Rochester Black Bar Association Meet and Greet

The RBBA will hold its first social event of the year on Friday, January 31, 2014 at the Wall Street Bar and Grill located at 330 East Avenue. The event goes from 5:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. 

More information can be found at the RBBA website.

4th Department Justices Sconiers and Valentino to Sit on RBBA Panel

Appellate Division, Fourth Department Justices Rose H. Sconiers and Joseph D. Valentino will be part of a panel of magistrates at an upcoming event hosted by the Rochester Black Bar Association (RBBA). The Continuing Legal Education session, entitled "Everything You Need to Know about Becoming a Judge," will be held Friday, January 17, 2014 at The Rubin Center for Education at 1 West Main Street.

The program has been specifically designed to educate RBBA members, with the eventual goal of increasing diversity in the local judiciary. Information will be shared on how to become a City, County, State and Federal Judge.

More information can be found here and at the Rochester Black Bar Association's website.

Appellate Division Law Library Assists Robert H. Jackson Project

In November, 2013, the library had the pleasure of working with the court to locate and provide digital copies of Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson's (1892 - 1954) bar admission records. 

The records were requested by the Robert H. Jackson Center in Jamestown, NY to be used as part of their commemoration of the centennial year of Justice Jackson's admission to the New York Bar.

The confidential records were released by an order pursuant to Judiciary Law Section 90 (10) that was entered November 19th, just five days prior to the 100th anniversary.

The complete record of Justice Jackson's admission to the bar, including his character and fitness review, can now be viewed on the Jackson Center's website at: http://www.roberthjackson.org/the-man/timeline/early-life-and-career-1892-1934/robert-h-jacksons-1913-admission-to-practice-law-in-new-york/

New lunchtime spot

A new restaurant opened across the street from the library this past week, Aunt Rosie’s Italian Style. The menu has good choices and fair prices. I shared a pizza with a friend; it was a 9-inch pie - very tasty with a thin crust and spicy pepperoni. Another nice feature is the restaurant is selling pizza by the slice, quick and fast for a short lunch hour.

Join us at our Open House

Please join us Wednesday, November 20 from 10 to 3 as we celebrate 15 years on East Avenue! Staff will be on hand to answer any questions you may have and to give tours.

Refreshments will be served!

MCBA YLS Trivia Night

Town of Greece v. Galloway

The Genesee Valley Chapter of the New York Civil Liberties Union, the Rochester Lawyers Chapter of the Federalist Society, and the Monroe County Bar Association will present a discussion on Town of Greece v. Galloway, the legislative prayer case that's scheduled to be heard by the Supreme Court on November 6. Speaking at the event will be representatives of the American Civil Liberties Union, which has filed an amicus brief in support of the respondents, two residents who sued the town over the predominantly Christian prayers said before its public meetings, and the Alliance Defending Freedom, which is representing the town.

The event takes place Tuesday, October 29 from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. at Nixon Peabody LLP, 1300 Clinton Square, and is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.