Central New York Women's Bar Association

05/08/2026

Congratulations to CNYWBA’s 2026 Beacon Awardees, the Hon. Staci Dennis-Taylor (L) and Megan Thomas, Esq. (R)!!!

These women truly embody the spirit of this award, which is given annually to a CNYWBA Board member who has made outstanding contributions with the CNYWBA member’s community and has encouraged new lawyers to become active contributors to their profession and community and showed them how to do so.

05/05/2026

Congratulations to CNYWBA President Colleen Gibbons, winner of Onondaga County Bar Association’s Rising Star Award, pictured here with Past Presidents Hon. Danielle M. Fogel and Samantha Riggi. 💫🌟

WBASNY congratulates Colleen M. Gibbons, Esq., President of the Central New York Women’s Bar Association, on receiving the Rising Star Award presented at the Onondaga County Bar Association’s Law Day celebration

05/04/2026

Breakfast at the bar is back! May 12th, 8-9am - we hope to see you there!

05/01/2026

Join this interactive workshop on May 12th at 3:30 pm exploring the best practices for ethical lawyering in a religiously diverse society!

RSVP here: www.nyls.edu/CLErsvp2

04/30/2026

Looking forward to Law Day tomorrow!

Professor Paula Johnson to be the Keynote Speaker and Colleen M. Gibbons L’17 to Receive Rising Star Award at Onondaga County Bar Association’s Law Day Celebration

College of Law Professor Paula Johnson will give the keynote address at the Onondaga County Bar Association Law Day Celebration on May 1, 2026, at 9 a.m. in the Onondaga County Courthouse Hon. Stewart F. Hancock Ceremonial Courtroom (Room 400).

In addition, Colleen M. Gibbons L’17 will receive the Rising Star Award, which is awarded to a lawyer in the Fifth Judicial District admitted to the practice of law for less than 10 years, deemed by their peers as an emerging leader in the practice of law because of their contributions to the profession, the association, and the community, and promise of leadership in the future.

04/28/2026

Join us for the 2026 Law & Medicine Luncheon!

Please invite all who are interested to join us for this timely panel topic: Ethical Quandaries & Legal Challenges in Medical Practice, Post-Dobbs.

$10 admission includes light lunch fare.

04/28/2026

Read to Students at CNY Schools

Slots are still available, please volunteer!

CNYWBA will once again be hosting the award-winning Read Across America program at two local schools and donating books to each school’s library.

This year’s program will be hosted at East Syracuse Elementary School on Thursday, April 23, 2026, and at Main Street Early Education Program on May 1, 2026.

We are looking for volunteers to read at each school and hope that you can participate. It is allowed and encouraged for readers to choose multiple schools and/or multiple time slots. Each year we ask readers to bring an age-appropriate book to offer to read in the classroom and/or leave behind to enhance the teacher’s personal library. Some teachers will have their own books and selections, and other teachers may ask readers to stay to read another story.

We hope you can find time to participate in this fun and rewarding event where readers are met with enthusiastic children excited for a visitor to read them a story. Please consider volunteering for the 2026 reading event.

If you are interested in reading, please register for time slots using the link below and you will be contacted with additional details. If you have any questions, reach out to [email protected] or Read Across America chair Amy D'Ambrogio at [email protected].

Register here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C054DA9AA22A4FAC70-63574871-read #/

04/07/2026

Jodi Kantor will be the FOCL speaker on April 14, 2026! CNYWBA read her book in our February book club!

04/06/2026

In partnership with the Lynn Law Firm and the Onondaga County Bar Association, and the 5th Judicial District / Onondaga County Court House Law Library we're pleased to offer families the chance to spend the day learning about the Courts and our legal profession. Start your day with breakfast at the 5th-floor Law Library, followed by activities all morning. Have lunch with your children, then bring them to your workplace -- or continue the planned Courthouse activities if you prefer. Additional information and REQUIRED registration at the link below.

https://www.onbar.org/events/bringyourchildtowork/

04/04/2026

Register for Take Your Child to Work Day! We’re very excited to be a co-sponsor!

04/02/2026

Hosted by the Queens County Bar Association LGBTQ+ Committee and many sponsors! This CLE program is free, but pre-registration is required!



Register Here: https://members.qcba.org/ap/Events/Register/qWFRdkyFkCQCe