The Association accomplishes these goals through the work of its committees, the presentation of continuing legal education programs, and the evaluation of judicial candidates.
[3] Eleven women signed the Certificate of Incorporation: Beatrice Fliegel, Doris Silver Freeman, Lillian B. Garrell, Estelle Ruth Grollman, Margaret Fuller Karlin, Minnie Kelter (Goldberg), Lauretta Rose, Hilda G. Schwartz, Florence Perlow Shientag (Frankel), Freda Spinard (Baileson), and Rose Lehman Stein.
The event was at the George Washington Hotel, as women were then not welcome at any bar association facilities.
[5] In 1937, the New York City Bar Association allowed the NYWBA to hold its second reception at its building.
Many of the association's founders were among the first group of thirteen women sworn in as City Bar members.