Message from Immediate Past President, Dina M. Mastellone

It is hard to believe that my term as NJWLA President is coming to a close. It has been the pinnacle of my legal career to serve as President of this amazing organization. The success of NJWLA is not possible without the remarkable effort, dedication, and ingenuity of our Board, our Past Presidents, our Executive Director Colleen Skinner, and of course, our next President, Diana Manning, my trusted sounding board, cheerleader …

NJWLA President’s Message – Holiday 2021

It is hard to believe we are just a few weeks away from 2022!  This Fall, NJWLA hit the ground running. On September 29, 2021, our amazing Women’s Leadership Committee kicked off our programing with Speed Mentoring held in person and outdoors at Stage House in Scotch Plains, generously sponsored by Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. Modeled after speed dating, our Speed Mentoring Program focused on quick-hit information and time-efficient …

NJWLA Immediate Past President Jemi Goulian Lucey, Year in Review

What a year! On this last day of my term as NJWLA President, I am filled with mixed emotions. Pride for all we were able to accomplish this year despite Covid-19; nostalgia as my time as NJWLA President comes to an end; and excitement as our incredibly talented new E-Board takes the lead with soon-to-be President Dina Mastellone and President-Elect Diana Manning at the helm!

NJWLA’s mission is to advance …

Summer 2018

Member News

Congratulations to Board Member, Susan A. Feeney, in her role as the president of the New Jersey State Bar Foundation. Susan previously served as president of the New Jersey State Bar Association in 2011-12.

NJWLA congratulates Executive Board Members, Sharmila Jaipersaud and Jemi Goulian Lucey, Board Member, Diana Manning and NJWLA Member, Arlene Perez, for their listing as 2018 Vanguard Leaders …

Winter/Spring 2018

Member News

NJWLA is happy to announce a baby girl, Lyla Grace, to Board Member, Natalie Richer, a baby boy, Mason William Carroll, to Board Member, Jessica Carroll and a baby girl, Maya Rose Hicks, to Board Member, Jenn Borek!

Congratulations to All!

NJWLA congratulates Board Member, Michellene Davis, for being listed in NJBIZ’s List of

New Jersey’s Power 100!

Congratulations to NJWLA Board …

Fall 2017 Newsletter

Member News

NJWLA is honored to announce that its former Board Member,

Ellen Torregrossa-O’Connor was unanimously confirmed by the Senate as a new Superior Court Judge.

Congratulations!

NJWLA congratulates President Elect,

Michelle Schaap, and Board Members,Donna Jennings,

Diana Manning and former Board Member, Ellen Torregrossa-O’Connor for receiving Professionalism Awards at the 2017 Professionalism Luncheon!

Congratulations to

Executive Board Member, Dina Mastellone Tan, who …

Summer 2017 Newsletter

Member News

NJWLA Congratulates Board Member, Grace Byrd, on the birth of her son, Emile John! Welcome!

Congratulations to NJWLA Board Member, Susan A Feeney, for being selected as an NJBIZ ICON! Years of experience, a track record of success, the ability to lead, inspire and teach others are the traits of the inaugural winners of this award.

Congratulations to NJWLA Board Member, …

Spring 2017 Newsletter

Member News

Congratulations to NJWLA Board Member, Carmen M. Garcia, who was awarded the Margarita Echevarria Trailblazer Award by the Hispanic Bar Association of NJ at its Annual Scholarship Gala. Further congratulations to Carmen M. Garcia for being recognized by Rutgers Law in Camden for her founding of Alianza, the Latino law students’ association.

Congratulations to NJWLA Executive Board Members, Jemi Goulian Lucey…

Winter 2017 Newletter

Member News

Congratulations to NJWLA Board Member, Michellene Davis, for being named in the NJBIZ Power 100 List, 2017! Even more congratulations for being chosen as an Honoree of the Alice Paul Equality Award and being honored by the Tri-County Scholarship Fund as one of the Women of Achievement!

Congratulations to NJWLA Board Member and Past President, Galit Kierkut, on being named to NJBiz …

Fall 2016 Newsletter

Member News

Board Member and Past President, Lynda A. Bennett, shares her journey that shattered her own bias of “Women Groups” in this Bloomberg Law article.

Board Member and Past President, Kirsten Branigan, published an article in the NJ Law Journal about her path from big firm to her own practice and quest to find work-life balance. You can find that article here.

Board Member and WILL Platinum …

Summer 2016 Newsletter

Member News

Board Member, Susan Feeney, will recieve the Saint Thomas More Medal from Seton Hall Law and the Saint Thomas More Society at an annual Mass celebrating the judiciary.

Board Member, Tanya Mascarich, was recently …

Spring 2016 Newletter

Member News

President, Jessica S. Allen, has joined the firm of Calcagni & Kanefsky, The New Jersey Office of Harris, St. Laurent & Chaudhry LLP as partner. Her practice focuses on representing individual and corporate clients in employment, criminal, and complex commercial matters as well as government and internal investigations.

Board Member and Past President, Lynne Anderson, was quoted in an American Bar Association Journal article on challenges …

Winter 2016 Newsletter

Member News

President-Elect, Loren Pierce, received the Professional Lawyer of the Year Award at this year’s New Jersey Commission on Professionalism In The Law Awards …

Spring/Summer 2015 Newsletter

Member News

Past President, Kirsten Scheurer Branigan, co-authored “Magna Carta: Still Paving the Long Road to Equality” published in the June 2015 addition of the New Jersey Lawyer Magazine. You can find the article here.

Board Member, Pamela Craven, has been elected to the American Law …

Winter 2015 Newsletter

Premier Event

8th Annual WILL Platinum Gala 

March 24th, 2015

5:30 pm – 9:30 pm 

The Grove  

Cedar Grove, NJ 

The NJWLA’s Women’s Initiative and Leaders in Law (WILL) Platinum Award is bestowed uponindividuals for their exceptional achievements, …