The 50th anniversary of the New York State Family Court was celebrated with a program at the New York City Bar Association on Sept. 20.

Participants were, from left, former Chief Judge Judith Kaye, of counsel at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom; Carey Dunne, president of the city bar and a partner at Davis Polk & Wardwell; moderator Stephanie Gendell, associate executive director of the Citizens’ Committee for Children and chair of the city bar’s Council on Children; Bronx Family Court Judge Carol Sherman; Edwina Richardson-Mendelson, administrative judge of the New York City Family Court and Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman.