NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING AND ELECTION

The Capital District Black and Hispanic Bar Association will be holding its annual meeting and election of officers.  All dues paying members are encouraged to vote.  For information on paying your dues click on the “Membership” tab to the right.

             Thursday, April 9, 2009

             5:30 to 8pm

             New York State Bar Association

             One Elk Street

             Albany, New York   12207

Please R.S.V.P to Ricja Rice, CDBHBA Secretary, at ricjanyc@yahoo.com by Tuesday April 7, 2009.

Albany County Attorney position -

• For more information, click HERE.
• If interested, contact Paula Wilkerson, Dir. Affirmative Action at pwilkerson@albanycounty.com or 518-447-5510

The City of Albany 4th Annual Juneteenth Celebration will be held at the Arbor Hill Community Center, 10-2pm on Saturday, June 14th, 2008.  There will be workshops, Essay & Poster Contest Winners announced, Juneteenth Talent Show, and lots of fun and free food.

For more information on the Juneteenth anniversary, click HERE.

Congratulations to CDBHBA Board Member and City Court Judge Helena Heath-Rowland who had the honor of swearing in Harry J. Corbitt as New York’s first African American Superintendent of the NYS Police while NY’s first African American Governor, David Paterson, who appointed Corbitt to the Superintendent’s position, looks on.  Read the full article here.

Albany Law School’s 157th commencement ceremony took place at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center on Friday, May 16, 2008.

Jeanine Ferris Pirro ‘75, a high-profile prosecutor, delivered the annual commencement address. Click HERE to listen to Pirro’s speech.

More photos can be viewed on the Albany Law Diversity Blog.

Please join the Capital District Black and Hispanic Bar Association

together with members of Albany Law School’s Black, Latin American, Muslim, and Asian Law Students Associations

 as we celebrate the last day of law school exams with a special FREE viewing of The Great Debaters, starring Denzel Washington.

The Great Debaters, a 2007 film produced by Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo Productions, is a drama based on the true story of Melvin B. Tolson, professor at Wiley College, a Black college in the Jim Crow South of the 1930s, who demands the highest standards from his debate team, victorious in the end over national debating champions from Harvard.

Following the movie, there will be a brief discussion and a short business meeting, and a reception for the students (with free popcorn, appetizers and beverages provided)  

at Albany Law School – Room 200

 Wednesday, May 14, 2008

 Beginning promptly at 4:00 PM

Please rsvp by May 12, 2008 to John E. Higgins at jehiggins@nixonpeabody.com

Ninth -twelfth graders from Trinity Institute, Albany, Schenectady, Troy and Hudson High Schools spent the day at Albany Law School on Monday, April 21, 2008. 

Students attended mock college classes, mock law classes, a seminar on preparing for college, learned about the law school admissions process, and explored their career possibilities in the field of law.

Albany County District Attorney P. David Soares ‘99 spent lunchtime with the  100+ students and Attorney Kenneth Standard, Partner, Epstein Becker & Green, NYC , hosted the day.

The day aligned with Albany Law School’s “pipeline” efforts to introduce the prospect of law school at an early age to populations underrepresented as lawyers.

This event was sponsored by the New York State Bar Association and Albany Law School .

• Click HERE to see photos of the day posted on the Albany Law Diversity blog
• Click HERE to see photos from the Times Union

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If interested, the video “Choose Law: A Profession for All” can be downloaded from the YLD website at http://www.abanet.org/yld/chooselaw/home.shtml

Click HERE to read the CDBHBA article about the day

The Black Law Students Association, the Latin American Law Students Association, the Capital District Black & Hispanic Bar Assocation, and Albany Law School’s Diversity Office hosted a Career Panel on April 10, 2008 in the DAMC at 6:00pm.  A reception followed in the East Foyer at 7:30pm.  The panelists included:

• Sandra Irby - NYS Office of Court Administration
• Debra C. Brookes, Esq. (’98 ) – US Department of Justice, Antitrust Division/NYC
• Sandra D. Rivera, Esq. (’02) – Partner, Brown McMahon & Weinraub, LLC
• John Higgins, Esq. (’89) – Nixon Peabody

The panel discussed methods to achieving successful legal employment and a successful legal career. 

Go HERE to see the photos posted on the Albany Law Diversity Blog.