Bridging the Gap – August 2023
The NYSBA Bridging the Gap continuing legal education program offers 16.0 total credits. Newly admitted attorneys can satisfy all of their annual MCLE requirements by attending this two-day program, which is ideal for “bridging the gap” between law school and the realities of practicing law in New York State. Experienced attorneys who have an interest in other areas of practice can also attend and benefit from this program by learning practical information from skilled and experienced practitioners.
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:
-Cybersecurity, Ethics and Data Privacy (Live)
-Law Office Technology | What New Lawyers Need to Know (Live)
-Estate Planning 101 | Key Skills for New Practitioners (Live)
-Attorney Escrow Accounts 101 (Video Replay)
-Divorce 101 (Video Replay)
-Lawyer Assistance | Addressing Stress, Wellbeing, Mental Health and Alcohol and Substance Abuse in the Legal Profession (Live)
-Automobile Litigation 101 | Key Skills in Client Counseling (Live)
-Handling DWI Cases in NY | Key Skills (Live)
-NY Labor Law Refresher (Video Replay)
-Non-Compete Agreements and Antitrust Law (Live)
-Managing Attorney Stress | Using Mindfulness Tools to Support Lawyers Well-being (Live)
-Representing the Small Business in New York | Client Counseling Skills (Live)
- August 8, 2023
- August 9, 2023
- 8:00 AM
- 5:45 PM
- 7.0
- 3.0
- 6.0
- 16.0
- Virtual Participation
Day One | August 8, 2023
8:45 a.m.
Welcome and Introductions | Administrative Announcements
Young Lawyers Section Chair
9:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
Cybersecurity, Ethics and Data Privacy (Live)
Hon. Ronald J. Hedges
Former, United States Magistrate Judge
United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
Principal, Ronald J. Hedges LLC
Marissa J. Moran, J.D.
Professor, Department of Law & Paralegal Studies
CUNY - New York City College of Technology
Brooklyn, NY
1.5 Ethics/Cybersecurity, Privacy and Data Protection-Ethics
10:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Law Office Technology | What New Lawyers Need to Know (Live)
Topics include password protectors and organizers; Calendaring systems, computer protocols, and litigation support software; Cross-platform computer system search tools; Theft of data protection systems; Use of artificial intelligence sources when quick answers are needed; Use of an electronic bookkeeping application for the firm's IOLTA account; Safeguarding client data; and outsourcing
William S. Friedlander, Esq.
Friedlander & Friedlander, P.C.
Ithaca, NY
Michelle Rudderow, Esq.
Rudderow Law, PLLC
Syracuse, NY
1.0 Areas of Professional Practice/Law Practice Management
11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Extended Break
12:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.
Estate Planning 101 | Key Skills for New Practitioners (Live)
Patricia J. Shevy, Esq.
The Shevy Law Firm LLC
Albany, NY
1.5 Skills
1:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Break
1:30 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.
Attorney Escrow Accounts 101 (Video Replay)
Scott W. Bush, Esq.
Corrigan, McCoy & Bush, PLLC
Rensselaer, NY
1.5 Areas of Professional Practice/Law Practice Management
2:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Break
2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Divorce 101 (Video Replay)
Rosalia Baiamonte, Esq.
Gassman Baiamonte Gruner, P.C. Garden City, NY
1.0 Areas of Professional Practice/Law Practice Management
3:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Break
3:45 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Lawyer Assistance | Addressing Stress, Wellbeing, Mental Health and Alcohol and Substance Abuse in the Legal Profession (Live)
Lawyer Assistance Committee
Eileen Travis, Executive Director
Lawyer Assistance Program | NYC Bar
Meredith S. Heller, Esq.
Law Office of Meredith S. Heller PLLC
New York, NY
Joseph Milowic, III, Esq.
Director of Well-Being and Of Counsel
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP
Co-founder, Lawyers Depression Project
1.5 Ethics
Day Two | August 9, 2023
8:45 a.m.
Administrative Announcements
9:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
Automobile Litigation 101 | Key Skills in Client Counseling (Live)
Robert A. Glick, Esq.
Brand Glick Brand, P.C.
East Meadow, NY
1.5 Skills
10:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
Handling DWI Cases in NY | Key Skills (Live)
Joseph Gerstenzang, Esq.
Gerstenzang, Sills, Cohn & Gerstenzang
Albany, NY
1.5 Skills
11:45 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
NY Labor Law Refresher (Video Replay)
Jeff Marchese, Esq.
Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney
New York, NY
1.5 Areas of Professional Practice
1:00 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. Break
1:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Non-Compete Agreements and Antitrust Law (Live)
Jay Himes, Esq.
Served nearly two years in the New York Attorney General’s office as Special Litigation Counsel responsible for Meta (formerly known as Facebook) matters. Served as the Antitrust Bureau Chief in the NYAG’s office
1.0 Areas of Professional Practice
3:00 p.m. – 3:50 p.m.
Managing Attorney Stress | Using Mindfulness Tools to Support Lawyers Well-being (Live)
Jennifer Clayton
Program Manager, NYSBA Attorney Well-Being
Albany, NY
Lisa Podemski, Esq.
Senior Attorney for Children at the Legal Aid Society
New York, NY
1.0 Law Practice Management
3:50 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Break
4:00 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.
Representing the Small Business in New York | Client Counseling Skills (Live)
Clifford R. Ennico, Esq.
Law Office of Clifford R. Ennico
Fairfield, CT
1.5 Skills
Day One
8.0 MCLE Credits | 3.5 Areas of Professional Practice, 1.5 Skills, 3.0 Ethics
Day Two
8.0 MCLE Credits | 3.5 Areas of Professional Practice/Law Practice Management, 4.5 Skills
- Webinar
- 0NC31
- Committee on Continuing Legal Education
- Young Lawyers Section
