NEW YORK, NY, February 18, 2004— The Dominican Bar Association will hold its Judiciary Night on Thursday, February 19, from 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. in the Wellington Conference Center at New York Law School. The event will be co-hosted by the Office of Public Affairs and New York Law School's Latino Law Students Association (LALSA).

Judges speaking at the event include Hon. Luis A. Gonzalez, Justice of the Appellate Division First Department; Hon. Nilda Morales-Horowitz, Judge of the Family Court, Westchester County; and Hon. Diccia Pineda-Kirwan, Civil Court Judge in Queens County. DBA’s new officers and Board of Directors will be introduced.

Though DBA highly encourages everyone to become members of the organization, membership is not required for attendance, and there will be no charge. Donations will be accepted, and proceeds to go towards the DBA scholarship fund.

Please respond by sending an e-mail to julissa_gomez@hotmail.com or by calling DBA at 917.875.0DBA (0322). Additionally, you are invited to visit DBA’s newly updated Web site at www.dominicanbarassociation.com.

ABOUT THE DOMINICAN BAR ASSOCIATION
The Dominican Bar Association (DBA) is an incorporated, non-profit, national association representing the interests of   Dominican-American, native Dominican and Latino attorneys, judges, law professors, and law students in the United States and the Dominican Republic. Founded in New York City in 1990 as The American Society of Dominican Attorneys, DBA has grown to represent thousands of Latino attorneys and law students across the country. The DBA invites all Latino attorneys as well as others within the profession who subscribe to the goals and philosophy of DBA to become members.

Contact: Jim Hellegaard, Director of Communications, Office of Public Affairs212.431.2191, jhellegaard@nyls.edu 

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