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• FREE 5 PART PROGRAM - 9th Judicial District Access to Justice Immigrant Rights & Services Subcommittee

  • Start
    September 20, 2023
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    12:30 PM
  • End
    October 18, 2023
  •  
    2:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

  FREE 5 PART PROGRAM 9th Judicial District Access to Justice Immigrant Rights & Services Subcommittee Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month by joining us in this five part series. For both attorneys and non-attorneys! Please join us to learn more about issues affecting Westchester's immigrant community and the service providers who are leading the effort to meet the needs of Westchester's Immigrant Community   FREE CLE Credit in the areas of Professional Practice & Diversity. Amount TBD REGISTER AT: www.wcbany.org/events

  
  

  12:30 - 2 p.m. Wednesday 9/20/23 
  Current state of Migrants’ Rights in New York and Legal Response by Advocacy Groups
  This panel provides a brief background on NYC’s response to the migrant busing crisis. It explores the similarities and differences of the Hudson Valley’s response to the migrant arrivals. It discusses the services being provided by on-the-ground advocates to address the challenges that migrants are facing to their rights, housing, employment and receipt of benefits.   

  12:30 - 2 p.m.  Wednesday 9/27/2023
  The Effects of US Immigration Law on Children
  The discussion will include: how children are treated under the United States’ current immigration system, safeguards and changes to the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), as well as family separation–at the border and within the community–and how this affects children and their families.  

  12:30 - 2 p.m. Wednesday 10/4/2023
  Language Justice and the Justice System. 
  This panel will identify the differences between Language Access and Language Justice. It will illustrate Limited English Proficiency (LEP) Rights in the Justice System. Specifically, the panel will discuss the Court’s role in ensuring language justice and best practices to accomplish the same.

  12:30 - 2 p.m.  Wednesday 10/11/2023
  Attorney Wellness: Vicarious Trauma, Secondary Stress and Burnout
  This program will examine the lived experience of immigration/asylum attorneys in navigating their own vicarious trauma, secondary stress, and burnout and in providing services to individuals or families seeking asylum. An interdisciplinary panel of speakers will share perspectives on their work in the field of trauma and trauma-informed care and engage in dialogues about best practices in responding to the needs of immigration/asylum attorneys. Panelists will also discuss lawyer assistance programs and other services available to support attorneys.  

  12:30 - 2 p.m. Wednesday 10/18/2023 
  The Implications of Trauma on Immigrant Children's Well-Being
  Join Dr. Traci Gardner, Medical Director for the Children’s Village and Jasmine Hernandez, Children Rights Attorney, as they shed light on the realities immigrant children face in their home countries forcing them to migrate. The fears, vulnerability and continued trauma they endure as newcomers in America. The holistic approach used to address their physical and emotional needs.   

  
  

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• Practice Pointers for Effectively Utilizing Motion Practice in the First and Second Department of the Appellate Division

  • When
    October 13, 2023
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    12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

  WCBA Appellate Practice Committee presents
   
  Practice Pointers for Effectively Utilizing Motion Practice in the First and Second Department of the Appellate Division; Part I of a Series.
   
  This Appeals CLE will provide an in-depth discussion concerning motion practice within the First and Second Departments of the New York State Appellate Division. The presenters will describe different types of motion practice and useful strategies that parties may consider to successfully dismiss an appeal before an appellant or cross-appellant perfects, which could save a client’s money and time. The panel will also discuss motions for emergency relief, such as seeking a stay, motions related to an incomplete or overbroad record, motions to dismiss based upon procedural irregularities or orders that are not appealable, and motions to reargue and for leave to appeal to the Court of Appeals. The program will also address the technicalities associated with interlocutory appeals, such as the doctrines commonly referred to as Matter of Aho and Bray v. Cox.  Additionally, the panel will explain the different rules within the First and Second Departments when seeking extensions of time to perfect and to file a respondent’s brief and reply briefs.  Finally, the presenters will conclude by briefly discussing practical tips in a question/answer format.   

  SPEAKERS:	Heather Gushue, Esq.,  Gettinger Waldinger & Monteleone, LLP Lisa Colosi Florio, Esq.,  Abrams Fensterman, LLP
  DATE:	Friday, October 13, 2023
  TIME:	12:30 to 2:00 p.m.
  PLACE:	Zoom video conferencing (Zoom link will be sent prior to the start time of the program to all registrants)
  CLE:	1.5 Professional Practice
  CHARGE:	$25 for all participants who would like to receive CLE credit
  REGISTRATION:	Register online with the WCBA: https://www.wcbany.org/?pg=events&evAction=showDetail&eid=268980&evSubAction=listAll

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  The opinions expressed by any program presenter are the presenters’ own, and do not reflect the official position of the WWBA or WBASNY. The Westchester Women’s Bar Association is a chapter of the Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York.

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• General Membership Meeting

  • When
    February 07, 2024
  •  
    6:00 PM
  • Location
    City Square, 50 Main Street, Lecture Hall, White Plains, NY 10601

  
  

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• General Membership Meeting

  • When
    April 03, 2024
  •  
    6:00 PM
  • Location
    City Square, 50 Main Street, Lecture Hall, White Plains, NY 10601

  
  

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