honor our newly elected, newly appointed, and re-elected judges.  This is always a great event with our judges and a chance for all of us to mingle and meet some judges.  We hope you can join us – please RSVP on the website.

On January 23, 2025, we held our Committee Chair Meeting where we discussed upcoming programs and some great upcoming CLEs.  The Litigation and Civil Courts Committee are jointly holding a CLE on February 11, 2025, at 1 p.m. Computer Tech Skills Every Lawyer Should Know.  This will provide lawyers with much needed information and skills.   On February 19, 2025 at 5:30, the Matrimonial & Family Law Committee is holding a CLE on Divorcing in the Age of Digital Connections.  And the Matrimonial & Family Law Committee already held a CLE this year on January 27, 2025 on the Understanding the Innocent Spouse Defense.    All CLEs require registration on the NYWBA website.  The Animal Law Committee is holding a meeting on February 3, 2025 at 1 p.m.

Please check out committee meetings and reach out to the committee emails. Every committee welcomes new members – and new leaders! There are also plans for CLEs on so many other exciting topics that will appear this Spring.   Please check the calendar on the NYWBA website and the weekly eblasts to keep apprised of all upcoming events and CLE programs.

This year, for the fourth year in a row, the NYWBA is participating in Cycle for Survival Fundraising Event on Saturday March 8, 2025 from 1 – 5 p.m.  This event raises funds to treat rare breast cancers – all funds go to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center – and we dedicate our work to our former president, Amanda Norejko, who we lost to cancer. NYWBA has two stationary bikes and riders will switch off riding throughout the event.  Feel free to donate, ride (for as many or as few minutes as you would like) or just come to cheer us on.  More details and the ability to register are on the NYWBA website.  Thanks to Melissa F. Glassman for organizing our participation in this event and for being the team coach!

I look forward to seeing you at one of our fantastic events or CLEs in the coming weeks and months.

Jocelyn Jacobson