Please be advised that the Board and Officers of the Puerto Rican Bar Association will be forming a Nominating Committee consisting of members in good standing who demonstrate a commitment, passion and understanding of the missions and goals of the PRBA pursuant to the bylaws. 

This Committee is responsible for reviewing the qualifications of candidates for any vacant Director or Officer positions in anticipation of our upcoming annual meeting/election scheduled to take place on November 21, 2018.  The PRBA’s Board and Officers will announce members of the Nominating Committee no later than July 31, 2018. 

 If you are interested in being a member of the Nominating Committee, please email the Stephanie R. Correa, President-Elect, at president-elect@prbany.com, your name, email and telephone number by July 9, 2018. 

Mobilization for Justice, Inc. (MFJ) (formerly MFY Legal Services, Inc.), a non-profit legal services organization that provides free civil legal services to low-income New Yorkers, is seeking an attorney for a one-year, temporary position to work on consumer and foreclosure cases.  The attorney will be part of two projects that use a multi-prong approach to providing legal services and effecting reform in the consumer and foreclosure law areas.  The attorney will be part of a team that represents homeowners in New York Supreme Court in Queens, Richmond and Kings Counties; prosecutes federal fair housing and other mortgage-related actions; and part of a team that represents consumers City-wide in debt collection cases, engages in advocacy, and initiates affirmative/impact litigation.  Both teams work in coalition with advocacy groups on policy issues; provide testimony and comments on proposed legislation and regulations; conduct trainings for lawyers, housing counselors, and homeowners; and communicate regularly with elected officials and the media.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Conducting client intake; conducting legal research; drafting legal memoranda, advocacy letters and other legal papers; and litigating all phases of cases including defending consumer and foreclosure cases, handling settlement conferences in foreclosure cases, engaging in motion practice, conducting trials, writing and arguing appeals, filing complaints, and writing amicus briefs.
• Identifying issues for impact or class action litigation or policy initiatives, including white papers and legislative advocacy campaigns;
• Advocating in various forums on important consumer and foreclosure issues, including drafting testimony for public hearings;
• Reaching out to the community and conducting trainings; and
• Timely inputting and maintaining extensive records in a case management system.

Requirements:

• Admission to NYS Bar.
• Experience defending debt collection and foreclosure cases, and/or advising pro se litigants in debt collection cases, and/or experience with CLARO is preferred.
• Experience negotiating different residential mortgage loan modifications and working with mortgage servicers is preferred.
• Knowledge of consumer law areas, including foreclosure, student loans, debt collection, credit reporting, taxes, and/or bankruptcy is preferred.
• Excellent research and writing skills.
• Ability to balance working on complex litigation, handling individual casework, and advocating for legislative or policy changes.
• Fluency in Spanish.

Salary is pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement.

Applicants should submit cover letter, resume, writing sample (preferably a memorandum of law), and three references to Carolyn Coffey, Director of Litigation for Economic Justice, and transmitted by e-mail to ccoffey@mfjlegal.org with “CRP/FPP Staff Attorney” in the subject line.  We encourage all applicants to include in their cover letter a statement about how your background and/or experience might contribute to the diversity and perspective of our office.  No telephone calls please.

For further information about MFJ, please go to www.mobilizationforjustice.org.

MFJ IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

People of color, women, people with disabilities, gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people are welcome and encouraged to apply.

The Legal Aid Society seeks to fill the following roles:

• Civil Practice Staff Attorney – Housing Unit (Staten Island);
• Civil Practice Staff Attorney – Immigration Law Unit (ILU) New York Immigrant Family Unity Project (NYIFUP) (Manhattan);
• Civil Practice Supervising Attorney, Government Benefits (Brooklyn);
• Civil Practice Supervising Attorney, Housing Program (Manhattan);
• Civil Practice Attorney-in-Charge, Harlem Community Law Office; and,
• Criminal Defense Staff Attorney (Manhattan).

Please click on the following link to learn more: https://recruiting.adp.com/srccar/public/RTI.home?c=1143211&d=ExternalCareerSite#/

NEVER SOUND UNPREPARED AGAIN:
(EVEN IF YOU ARE)

May 2nd, 2018 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Brooklyn Bar Association
123 Remsen Street, Brooklyn NY 11201

THE BROOKLYN WOMEN’S BAR PRESENTS

CLE Credit Provided

NEVER SOUND UNPREPARED AGAIN:
(even if you are)

Presenters:

Heidi K. Brown, Esq.
Author of The Introverted Lawyer

Nicole Wells Kurtzman, M.A.
Founder and Principal of Speak Wells

Marea Wachsman, Esq.
Founding Member and Partner of Schreier & Wachsman

Please R.S.V.P to Jennifer Fiorentino at jenfiorentino@aol.com. Refreshments will be served

Registration Fee: $45

Free to BWBA Members, Students, Grads Awaiting Admission & Unemployed Attorneys

*Financial Aid Available. Email jenfiorentino@aol.com*

Brooklyn Women’s Bar Association
Co-Sponsored by
New York Women’s Bar Association

LAW DAY CELEBRATION
Tuesday May 1st, 2018
6:00 PM- 8:00 PM
Brooklyn Bar Association
123 Remsen Street, Brooklyn New York

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Women Helping Women: Overcoming Gender Bias and Achieving Your Full Potential in Your Field of Law

TAKING FLIGHT
Going Solo, Opening an Office, or Entering a Non-Profit
Legal Services Organization

CLE Credit Provided
[through the BWBA]
_______________________________

Presenters:
Vivian Drohan, Esq.
Susan Mitchell, Esq.
Francesca Sabbatino, Esq.
Deborah A. Scalise, Esq.

Moderator:
Michele Mirman, Esq.

Please R.S.V.P to Jen Fiorentino at jenfiorentino@aol.com
Refreshments will be served

Registration Fee: $45 *

Free to Students, Grads Awaiting Admission & Unemployed Attorneys

*Financial Aid Available. Email jenfiorentino@aol.com*

Please join Cardozo Law School for World IP Day on April 26^th from 6 – 8 pm.  This year’s theme for World IP Day is Powering Change: Women in Innovation and Creativity.  During the program, they will introduce the newly-launched Cardozo/Google Project for Patent Diversity, a Google-funded initiative designed to increase the number of patents issued to women and underserved minorities. The Project is bringing together resource-constrained women and underserved minorities with law firms and in-house counsel willing to provide pro bonoservices for patent procurement.  Jeanne C. Curtisis the director of the Project and is eager for you and your respective organizations to learn about it, as well as to hear a broader discussion about the underlying issue of lack of parity in innovation.  Also, while this event is focused on the lack of gender parity in innovation, we know from existing studies that similar trends and dynamics exist with respect to underserved minorities, and many of the solutions being engineered (including the Cardozo/Google Project) address the lack of parity in innovation for minorities as well as for women.

Food and refreshments will be available following the program, and for attorneys 1.0 diversity CLE credit is available.

For more information and to register, please visit http://www.dominicanbarassociation.org/event-2859540.

For more information, please visit https://www.nysba.org/store/events/registration.aspx?event=Fe5200AP18.

On Thursday, April 12, 2018, through Saturday, April 14, 2018, the National Association of Women Judges (NAWJ) will be hosting their annual conference at the Marriott Hotel in downtown Brooklyn and are seeking law students to volunteer during the conference.  Interested law students should use the following link to sign up for time slots: Volunteers for NAWJ Midyear Meeting.  There will be approximately 250 lawyers and judges attending the conference, so it is a great opportunity for students to meet members of the bar.  To learn more about the conference, please visit NAWJ at National Association of Women Judges.

There is a mandatory volunteer meeting on Tuesday, April 11, 2018 between 3:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m.  However, if a student is unable to attend the mandatory meeting, but can volunteer, please e-mail Deborah Martin Owens a.s.a.p. at deborahmartinesq@gmail.com.  Please note that vendor meals will be served.

Tuesday, April 10, 2018
Registration: 6:30 ­- 7:00 p.m.
Program: 7:00 ­- 8:00 p.m.
Cocktail Reception: 8:00 p.m.

White & Case LLP
1221 Avenue of the Americas, 49th Floor
New York, NY 10020

Registration Fee: Complimentary