Inaugural Lunar New Year event at Brooklyn Bar draws hundreds
April 3, 2026
Brooklyn’s legal community celebrated diversity and honored two leaders for their service and contributions to the court system.
Brooklyn’s legal community celebrated diversity and honored two leaders for their service and contributions to the court system.
The Brooklyn Women’s Bar Association hosted “Lunch with a Judge” to foster mentorship and strengthen legal community connections.
Forty new attorneys were sworn in at the Appellate Division in Brooklyn Heights, marking the start of their legal careers.
The ceremony recognized public servants whose work reflects perseverance, public duty and quiet leadership — values that often go unnoticed.
“Judicial Ethics for Lawyers and Judges” was the central theme at the most recent Columbian Lawyers Association of CLE.
The Columbian Lawyers Association of Brooklyn resumed its monthly meetings on Wednesday. The event took an unexpected and educational turn.
The Asian American Bar Association of New York recently held an inspiring “Pathways to the Bench” event at New York Law School on July 23,
May marked Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month, and the Kings County Family Court celebrated with the inaugural event of its newly formed AAPI Heritage Committee. Held in the
Muhammad Faridi was elected president of the New York City Bar Association at the organization’s annual meeting on May 21, making history as the first Muslim-American to hold the position.
The Brooklyn Women’s Bar Association (BWBA) held its Annual Gala at the Liberty Warehouse in Red Hook on Wednesday, May 15, honoring Hon. Lillian Wan, Angelicque Moreno and Judith Livingston
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The Brooklyn Women’s Bar Association is set to host its annual gala on Wednesday, May 15, at the Liberty Warehouse in Red Hook, marking one of the year’s most anticipated
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The Brooklyn Women’s Bar Association (BWBA) recently hosted its monthly “Lunch with a Judge” series on Thursday, Feb. 15, featuring Hon. Cheryl Chambers from the Appellate Division, Second Department. The
Full slideshow below At a recent meeting of the Columbian Lawyers Association of Brooklyn, Justice Matthew D’Emic, the administrative judge of the Kings County Supreme Court, Criminal Term, addressed the
In a recent episode of the Diversity Dialogues podcast, hosted by the New York State Unified Court System, the Hon. Lillian Wan, the first and only Asian American woman to
The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent verdict on affirmative action has ignited a flurry of conversations and debates on how higher institutions can ensure diversity. Responding to the court’s landmark decision
The New York State Bar Association’s (NYSBA) Task Force on Advancing Diversity, in a proactive response to the U.S. Supreme Court decision on affirmative action, has set an ambitious timetable
The New York State Bar Association’s Annual Meeting has been taking place all this week at the New York Hilton Midtown in Manhattan where the Judicial Section will honor four
The Franklin H. Williams Judicial Commission for the New York State Courts held a mentoring workshop meeting via Zoom on Thursday, Sept. 3 in which a group of speakers discussed
When the court system shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic on March 17, Justice Ellen Spodek admitted that she didn’t know how to use Skype and had never heard
Just over 100 members of the Brooklyn Women’s Bar Association joined in on Zoom to watch as the Association held an installation ceremony for Natoya McGhie, its 103rd president and
The Brooklyn Bar Association held its annual meeting online on Wednesday, in which it recognized its outgoing trustees and announced the newly elected trustees and officers. It was also the
The Brooklyn Women’s Bar Association hosted its first-ever Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage celebration at which it honored Judge Pamela Chen, a U.S. District Court judge for the Eastern
The Brooklyn Bar Association held its annual awards meeting on Wednesday and honored nine members of the local legal community, including one of the city’s top judges, during a ceremony