Financial planning is different for men and women because of the unique financial considerations that women face. On October 10, 2023, the Women in the Law Section (WILS) hosted a virtual program featuring law partners from Tarter, Krinsky & Drogin LLP, Rosanna Roizin and Morghan Richardson, and financial planner Niraj Chhabra titled “Financial Empowerment for … Continued

When we began this historic battle by introducing an equal rights amendment to the New York Constitution, we stood on the shoulders of the women suffragists and civil rights leaders of many generations passed. This proposed amendment is an inclusive equal rights amendment to prohibit discrimination by the government based on a person’s ethnicity, national … Continued

The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) was first introduced 100 years ago when advocates for the rights of women sought an explicit constitutional guarantee of equality in the United States Constitution. This November, New Yorkers get to decide whether to adopt an updated, more inclusive, version of the ERA as a New York State constitutional amendment.1 Some … Continued

The New York State Bar Association’s Women in Law Section (WILS) hosts a popular book club series where we invite attorney authors of fascinating books to attend our virtual book club meeting, discuss their work, and answer questions from the audience. The books we covered in the fall of 2023 were Ice Queen, our first young adult … Continued