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MEMBER BENEFIT OF THE MONTH

New DSBA Member Benefit:

Kaplan Bar Review

DSBA has a new member benefit to share —

Kaplan Bar Review! Preparing for a future bar exam? DSBA members now receive an exclusive discount on complete bar review and supplemental materials. Take advantage of $200 off Kaplan’s complete DE Bar review course, plus Kaplan’s free MPRE course through your DSBA membership. To find out more about the Kaplan Bar Review discount through DSBA and the full range of benefits available to DSBA members, visit www.dsba.org.

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Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can.

– John Wesley

DSBA Member The Honorable Aida Waserstein Inducted into the Delaware Women’s Hall of Fame

Governor John Carney, First Lady Tracey Quillen Carney, and Senator Tom Carper were on hand Thursday, October 13, 2022 at the Executive Banquet and Conference Center in Newark to honor the newly inducted women into the Delaware Women’s Hall of Fame.

This year, DSBA member and former Family Court Judge Aida Waserstein was honored along with Dr. Ilona Holland, a children’s educator with a focus on literacy and the widow of Justice Randy Holland, and five other distinguished women including, Anne Canby, the first woman to lead the Delaware Department of Transportation; Alice Dunbar-Nelson, suffragist, poet, activist, and educator; Carolyn Fredericks, Executive Director of the Modern Maturity Center and seniors advocate; Teri Quinn Gray, the CEO of the science-based crop protection company, Provivi; and Dr. Karyl Rattay, the Director of Delaware’s Division of Public Health.

Judge Waserstein, who came to America amidst turmoil in Cuba as an unaccompanied 13 year old girl, has the distinction of being the first Hispanic American member of the Delaware Bar and the first Hispanic appointed as a judge in Delaware. Since her retirement, she has written several children’s books which seek to help foster children by telling her own story. “We are all stronger when we welcome people of other backgrounds, with distinct languages, skills, talents and world views,” she said accepting her award. She added, “The result is a fresh outlook and innovative ideas that nourish our society and make us better people with deeper foundations of caring and understanding.” Judge Aida Waserstein Dr. Holland, a children’s educator and author has written many children’s books and works with the Delaware State Library System. Upon receiving her award, Dr. Holland addressed young people, telling them to “never give up,” and continuously seek out intelligent, fierce, and kind role models, and to “make a difference.” The Hall of Fame of Delaware Women was first established in 1981 by the Delaware Commission for Women, a former division of the Secretary of State. The induction ceremony is the oldest annual celebration of its kind commemorating Delaware women. The new Delaware Women’s Hall of Fame Committee, created in 2017, is responsible for fostering an understanding of and appreciation for the many contributions of the women of Delaware to their home, community, state and nation.