SUMMER 2021
DISTRICT ONE (MA,ME,NH,PR,RI) Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island
Judge MaryLou Muirhead has been doing an excellent job with her Law School Outreach Committee. As a result of her events at the various law schools the District has 7 new law school members. I have reached out by email to them. The district also has had a few new judges appointed and Judge Janet Bostwick has joined
Connecticut, New York, Vermont
District Two extends kudos and congratulations to: • Judge Laura Taylor Swain who was appointed Chief Judge of the United District Court of the Southern District of New York • Justice Baahati Pitt who was appointed Associate Justice of the Appellate Division, First Department. • Judge Ruth Shillingford on her retirement. Judge Shillingford served on the NYS Supreme Court, Criminal Term and is an active member of NAWJ.
DISTRICT DIRECTOR:
Hon. Mary Dacey White
Brookline District Court, Massachusetts Email: mary.white@jud.state.ma.us
NAWJ and I am reaching out to the other recent women appointees here in Massachusetts. We also have a new Judge from New Hampshire that has joined and I will write to her as we do not have an email address. NAWJ, members Hon. Maureen Walsh has been elevated to the Massachusetts Appeals Court and Ho. Angel Kelley has been nominated by
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President Biden for a seat on the U. S. District Court for Massachusetts. The New England area is finally opening up and jury trials are being scheduled. The region should be fully opened by Labor Day. Hopefully we will be able to hold some functions and events in fall of 2021 and throughout 2022.
DISTRICT DIRECTOR:
Hon. Kathy J. King Supreme Court of New York, Kings County Email: kjking@nycourts.gov
Condolences District Two mourns the passing of Lifetime Member Justice Donna Mills. Justice Mills recently retired from Bronx Supreme Court, Civil Term after serving 28 years on the bench. She will be greatly missed. Programming District Two, in collaboration with Monroe College of Criminal and Social Justice, successfully concluded its 2021 COJ virtual speaker series.
Commencing in February and concluding on Law Day, May 1st, 2021, the series consisted of four parts: Session 1- Why Law School? Should I Attend Law School Session 2- I’ve Decided to go to Law School. Now What? Session 3- I’ve survived Law School, What’s Next? Session 4- Advancing the Rule of Law The program was instructive and participants engaged in robust discussion about the legal profession utilizing the Zoom chat feature. There were over 90 participants and certificates of completion were given to students who attended all four sessions. District Two Pilot High School Internship Program District Two is developing an online virtual
