Panel Presentation and Community Discussion on

“Advocating for Change: Transforming the Future of the Legal Profession through Greater Gender Equality ”

and

"If Not Now, When? Achieving Equality for Women Attorneys in the Courtroom and in ADR”

Official Parallel NGO Program of the Commission on the Status of Women

AGENDA

Program Welcome: Mimi Tsankov, Adjunct Professor of Law, Fordham Law School

Moderator:

Donna Frosco, Federal Bar Association, Past President, SDNY Chapter; Partner, Dunnington, Bartholow & Miller

Panelists:

Hon. Vanessa Ruiz, Senior Judge, District of Columbia Court of Appeals; President, International Association of Women Judges

Hon. Bernadette D’Souza, Family Court Judge, Civil District Court for the Parish of Orelans; President, National Association of Women Judges

Justice Carmen Velasquez, President-Elect, Association of Supreme Court Justices of State of New York; Delegate, National Association of Women Judges

Closing Remarks: Mimi Tsankov, Adjunct Professor of Law, Fordham Law School

Program Sponsors

Fordham Law School
Federal Bar Association, SDNY Chapter (FBA SDNY)
Federal Bar Association, International Law Section (FBA ILS)
Federal Bar Association, Task Force on Diversity and Inclusion
NGO Committee on the Status of Women/New York (NGO CSW/NY)
International Federation for Peace and Sustainable Development (IFPSD)
Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York (WBASNY)
International Association of Women Judges (IAWJ)
National Association of Women Judges (NAWJ)
Dunnington Bartholow & Miller LLP
International Bar Association (IBA)

RSVP to MTsankov@Fordham.edu by 5pm on March 11, 2020