Hon. Kathy J. King Honored by SUNY at Buffalo School of Law Continue Reading
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Hon. Kathy J. King Honored by Monroe College School of Criminal and Social Justice Continue Reading
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NAWJ Member Hon. Helena Heath Appointed Director of SMART Office Continue Reading
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Hon. Tanya R. Kennedy Receives the Champion for Justice Award Continue Reading
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Ms. Yadhira Gonzalez-Taylor Recognized by Bronx Community Continue Reading
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On May 19, 2018, NAWJ District 2 Director, Hon. Cenceria P. Edwards, NAWJ member Hon. Helena Heath of Albany City Court, NAWJ member Hon. Juanita Bing Newton, Dean of the New York State Judicial Institute, and Pershia Wilkins, the Director of Multicultural Initiatives and Assistant Director of Admissions at Albany Law School spearheaded the first Color of Justice Program at the school. Continue Reading
Written by Helena Heath | News
On April 18th, one of the co-chairs of the newly formed Law School Outreach Committee, Honorable Sally E. Unger (Civil Court of the City of New York) along with Lourdes Ventura, a Partner at Ahmuty, Demers & McManus, organized a successful speed mentoring program at St. Johns University School of Law in Queens, New York. Continue Reading
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Federal Correctional Institution in Danbury, Connecticut. Following an outcry over the plan to move female prisoners from the only federal women's lockup in the Northeast, the Bureau of Prisons is now considering keeping some female prisoners housed at the Federal Corrections Institute in Danbury, officials said. Continue Reading
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More than a hundred female federal inmates, sentenced to long-term prison, have instead been held for years in two windowless rooms in a detention center in Brooklyn. Continue Reading
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NAWJ's New York Chapter Women in Prison (WIP) Committee has begun its Toy, Toiletry and Book Drive for its annual "Beyond the Bars" project. Continue Reading
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