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Sep 16th 2010 - 6:00 PM
28th Annual Scholarship and Awards Dinner
The Minority Bar Association of Western New York will celebrate its 40th Anniversary at its annual scholarship and awards dinner. |  | Sep 15th 2010 - 12:15 PM
Next MBAWNY Meeting
The September meeting of the MBAWNY will take place on September 15, 2010, starting at 12:15 pm, at Nixon Peabody LLP. | |
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Congratulations to 2010 Officers
Message from Immediate Past President Lazarin
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HISTORY OF THE MINORITY BAR ASSOCIATION OF WESTERN NEW YORK and THE MINORITY BAR ASSOCATION OF WESTERN NEW YORK FOUNDATION
The Minority Bar Association of Western New York, Inc. (MBAWNY) was formally organized in 1970 as the Buffalo Chapter of the National Bar Association, Inc., after years of informal association as the African American Attorneys of Color in the City of Buffalo. The founding members were Will Gibson, William Purks, William Robinson, Barbara Sims and William Sims. In addition to these founders, other participating minority attorneys in Buffalo included the Hon. Samuel L. Green, who currently serves as a Justice of the Supreme Court, Appellate Division (Fourth Department), and former Chief Buffalo City Court Judge, Wilbur P. Trammell.
MBAWNY was formed to further the goals of the National Bar Association in the Buffalo Area, including the improvement of the administration of justice, the protection of political and civil rights of all citizens, and providing social and professional interaction among minority attorneys.
In 1981, the organization officially changed its name to the Minority Bar Association of Western New York, to reinforce its identity within minority communities of this region and within the legal community as an organization of minority attorneys, while remaining an affiliate chapter of the National Bar Association. The following year, MBAWNY held its first Annual Awards and Scholarship Dinner to recognize, among others, outstanding persons who exemplified community leadership, law school achievement, and service to the community.
MBAWNY is comprised of about one hundred members who are from diverse ethnic backgrounds and who work in private and governmental practices, who are jurists and clerks working in the Eighth Judicial District and Western District of New York court systems, and who are educators and staff working for the University at Buffalo School of Law.
In 2004, MBAWNY, enlarging its commitment to promote education and scholarship in the field of law, organized the Minority Bar Association of Western New York Foundation, Inc., a not-for-profit organization providing financial assistance to individuals interested in pursuing a career in law. The Foundation is committed to ensuring continued minority representation in the legal community, and empowering individuals to shape the legal landscape within Western New York and throughout the country. |
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