The Workshop Theater presents “Words Matter,” a one-night-only live streaming performance of four new plays inspired by the word “Resilience,” to benefit Judges and Lawyers Breast Cancer Alert, followed by a conversation with some of the playwrights and performers.
Breast Cancer and Ovarian Cancer Awareness Learn about breast and ovarian cancers from the unique perspective of survivors. Learn about risks, treatments, early detection, doctor-patient relationships and much more. Become empowered about your health. View a…
“Feel for Your Life” is a social media outreach project that includes an app Jessica developed to educate about breast cancer and encourage regular self-breast exams and connect its users with a compassionate community.
October 12, 2021 – Join us for a discussion of the emotional ramifications of a cancer diagnosis, helping patients and their loving caregivers learn about the typical sequence of emotions experienced at diagnosis, treatment and beyond, understand the science behind those emotions as well as how the disease and its treatment contribute to the psychological experience, and discover how to cope with it all.
The Lawyers’ Division of JALBCA honors The Matrimonial Judges of the State of New York Leadership Achievement Award Presented by the Honorable Janet DiFiore Martha S. Samuelson and Analysis Group Maite Aquino Memorial Grant Award Presented…
Thanks to our amazing presenters, Erika Stallings & Dr. Altovise Ewing, JALBCA’s program, What Black Women Need To Know about Hereditary Breast Cancer,” was a spectacular success on 3/23/21. Thanks also to our many co-sponsors & 300+ registrants.
Legislating Genetic Testing: Is Knowledge Power? A mock legislative hearing will address whether our nation’s healthcare system can – and should – do more to empower Americans with knowledge about their genetic predisposition to cancer. DATE:…
The New York Women’s Bar Association & JALBCA invite you to join us Time: 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Place: via Zoom conference Featuring: Theresa Drescher, Author, Motivational Speaker, and Personal Coach, volunteer for breast cancer…
Bronx Women’s Bar Association and JALBCA Cordially invite you to attend our annual Judges and Lawyers Breast Cancer Alert Virtual Luncheon This year in addition to our medical expert, we are pleased to bring you powerful…
12:00 – 1:30 p.m. 1.5 CLE credits: Areas of Professional Practice (appropriate for all attorneys) Moderators: Rachel S. Baldassaro, Esq, Center for Elder Law & Justice Jacqueline Flug, Esq., JALBCA Co-President Introduction: Claire Gutekunst, Esq., Executive…
Robinson+Cole 666 3rd Avenue New York, NY 10017 JALBCA’s Membership Reception Rocked on Jan. 13, 2020 JALBCA’s inaugural Membership Reception on January 13th was a great success – full of fun, food and fellowship! Thanks…
Butler United Methodist Church 3920 Paulding Ave. Bronx, NY 10466 2:00pm – 6:00pm JALBCA was proud to join NY State Senator Jamaal Bailey and Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark at Senator Bailey’s Survivor’s Day event…
The Lawyers’ Division of JALBCA honors Honorable Jenny Rivera, Associate Judge of the New York Court of Appeals Leadership Achievement Award Presented by the Honorable Rowan D. Wilson The IBM Legal Department Maite Aquino Memorial Grant…
262 Old Country Road, Mineola, NY Hon. Christopher Quinn’s Courtroom, 1st Floor 1:00pm – 2:00pm Sponsored by JALBCA and the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office This program will address Breast cancer statistics Early signs of…
Snug Harbor Cultural Center Building P, 1st Floor at Tuscan Gardens 1000 Richmond Terrace Staten Island, NY 10301 6:00pm Presenter Denise Danton Nizzare, NLP Center of NY Hypnosis and Meditation Leader Yoga Alliance Certified Instructor…
Westchester County Courthouse 9th Floor Conference Room 111 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Blvd. White Plains, NY 10601 12:30-2:00pm RSVP online at https://wwbany.org/event-3547081/Registration or email executivedirector@nullwwbany.org Introduction Hon. Sondra Miller, Co-Founder of JALBCA Speakers Alisan…
Bronx Women’s Bar Association and JALBCA Cordially invite you to attend our annual Judges and Lawyers Breast Cancer Alert Luncheon Bronx County Hall of Justice 265 East 161 Street Room 691 New York, NY 10451…
JALBCA in association withThe Staten Island Women’s Bar Association andStaten Island Gender Fairness Committee cordially invite you to the Annual Breast Cancer Awareness Month Breakfast Supreme Court House 18 Richmond Terrace, 2nd Floor Staten Island,…
You may know about the medical treatments patients undergo after a breast cancer diagnosis, but are you aware of the emotional and physical effects patients experience during and after treatment? This program will address treatments –…
On Race Day, it’s so powerful to see hundreds of Race teams from every part of the metropolitan area and all over the country gather at the start line. When you feel the spirit and…
MAMMOGRAMS ON TRIAL In this “trial” of an imaging center director, esteemed legal and medical professionals will explore whether, from a public health perspective, routine screening mammograms of otherwise healthy women are sufficiently “medically necessary”…
Making Critical Ethical, Medical and Legal Decisions in Advance of Health Crises The time when an individual is terminally ill or incapacitated is not ideal to address the myriad issues that arise in these circumstances. The…
What Breast Cancer Patients Should Know Actors’ Equity Building Auditorium 165 West 46th Street, Floor 14 New York, NY 10036 6pm – 7:30pm A Panel Conversation featuring Otis W. Brawley, MD, Charles Ornstein, Robert M. Cook-Deegan and…
HONORING The Justices of the Appellate Division, First Judicial Department Leadership Achievement Award The AIG Global Legal, Compliance & Regulatory Department Maite Aquino Memorial Grant Award Edward S. Kornreich & Honorable Shirley Werner Kornreich for their…
5:45 p.m. Registration & Networking Reception
6:30 p.m. Program
Alston & Bird LLP
90 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10016
You may know about the medical treatments patients go through after a breast cancer diagnosis, but are you aware of the emotional effects on the patient during and after treatment? This program will address treatments – including counseling, exercise and music therapy – to help patients with the emotional side effects of cancer.
Westchester County Courthouse 111 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. 9th Floor Conference Room White Plains, NY 10601 Time: 12:30 p.m. Introduction: Hon. Sondra Miller, Co-Founder of JALBCA Speakers: Alisan B. Goldfarb, M.D., Breast Surgeon Randy…
Queens County Supreme Court 5th Floor Boardroom 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard Jamaica, NY 11435 1pm – 2pm Welcome & Introduction Hon. Marguerite Grays, NYS Supreme Court, Deputy Administrative Judge, Civil Term Eleventh Judicial District Member, JALBCA…
Join the JALBCA team of walkers and runners on Sunday, September 9, 2018, in Central Park to fight breast cancer by racing for the cure with Komen.
Friday June 1, 12:30-2:30 p.m
NYS Supreme Court
Civil Term’s Rotunda
60 Centre Street
New York, NY 10007
JALBCA is a proud sponsor of this event.
Please stop by our table where we will share food and information!
HONORING The Honorable Paul G. Feinman Associate Judge of the New York Court of Appeals and Citi Legal Department Location: Ziegfeld Ballroom 141 West 54th Street New York, NY 10019 6pm Cocktails | 7pm Dinner Thank…
CANCER AND CAPITALISM: Who Will Stand Guard in the Cancer Wars? In the age of genomic discovery, there have been exponential advances in molecular science and development of targeted therapies, but government support of medical research…
Location: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP 425 Lexington Avenue New York, NY 10017 Featuring Larry Norton, MD Deputy Physician-in-Chief for Breast Cancer Programs, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; Medical Director, Evelyn H. Lauder Breast Center; Norna…
Time: 12:00-1:30PM Location: NYC Health + Hospitals/Woodhull 760 Broadway, 10th Floor Solarium Brooklyn, NY Join Jiyon Lee, MD, clinical associate professor in the Department of Radiology, and Neftali Perez, community health representative and patient navigator at…
Location: Perlmutter Cancer Center 160 East 34th Street 11th Floor, Room 1121 New York, NY 10016 Time: 6:00-7:00PM Join Caren Behar, MD, clinical associate professor in the Department of Medicine’s Division of General Internal Medicine and…
Appellate Division, 2nd Department 45 Monroe Place Brooklyn, NY 11201 5:00-7:00 PM
HONORING
The Honorable Janet DiFiore
The Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals and of the State of New York
And
John Goggins and the Moody’s Legal Team
Cipriani Wall Street
55 Wall Street
New York, NY 10005
6PM – 8PM Sullivan & Cromwell’s Midtown Conference Center 535 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10022
NEXT CHAPTER IN THE CANCER WAR
Re-setting Value or Price-Gouging: Will Drug Treatment Be Accessible?
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
New York City Bar Association
42 West 44 Street
New York, NY 10036
ANNUAL COURTHOUSE ALERT Wednesday, September 14, 2016 5 P.M. to 7 P.M. Appellate Division, Second Department 45 Monroe Place Brooklyn, New York 11201 HON. ELLEN SPODEK HON. WILLIAM C. THOMPSON EVENT CO-CHAIRS HON. LYNN KOTLER LUISA…
The 2016 annual awards presentation dinner, in tribute to Chief Judge Judith Kaye and Cynthia Rubin, was a great success. This year JALBCA honored the Presiding Justices of New York’s Appellate Divisions, recipient of the JALBCA Leadership Achievement Award, and Barclays Global Litigation Team, recipient of the Maite Aquino Memorial Grant Award.
From Genetics to Pop Culture
The Basser Center for BRCA, Kelley Drye & Warren, LLP, and Judges And Lawyers Breast Cancer Alert held a panel discussion about hereditary breast and ovarian cancer, research that seeks to change how we treat and prevent these cancers, and the impact of celebrity announcements on awareness.
The Hon. Barbara Jaffe (Acting Justice, New York State Supreme Court) moderated the discussion between Susan Domchek, MD (Executive Director, Basser Center for BRCA at Penn Medicine), Kathie-Ann Joseph, MD, MPH, FACS (Chief, Breast Surgery at Bellevue Hospital) and Erika Stallings (BRCA2 mutation carrier and Associate, Kelley Drye & Warren, LLP).
6PM – 8PM
Sullivan & Cromwell’s Midtown Conference Center
535 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10022
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Gramercy Theatre
127 E 23rd St
New York, NY 10010
8 pm
JALBCA Courthouse Alert Cocktail Reception 2015
5:00-7:00 pm
Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Appellate Division, 2nd Department
45 Monroe Place
Brooklyn, NY 11201
The fundraiser was held at four star
Felidia
253 East 58th Street New York, NY
The event included a presentation by
Tanya Bastianich Manuali, PhD
co-author of the book
Reflections of the Breast:
Breast Cancer in Art Through the Centuries
Art historian Manuali teamed up with oncologist Francis Arena, MD, FACP, to trace a fascinating visual path through our knowledge of breast cancer from ancient Egypt to Michaelangelo to where we are today. Media personality and ovarian cancer patient advocate Valerie Smaldone says the book “reads like a delicious novel, but is all true and filled with astounding information.”
Panelists at this professional symposium will present the latest findings, including prevention strategies, diagnosis, treatment, research, and survivorship.
Date: Wednesday, June 10
Time: 6:00–7:30 PM
Location: NYU Langone Medical Center
550 First Avenue at 31st Street,
Smilow 1st Floor Seminar Room
New York, NY 10016
In recognition of National Cancer Survivors Day, this is an event to celebrate life after a cancer diagnosis.
This session is moderated by Deborah Axelrod, MD, FACS.
Date: Thursday, June 4
Time: 6:00–7:30 PM
Location: NYU Langone Medical Center, 550 First Avenue at 31st Street, Smilow 1st Floor Seminar Room
Honoring
The Women Justices of
New York’s Appellate Divisions
and
Gregory K. Palm,
Executive Vice President and General Counsel
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
Monday, May 11, 2015
Cipriani Wall Street
New York, NY
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During National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which is every October, and throughout the year, JALBCA sponsors local activities throughout the state to promote breast cancer awareness.
Scan vans—mobile mammography suites—provide free screening exams. Our 2015 schedule is posted, with more dates later in the year to be added soon. Click the Learn More button below for dates and locations.
SPRING 2015: PREVENTION
Enjoy a free healthy lunch and learn about chest and breast health.
Due for a mammogram? Get one on the day!
Tuesday, April 14, 2015
1:00 pm
Callen-Lorde Community Health Center
356 W. 18th Street
New York, NY 10011
To reserve for lunch and/or a scan, contact Jodie at (212) 271-7201.
Please join us for an Evening of Theater
in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month
featuring “The Actual Dance” by Samuel A. Simon
This play is an inspiring love story, told from the point-of-view of the husband during his wife’s experience with advanced breast cancer. This award-winning show has been called moving and courageous.
Thursday, October 8th, 2015
Manhattan Movement and Arts Center (MMAC)
248 West 60th Street
New York, NY 10023
$50 per ticket
Click here to purchase tickets
Enjoy a morning in Prospect Park and walk for a cure for breast cancer
with JALBCA & the Brooklyn Women’s Bar Association
Making Strides of Brooklyn
Sunday, October 18, 2015
The walk begins at 10 am at the Prospect Park Nethermead
To sign up or make an online donation, click here or go to makingstrideswalk.org
and search by team (enter JALBCA or Brooklyn Women’s Bar Association), zip code (11215) or state (choose NY, then select Making Strides of Brooklyn)
Check-in begins at 8 am; our team meeting place and exact time is TBD.
There is no charge to participate, but the walk is part of a national American Cancer Society fundraising event, so participants are encouraged to ask family and friends to sponsor them for the 4-mile (non-competitive) walk.
If you’d like a team t-shirt ($15), contact Joanne Cohen at jcohen@nullnycourts.gov by September 15.
The Twentieth Annual Ellen P. Hermanson Memorial Symposium
was held on Monday, October 26, 2015
The very latest developments in the fight against breast cancer will be presented by renowned breast oncologist Larry Norton, MD, followed by this year’s program.
“The DCIS Controversy Through the Lens of Better Science:
Will President Obama’s Precision Medicine Initiative Save Lives?”
Breast Cancer: Upworthy Ideas
CUTTING EDGE INFORMATION
ON BREAST CANCER
Moderator: Hon. Jennifer Schecter
Past Co-President, JALBCA
Tuesday, March 10, 2015
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
New York County Lawyers’ Association
14 Vesey Street
New York, NY
To reserve a space please register here
JUDGES AND LAWYERS BREAST CANCER ALERT
and
The Brooklyn Women’s Bar Association
Cordially Invite You
To A Cocktail Reception To Kick-Off Our
ANNUAL COURTHOUSE ALERT
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
5 P.M. to 7 P.M.
Appellate Division, Second Department Courthouse
45 MONROE PLACE
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS, NEW YORK
Perlmutter Cancer Center experts explain predictions in their field on breast cancer screening, treatment and survivorship in eradicating and improving life after a breast cancer diagnosis.
6-8 pm
Wednesday, October 29th
Kings County Supreme Court
360 Adams Street
Brooklyn, New York
On October 6, JALBCA held its 19th annual Ellen P.Hermanson Memorial Symposium at the Great Hall of the New York City Bar Association. The Ellen P. Hermanson Foundation sponsored the program, and the Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York served as CLE provider.
On October 9, JALBCA held its 18th annual Ellen P.Hermanson Memorial Symposium at the Great Hall of the New York City Bar Association. The Ellen P. Hermanson Foundation sponsored the program, and the Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York served as CLE provider. We were fortunate to have extraordinary panelists to discuss the topic,“Litigating for the Cure: Public Interest, Private Enterprise and the Role of the Courts in the Business of Cancer Research”
JALBCA and The Brooklyn Women’s Bar Association held its kick-off reception for the annual mammogram van
program on Wednesday, September 11, 2013 at the Appellate Division, Second Department Courthouse in Brooklyn.
In 2013, over $750,000 was raised and over 750 people were in attendance at the dinner. Monies raised go to fund mammogram vans in the community as well as educational programming.
On May 12, 2014, JALBCA held its Annual Awards and Installation Dinner at Cipriani Wall Street. The Hon. Jonathan Lippman, Chief Judge of the State of New York and longtime JALBCA Board member, received the Leadership Achievement Award, and Jill Centella and the JPMorgan Chase & Co. Litigation Team received the Maite Aquino Memorial Grant Award. The dinner was once again a sellout and raised more than $720,000 for education, early detection, and support. Save Monday, May 11, 2015 for next year’s dinner.
JALBCA celebrated another year of successful activities, and installed its newly elected
officers and directors, at its annual dinner held at 583 Park Avenue in Manhattan on May 7,2012.
In December, JALBCA presented its annual symposium on “Evolution of Medical Care and Research: What is Happening to Medicine and How Will It Affect Us?” The program was co-sponsored with Memorial Sloan Kettering Center’s Resources for…