Moderting 14th Annual Constance Baker Motley Symposium at New York State Bar Association

January 2019 - Roosevelt Jean, Esq. moderated 14th Annual Constance Baker Motley Symposium during the celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 90th birthday at the 2019 New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) Convention.

We discussed best practices for achieving greater diversity & inclusion within the bar. This awesome panel discussed issues of diversity, mentoring, and leadership in the context of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Our brilliant all-female female included: (pictured from right to left) Hon. Cheryl E. Chambers, Associate Justice, New York State, State Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department; Hon. Jenny Rivera, the 2nd Hispanic woman to serve on the New York Court of Appeals; Hon. Ona T. Wang, the the 1st Asian American U.S. Magistrate Judge in the Southern District; Barbara Finkelstein, Director, Legal Services of the Hudson Valley; and Angela Winfield, Associate V.P. for Inclusion and Workforce Diversity, Cornell University.  

Congrats Hon. Associate Justice Sylvia Hinds-Radix, Appellate Division, Second Department who received NYSBA Diversity Trailblazer Award during the celebration for her continued mentoring lawyers and promoting workplace equality.

The program was chaired by Roosevelt’ s 2003 Syracuse University College of Law classmate, Kim Wolf Price and Minika N. Udoko, JD. Diversity & Inclusion Specialist at NYSBA. Job well done!