The Women’s Bar Association of the District of Columbia condemns Texas Senate Bill 8 (“TX SB8”) as the latest assault on women’s reproductive health. This Texas law makes abortion unavailable six weeks following a woman’s last menstrual period, making it insensitive to basic biology and women’s reproductive health. It deputizes private citizens to file private [...]
The WBA consistently endeavors to use its voice in clear and steadfast support of its mission to maintain the honor and integrity of the profession of the law and promote the administration of justice. Our mission requires us to demand tolerance and inclusion and to speak out against hate and bias in this country in [...]
The Women’s Bar Association of the District of Columbia (“WBA”) takes seriously its mission to promote the administration of justice. In service to this mission, since its founding in 1917, the WBA has actively supported and advocated for D.C. suffrage. Indeed, in its very first year, the WBA supported a Joint Resolution of the U.S. [...]
As John Adams said, the United States of America must have “a government of laws, and not of men.” The Women’s Bar Association of the District of Columbia (“WBA”) takes seriously its mission to maintain the honor and integrity of the legal profession and to promote the administration of justice. To that end, [...]
For the first time in the nation’s history, a woman has been elected to serve as Vice President of the United States. The Women’s Bar Association of the District of Columbia (“WBA”) congratulates Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris on her historic achievement. In a moment of extreme divisiveness, the WBA is heartened and encouraged by the [...]
We all stand on her shoulders. The Women’s Bar Association of the District of Columbia (“WBA”) mourns the passing of the Honorable Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the chief architect of the battle for women’s legal rights and the second woman appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States. Justice Ginsburg was a trailblazing lawyer [...]
The WBA extends its deepest sympathy to federal Judge Esther Salas, her husband, her family, her colleagues, the city of Newark, and the township of North Brunswick, and to the judiciary. On July 19, 2020, a self-proclaimed “men’s rights” and “anti-feminist” lawyer attacked Judge Salas and her family, and by the time that unspeakable attack [...]
The Women’s Bar Association of the District of Columbia congratulates Chief Judge Anita Josey-Herring on the historic accomplishment of being named as Chief Judge of the District of Columbia Superior Court. She is the first woman to hold this position. At this critical point in the Superior Court’s (and our nation's) history, proven leadership, ingenuity, and a commitment to [...]
The deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, and Ahmaud Arbery are only the latest in a long history of unnecessary and violent deaths of Black Americans, each of which demonstrates that systemic racism is a present and persistent feature of American society. In addition to outright violence, we have seen the ease with [...]
