CNYWBA Updates

August 22, 2025

Please Join Us!

CNYWBA's Judicial Reception is our keynote event!

This year we will announce the ratings for judicial candidates running for New York State Supreme Court in the Fifth Judicial District, present this year's Karen DeCrow Award, and most importantly, celebrate our judiciary.

Please save the date and plan to join us! Sponsorships are now available. Sustaining members who join or renew by September 1 receive a complementary ticket.

Sponsorship Information:

More Information about the 2025 Karen DeCrow Award Here!

Congratulations to CNYWBA Past President Heidi White McCormick who was chosen to serve a 3-year term as a member of the NYS Commissioner’s Advisory Panel for Special Education!

Shout out to CNYWBA Past President Annaleigh Porter who on Sunday placed second in the Cazenovia Sprint Triathlon. Annie and the first place woman finisher bested ALL competitors! Way to go, Annie!

Know someone we should shout out? Have something worth celebrating?

We love to feature our members! Email us at cnywba@gmail.com.

Bringing Gender Justice into Pretrial

by C.C. Strom

Women and gender-diverse people experience pretrial and criminal legal systems differently. Research by the Center for Effective Public Policy (CEPP) found deficits in how these systems allow people to express and advocate for themselves, how courts explain pretrial processes, and how they acknowledge individual situations. Authors and experts discuss CEPP’s Gender Justice Pretrial Toolkit, the needs of system-involved women, and the benefits of a participatory pretrial process.

Read the Story Linked Here!

WBASNY speaks on behalf of CNYWBA

WBASNY Call for Comments: Help Address Unmet Civil Legal Services Needs in NYS

Chief Judge Rowan D. Wilson is holding an annual statewide public hearing on September 18th to evaluate the continuing unmet civil legal services needs in New York.

WBASNY is compiling comments!

If you wish to submit any feedback or comments on this issue, please send via email to cnywba@gmail.com, no later than August 28, 2025, and we will send to WBASNY.

Thank you!

The Local Rules Committee for the Northern District of New York is soliciting comments to the proposed amendments to the Local Rules of Practice. See www.nynd.uscourts.gov. If you wish to comment on the proposed amendments to the Local Rules of Practice adopted by the Rules Committee, you may do so via email at LocalRulesProposal@nynd.uscourts.gov.

Comments to amendments must be received no later than the close of business on Friday, September 5, 2025, to receive consideration. The amendments are set to be adopted effective January 1, 2026.

U.S. District Court

Northern District of New York

Job Posting: The City of Syracuse Municipal Violations Bureau is hiring a Deputy Director/Administrative Law Judge

View Job Posting Here!

Qualified City employees are invited to apply for the following job vacancy. Application

and/or resume, cover letter, and three work-related references should be submitted to

Personnel (Personnel@syr.gov).

Our CNYWBA membership year kicked off June 1st!

Joining at a sustaining membership level includes admission to our annual Judicial Reception!

Please join or renew now:

https://www.cnywba.org/membership

If you are a law firm or legal organization and would like to enroll multiple members, please reach out to us at cnywba@gmail.com.