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 A group of judges and lawyers in New York joined to create the legal community's response in that state to the breast cancer epidemic among women. Functioning like a bar association, the Judges And Lawyers Breast Cancer Alert ("JALBCA") was formed in 1992, with New York's Chief Judge, Judith S. Kaye, as its Honorary President. Its current Co-Presidents are Hon. Eileen Bransten and Cynthia Rubin, Esq. [Full list of Officers and Board below.] Among its several activities, this unique legal organization sponsors an annual symposium each October, in honor of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month and in memory of its first Executive Director. The symposium is designed to tackle, using courtroom style, cutting edge issues in health law and health policy which confront breast cancer patients. JALBCA's projects are implemented on a volunteer basis and consist of educational and outreach programs. In addition to the Annual symposium, which challenges experts in an interdisciplinary way to confront the cutting-edge health/health law/health policy issues of our time, one of its other major projects is the October Courthouse Alert. As part of the Courthouse Alert, breast cancer literature is distributed in several languages throughout New York State courthouses and JALBCA schedules licensed providers with mammography vans to conduct breast cancer screening in their vans at or near courthouse sites. The Courthouse Alert project is implemented through the fifteen chapters of the Women's Bar Association of the State of New York. JALBCA also arranges for Brown Bag Lunches at the workplaces of legal employers, featuring guest speakers and videos in order to learn about breast self-examination. A special Hotline also is available for members of the legal community to speak with members who are breast cancer survivors. For further information about JALBCA, you can call its office at (212) 683-6630. JUDGES' DIVISION Co-President Vice Presidents Board of Directors LAWYERS' DIVISION Co-President Secretary
Board of Directors *(Indicates Past Co-Presidents)
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