Brooklyn Bar Association welcomes judges to Remsen Street for Judiciary Night
The Brooklyn Bar Association (BBA) held its annual Judiciary Night at the bar association headquarters in Brooklyn Heights on Wednesday. The event gave BBA members an opportunity to meet the judges and the court’s newest judges to get to know the more experienced ones.
“I remember when I was a brand new judge, coming to this event and how special it was,” said Hon. Dora L. Irizarry, who will be sworn in as the chief judge of the Eastern District of New York today. “For you new judges coming in, you need to talk to the judges who have been around for a while, seek their advice. They’re always willing to share experiences with you and it’s so important to have that flow of information to feel that there is someone to share the job with you.”
The event was a relaxed one, which gave judges, lawyers and court employees an opportunity to get to know each other outside of the courtroom in a more laid back atmosphere. There were speeches, but they contained mostly introductions of new judges, some bits of advice and quite a few jokes.