Bridging the Gap – August 2021
The New York State Bar Association is pleased to offer newly admitted attorneys a two-day Bridging the Gap CLE program. 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.
Newly admitted attorneys must complete at least 16 transitional CLE credit hours in each of the first two years of admission to the Bar. The first set of 16 transitional CLE credit hours must be completed by the first anniversary of admission to the Bar, in the designated categories of credit. The second set of 16 transitional CLE credit hours must be completed between the first and second anniversaries. 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:
– Depositions: Maintaining Civility During Advocacy
– Basics of Matrimonial Law | Divorce 101
– Nuts & Bolts of Medical Malpractice
– Risk Management and Ethics
– Cyber Risks | What New Lawyers Need to Know about Cybersecurity (replay)
– Local and State Government Law Section – The Notice of Claim – What New Lawyers Need to Know
– Addressing Wellbeing, Mental Health and Alcohol and Substance Abuse in the Legal Profession
– NY Civil Practice | Key Skills in Litigation for New Lawyers
– Criminal Law Practice | Key Skills in Handling DWI Cases and Vehicle and Traffic Matters
– Financing the Startup Venture in New York: How Small Businesses, Entrepreneurs and Startup Enterprises Find the Money They Need to Succeed
- August 11, 2021
- August 12, 2021
- 8:45 AM
- 4:00 PM
- 7.0
- 3.0
- 6.0
- 16.0
- Virtual Participation
Day One | Wednesday, August 11, 2021
8:45 a.m. Welcome and Introductions | Administrative Announcements | Young Lawyers Section Chair
9:00 – 10:15 a.m. Depositions: Maintaining Civility During Advocacy
Samantha Riggi, Esq.
Bottar Law, PLLC
Syracuse, NY
(1.5 Skills)
10:15 – 10:30 a.m. Break
10:30 – 11:45 a.m. Basics of Matrimonial Law | Divorce 101
Morghan L. Richardson, Esq.
Davidoff Hutcher & Citron LLP
New York, NY
(1.5 Skills)
11:45 – 12:00 p.m. Break
12:00 – 1:15 p.m. Nuts and Bolts of a Medical Malpractice
Jeffrey B. Bloom, Esq.
Gair, Gair, Conason, Rubinowitz, Bloom, Hershenhorn, Steigman & Mackauf
New York, NY
(1.5 Areas of Professional Practice)
1:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Break
1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. Risk Management | Ethical Considerations for New Lawyers
William T. McCaffery, Esq.
L'Abbate, Balkan, Colavita & Contini, L.L.P.
Melville, NY
(1.5 Ethics)
2:45 – 3:00 p.m. Break
3:00 – 4:15 p.m. Local and State Government Law Section | The Notice of Claim – What New Lawyers Need to Know
Steven G. Leventhal, Esq.
Leventhal, Mullaney & Blinkoff, LLP
Roslyn, 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 Alcohol and Substance Abuse in the Legal Profession
Lawyer Assistance Committee
(1.5 Ethics)
Day Two | Thursday, August 12, 2021
8:45 a.m. Welcome and Introductions
9:00 – 10:15 a.m. NY Civil Practice | Key Skills in Litigation for New Lawyers
Terrence L. Tarver, Esq.
Tarver Law Firm, P.C.
Garden City, NY
(1.5 Skills)
10:15 – 10:30 a.m. Break
10:30 – 11:45 a.m. Cyber Risks | What New Lawyers Need to Know about Cybersecurity (Replay)
Hon. Ronald J. Hedges (Ret.)
(Ret.) United States Magistrate Judge
United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
Senior Counsel, Dentons
(1.5 Areas of Professional Practice)
11:45 – 12:00 p.m. Break
12:00 – 1:15 p.m. Criminal Law Practice | Key Skills in Handling DWI Cases and Vehicle and Traffic Matters
Jonathan Cohn, Esq.
Gerstenzang, Sills, Cohn & Gerstenzang
Albany, NY
(1.5 Skills)
1:15 – 1:25 p.m. Break
1:25 – 3:30 p.m. Financing the Startup Venture in New York: How Small Businesses, Entrepreneurs and Startup Enterprises Find the Money They Need to Succeed
Clifford R. Ennico, Esq.
Law Office of Clifford R. Ennico Fairfield, CT
(2.5 Areas of Professional Practice)
Day One
9.0 MCLE credits | 3.0 Skills, 3.0 Ethics, 3.0 Areas of Professional Practice
Day Two
7.0 MCLE credits | 3.0 Skills, 4.0 Areas of Professional Practice
- Samantha Riggi, Esq., Bottar Law, PLLC
- Jonathan D. Cohn, Esq., Gerstenzang, Sills, Cohn & Gerstenzang
- Morghan L. Richardson, Esq., Davidoff Hutcher & Citron LLP
- William T. McCaffery, Esq., L'Abbate, Balkan, Colavita & Contini, L.L.P.
- Terrence L. Tarver, Esq., Tarver Law Firm, P.C.
- Jeffrey B. Bloom, Esq., Gair, Gair, Conason, Rubinowitz, Bloom, Hershenhorn, Steigman & Mackauf
- Hon. Ronald J. Hedges (Ret.), (Ret.) United States Magistrate Judge, United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, Senior Counsel, Dentons
- Steven G. Leventhal, Esq., Leventhal, Mullaney & Blinkoff, LLP
- Clifford R. Ennico, Esq., Law Office of Clifford R. Ennico
- Webinar
- 0KU91
- Young Lawyers Section
