Bridging the Gap – February 2022
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:
- Cyber Concerns for Law Firms
- Prenuptial Agreements | Client Counseling
- Local Criminal Court Practice and Vehicle and Traffic Matters
- Landlord Tenant Practice and Client Counseling in the Pandemic
- Risk Management 101
- Addressing Wellbeing, Mental Health and Alcohol and Substance Abuse in the Legal Profession
- Automobile Litigation | Key Skills and Strategies in Client Counseling
- Debt Collection and Judgment Enforcement
- Advance Directives | POA's, Living Wills, and Health Care Proxies (Video Replay)
- Basic Human Resources | Labor and Employment Hiring and Firing in a Changing Regulatory Environment
- Basics of Business and Nonprofit Organizations in New York – Limited Liability Companies, PLLCs, Corporations, S-Corps and PCs
- February 16, 2022
- February 17, 2022
- 8:00 AM
- 5:45 PM
- 7.0
- 3.0
- 6.0
- 16.0
- Virtual Participation
Day One | Wednesday, February 16, 2022
8:45 a.m. Welcome and Introductions | Administrative Announcements
Young Lawyers Section Chair
9:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Cybersecurity Concerns for Law Firms | What New Lawyers Should Know
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
10:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Prenuptial Agreements | Client Counseling
Rosalia Baiamonte, Esq.
Gassman Baiamonte Gruner, P.C.
Garden City, NY
1.5 Skills
11:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Break
12:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. Local Criminal Court Practice and Vehicle and Traffic Matters
Joseph Gerstenzang, Esq.
Gerstenzang, Sills, Cohn & Gerstenzang
Albany, NY
1.5 Skills
1:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Break
1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. Landlord Tenant Practice and Client Counseling in the Pandemic
Massimo F. D'Angelo, Esq.
Akerman LLP
New York, NY
1.5 Skills
2:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Break
3:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. Risk Management 101
William T. McCaffery, Esq.
L'Abbate, Balkan, Colavita & Contini, LLP
Melville, NY
1.5 Ethics
4:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Break
4:30 p.m. - 5:45 p.m. Addressing Wellbeing, Mental Health and Alcohol and Substance Abuse in the Legal Profession
Lawyer Assistance Committee
Eileen Travis, NYC Bar Lawyer Assistance
Meredith Heller, Esq.
1.5 Ethics
Day Two | Thursday, February 17, 2022
8:45 a.m. Administrative Announcements
9:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Automobile Litigation | Key Skills and Strategies in Client Counseling
Robert A. Glick, Esq.
Brand Glick Brand P.C.
Garden City, NY
1.5 Skills
10:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Debt Collection and Judgment Enforcement
Robert J. Ansell, Esq.
Vice President and General Counsel
Power-Flo Technologies, Inc.
New Hyde Park, NY
1.5 Areas of Professional Practice
11:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Break
12:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. Advance Directives | POAs, Living Wills and Health Care Proxies (Video Replay)
Patricia J. Shevy, Esq.
The Shevy Law Firm LLC
Albany, NY
1.5 Areas of Professional Practice
1:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Break
1:30 p.m. – 2:20 p.m. Basic Human Resources | Labor and Employment Hiring and Firing in a Changing Regulatory
Environment
Nancy B. Schess, Esq.
Klein Zelman Rothermel Jacobs & Schess LLP
New York, NY
1.0 Areas of Professional Practice
2:20 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Break
2:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Basics of Business and Nonprofit Organizations in New York - Limited Liability Companies,
PLLCs, Corporations, S-Corps and PCs
Clifford R. Ennico, Esq.
Law Office of Clifford R. Ennico
Fairfield, CT
1.5 Areas of Professional Practice
Day One
9.0 MCLE Credits | 1.5 Areas of Professional Practice, 4.5 Skills, 3.0 Ethics
Day Two
7.0 MCLE Credits | 5.5 Areas of Professional Practice, 1.5 Skills
- Massimo F. D'Angelo, Esq., Akerman LLP, New York, NY
- William T. McCaffery, Esq., L'Abbate, Balkan, Colavita & Contini, LLP, Melville, NY
- Eileen Travis, NYC Bar Lawyer Assistance Program
- Meredith S. Heller, Esq., Law Office of Meredith S. Heller PLLC, New York, NY
- Clifford R. Ennico, Esq., Law Office of Clifford R. Ennico, Fairfield, CT
- Hon. Ronald J. Hedges (Ret.), (Ret.) United States Magistrate Judge United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, Senior Counsel, Dentons
- Robert J. Ansell, Esq., Power-Flo Technologies, Inc., New Hyde Park, NY
- Nancy B. Schess, Esq., Klein Zelman Rothermel Jacobs & Schess LLP
- Jonathan D. Cohn, Esq., Gerstenzang, Sills, Cohn & Gerstenzang, Albany, NY
- Rosalia Baiamonte, Esq., Gassman Baiamonte Gruner, P.C., Garden City, NY
- Robert A. Glick, Esq., Brand Glick Brand P.C., Garden City, NY
- Webinar
- 0LS71
- Young Lawyers Section
