Women’s Bar Association Honors Senator Jamie Eldridge with the 2024 Public Official of the Year Award
BOSTON - On March 7, 2024, the Massachusetts Women’s Bar Association (WBA), led by the WBA’s Legislative Policy Committee (LPC), hosted its 30th annual Legislative Breakfast. The LPC was joined in the Statehouse by legislators, their staff, WBA members, and coalition partners for its presentation of the organization's 2024 legislative agenda. The annual breakfast serves as a platform for the WBA to advocate for its important legislative priorities.
The WBA presented the 2024 Public Official of the Year Award to Senator Jamie Eldridge for his tireless advocacy for women, children, and families within the Commonwealth.
Several notable speakers voiced their support for the WBA’s 2024 legislative priorities:
- Senator Jamie Eldridge, while accepting the 2024 Public Official of the Year Award, highlighted the importance of civil engagement. He emphasized the important work of the Women’s Bar Association, and discussed many of the important bills he has worked with the WBA through the years, including the ROE Act passed in 2020.
- WBA President Jessica Babine spoke of the WBA’s efforts to advance its legislative priorities and budget items this session, including mention of the legislative policy committee’s advocacy by submitting written testimony on several bills.
“Our successes remind us that our collective voices have the ability to influence the process and effect change. With over 1400 members, we can and do make a difference. To the WBA members participating this morning: I encourage you to talk to your legislators and their staff. If you support a bill, tell them. The more we educate and advocate, the more likely they are to support it.” stated WBA President Jessica Babine.
About the Women’s Bar Association of Massachusetts
Founded in 1978 by a group of activist women lawyers, the Women’s Bar Association boasts a large membership of women lawyers, judges, policy makers, and law students across Massachusetts. The WBA is committed to the full and equal participation of women in the legal profession and in a just society. The WBA works to achieve this mission through committees and events and by developing and promoting a legislative agenda to address society’s most critical social and legal issues. Other WBA activities include networking and professional development, drafting amicus briefs, studying employment issues affecting women, encouraging women to enter the judiciary, recognizing the achievement of women in the law, and providing pro bono services to women in need through its sister organization, the Women’s Bar Foundation. For more information, visit www.womensbar.org
