Bridging The Gap – March 2021
Transitional courses are designed to help newly admitted attorneys develop a foundation in the practical skills, techniques, and procedures that are essential to the practice of law.
To receive skills credit, newly admitted attorneys must take accredited transitional CLE courses in traditional live classroom settings, or through attendance at fully interactive video conference locations that have been approved by the CLE Board for use by newly admitted attorneys. For more information about the CLE Rules, please go to www.nycourts.gov/Attorneys/CLE….
Topics Include:
Key Skills in Judgment Enforcement
Medical Malpractice
Workers Compensation | Key Skills in Client Counseling
Consumer Bankruptcy
Employment Law: "No Poach" Agreements and Restrictions on Employee Mobility
Addressing Wellbeing, Mental Health and Substance Use in the Legal Profession
Will Drafting and COVID-19 – Key Drafting and Execution Tips for New Lawyers
Landlord Tenant Law Update | What Lawyers Need to Know
Traffic Tickets | Handling Vehicle and Traffic Law Violations in New York State
15 Legal Questions Your Small Business Client Will Ask You at Some Point, and How to Answer Them
Ethical Considerations of Marketing Your Law Practice
- March 4, 2021
- March 5, 2021
- 8:45 AM
- 5:00 PM
- 7.0
- 3.0
- 6.0
- 16.0
- Virtual Participation
Day One - March 4, 2021
8:45 a.m. Welcome and Introductions | Administrative Announcements
9:00 – 10:15 a.m. Key Skills in Judgment Enforcement
Robert Ansell, Esq.
Vice President and General Counsel
Power-Flo Technologies Inc.
New Hyde Park, NY
(1.5 Skills)
10:15 – 10:30 a.m. Break
10:30 – 11:45 a.m. Medical Malpractice 101
Jeffrey B. Bloom, Esq.
Gair, Gair, Conason, Rubinowitz, Bloom, Hershenhorn,
Steigman & Mackauf
New York, NY
(1.5 Areas of Professional Practice)
11:45 – 12:00 Break
12:00 – 1:15 pm. Workers Compensation | Key Skills in Client Counseling During COVID
Robert E. Grey, Esq.
Grey & Grey, LLP
Farmingdale, NY
(1.5 Skills)
1:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Break
1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. Consumer Bankruptcy
Ronald Friedman, Esq.
SilvermanAcampora LLP
Jericho, NY
(1.5 Areas of Professional Practice)
2:45 – 3:00 p.m. Break
3:00 – 4:15 p.m. Employment Law: "No-poach" Agreements and Restrictions on Employee Mobility
Jay Himes, Esq.
Labaton Sucharow LLP
New York, NY
(1.5 Areas of Professional Practice)
4:15 – 4:30 p.m. Break
4:30 – 5:45 p.m. Addressing Wellbeing, Mental Health and Substance Use in the Legal Profession
Meredith S. Heller, Esq.
Law Office of Meredith S. Heller PLLC
New York, NY
Joseph Milowic III
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP
New York, NY
Eileen C. Travis, Director
NYC Lawyers Assistance Program
New York, NY
(1.5 Ethics)
Day Two - March 5, 2021
8:45 a.m. Welcome and Introductions
9:00 – 10:15 a.m. Will Drafting and COVID-19 – Key Drafting and Execution Tips for New Lawyers
Patricia J. Shevy, Esq.
The Shevy Law Firm, LLC
Albany, NY
(1.5 Skills)
10:15 – 10:30 a.m. Break
10:30 – 11:30 a.m. Landlord Tenant Law Update | What Lawyers Need to Know
Massimo F. D’Angelo, Esq.
Akerman LLP
New York, NY
(1.0 Areas of Professional Practice)
11:30 – 11:45 a.m. Break
11:45 – 1:00 p.m. Traffic Tickets | Handling Vehicle and Traffic Law Violations in New York State
Joseph Gerstenzang, Esq.
Gerstenzang, Sills, Cohn & Gerstenzang
Albany, NY
(1.5 Skills)
1:00 – 1:15 p.m. Break
1:15 – 2:30 p.m. 15 Legal Questions Your Small Business Client Will Ask You at Some Point, and How to Answer Them
Clifford R. Ennico, Esq.
Law Offices of Clifford R. Ennico
Fairfield, CT
(1.5 Areas of Professional Practice)
2:30 – 2:45 p.m. Break
2:45 – 4:00 p.m. Ethical Considerations of Marketing Your Law Practice
Clifford R. Ennico, Esq.
Law Offices of Clifford R. Ennico
Fairfield, CT
(1.5 Ethics)
Day One
9.0 MCLE credits | 3.0 Skills, 4.0 Areas of Professional Practice, 1.5 Ethics
Day Two
7.0 MCLE credits | 3.0 Skills, 2.5 Areas of Professional Practice, 1.5 Ethics
- Robert Ansell, Esq., Power-Flo Technologies Inc.
- Jeffrey B. Bloom, Esq., Gair, Gair, Conason, Steigman, Mackauf, Bloom & Rubinowitz
- Robert E. Grey, Esq., Grey & Grey LLP
- Ronald Friedman, Esq., Silverman Acampora
- Meredith S. Heller, Esq., Law Office of Meredith S. Heller PLLC
- Massimo F. D'Angelo, Esq., Akerman LLP
- Eileen C. Travis, Director, NYC Lawyers Assistance Program
- Patricia J. Shevy, Esq., The Shevy Law Firm, LLC
- Joseph Gerstenzang, Esq., Gerstenzang, Sills, Cohn & Gerstenzang
- Clifford R. Ennico, Esq., Law Offices of Clifford R. Ennico
- Jay Himes, Esq., Labaton Sucharow LLP
- Joseph Milowic III, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP
- Webinar
- 0KC81
- Committee on Continuing Legal Education