Promoting Diversity
in the Courts Seminar

Laurie A. Dorsainvil, Esq., program moderator

On June 17, 2020, the Co-Chairs of the Commission, Appellate Division Justices Troy K. Webber (First Department) and Shirley Troutman (Fourth Department), participated in a Continuing Legal Education program, entitled “Promoting Diversity in the Court System – The Franklin H. Williams Judicial Commission,” hosted by the Diversity Committee of the Rockland County Bar Association. The Co-Chairs discussed the Commission and its purpose, shared insights about their personal journeys to the bench and also discussed the goals of the Commission as it approaches its 30th Anniversary of promoting racial and ethnic fairness within the New York State Courts. Mary Lynn Nicolas-Brewster, Esq., Executive Director of the Commission, also presented a biographical perspective of Franklin H. Williams. The program was moderated by Laurie A. Dorsainvil, Esq., Co-Chair of the Diversity Committee of the Rockland County Bar Association. The program can be viewed on the FHWJC website at http://ww2.nycourts.gov/ip/ethnic-fairness/index.shtml.

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