Bridging the Gap – November 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
Bridging the Tech Gap | Legal Technology Skills & Practice Management
This CLE will include the following:
Join us to learn the basics of the technology tools attorneys, paralegals, and legal staff need to succeed in the practice of law, including automating repetitive tasks, preventing errors, and practicing more efficiently through tech tools, while mindful of attorneys' ethical responsibilities when they or their legal team utilize these varied technologies.
Topics to be discussed:
-Artificial Intelligence and the Law
-Avoiding Cyber Risks: What Lawyers Need Know about Cybersecurity and Ethics
-Lawyers & Texting | Skills in Client Communication
-Cookies (not the kind you eat) – Introduction to Online Cookies – What Lawyers Need to Know
-Skills and Tips in Cloud Storage | What is Cloud Storage? Precautions for Lawyers
-Tech, Stress and Lawyer Wellbeing | Addressing Stress, Wellbeing, Mental Health and Alcohol and Substance Abuse in the Legal Profession
-Key Skills in Selecting and Managing Your Office Tech | Laptops & Computers | The Hybrid and Remote Workplace
-ADA Compliant Websites, Social Media and Linkedin | What Lawyers Need to Know
-Getting Paid | Skills in Billing Invoicing and Maximizing QuickBooks in Your Law Office | Remote Deposits – What are Remote Deposits? Credit Card Payments and Accepting Bitcoin
-The Digital Mailroom, Electronic Faxes, and the Pros & Cons of Paper Mail Alternatives (Video Replay)
-Virtual Depositions and Hearings | Best Practices for Success
-The Metaverse, NFTs and Emerging Technologies Lawyers Need to Know | The Future of the Legal Profession
- November 16, 2022
- November 17, 2022
- 8:00 AM
- 5:45 PM
- 7.0
- 3.0
- 6.0
- 16.0
- Virtual Participation
Day One | Wednesday, November 16, 2022
8:45 a.m.
Welcome and Introductions | Administrative Announcements
9:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
Artificial Intelligence and the Law
Hon. Ronald J. Hedges (Ret.)
(Ret.) United States Magistrate Judge
United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
Senior Counsel, Dentons
William D. Goren, Esq., J.D., LL.M.
Decatur, GA
1.5 Areas of Professional Practice
10:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Break
10:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
Avoiding Cyber Risks: What Lawyers Need Know about Cybersecurity and Ethics
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 Ethics
11:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Break
12:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Lawyers & Texting | Skills in Client Communication
Introduction to SMS Texting; The Risks of SMS Texting; The Ease of Texting Apps; Texting Cases; Legal Field Implications; Precautions to Take
Marissa J. Moran, J.D.
Professor
Department of Law & Paralegal Studies
American Bar Association (ABA) Approved Education
CUNY - New York City College of Technology
Brooklyn, NY
Alexander Paykin, Esq.
The Law Office of Alexander Paykin, P.C.
New York, NY
1.5 Skills
1:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.
Break
1:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Cookies (not the kind you eat) - Introduction to Online Cookies – What Lawyers Need to Know
Types of Online Cookies; Online Cookie Usage by Browser or Website; The Dangers of Online Cookies; Cases Involving the Negative Possibilities of Cookies; Pros and Cons of Disabling or Deleting Cookies; How to Disable and Delete Cookies
Marissa J. Moran, J.D.
Professor
Department of Law & Paralegal Studies
American Bar Association (ABA) Approved Education
CUNY - New York City College of Technology
Brooklyn, NY
Alexander Paykin, Esq.
The Law Office of Alexander Paykin, P.C.
New York, NY
1.5 Areas of Professional Practice
3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Break
3:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Skills and Tips in Cloud Storage | What is Cloud Storage? Precautions for Lawyers
Types of Cloud Storage; How Does Cloud Storage Work? How Lawyers Use Cloud Storage; Private Cloud for Law Firms; What Popular Companies/Software Exist; Specializations for Firms; The Advantages of Using Cloud Storage; The Disadvantages of Using Cloud Storage; Dangers of Not Having Cloud Storage; Ideal Use of Private Over Public Cloud; Dangers of Public Cloud
Marissa J. Moran, J.D.
Professor
Department of Law & Paralegal Studies
American Bar Association (ABA) Approved Education
CUNY - New York City College of Technology
Brooklyn, NY
Alexander Paykin, Esq.
The Law Office of Alexander Paykin, P.C.
New York, NY
1.5 Skills
4:30 p.m. – 5:45 p.m.
Tech, Stress and Lawyer Wellbeing | Addressing Stress, Wellbeing, Mental Health and Alcohol and Substance Abuse in the Legal Profession
Lawyer Assistance Committee
Eileen Travis, Executive Director
Lawyer Assistance Program | NYC Bar
Meredith Heller, Esq.
Law Office of Meredith S. Heller PLLC
New York, NY
Joseph Milowic III, Esq.
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP
New York, NY
1.5 Ethics
Day Two | Thursday, November 17, 2022
8:45 a.m.
Administrative Announcements
9:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
Key Skills in Selecting and Managing Your Office Tech | Laptops & Computers | The Hybrid and Remote Workplace
How lawyers currently use them; Advantages & disadvantages of laptops; Advantages & disadvantages of desktops; Other devices: tablets, work phones; Confidentiality concerns; Case studies; How to mitigate concerns
William S. Friedlander, Esq.
Friedlander & Friedlander, P.C.
Ithaca, NY
Michelle Rudderow, Esq.
Ruddero Law, PLLC
Syracuse, NY
1.5 Skills
10:15 a.m. – 10:20 a.m.
Break
10:20 a.m. – 11:35 a.m.
ADA Compliant Websites, Social Media and Linkedin | What Lawyers Need to Know
William D. Goren, Esq., J.D., LL.M.
Decatur, GA
1.5 Law Practice Management
11:35 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
Break
11:45 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Getting Paid | Skills in Billing
Invoicing and Maximizing QuickBooks in Your Law Office | Remote Deposits - What are Remote Deposits?
Credit Card Payments and Accepting Bitcoin
The Benefits of Remote Deposit to a Law Firm; Examples of Companies & Software that do this; How Remote Deposit Works; The Risks; Differences Between Mobile Deposits; Advantages of Other Types of Banking
Alexander Paykin, Esq.
The Law Office of Alexander Paykin, P.C.
New York, NY
1.5 Skills
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Lunch Break
2:00 p.m. – 2:50 p.m.
The Digital Mailroom, Electronic Faxes and the Pros & Cons of Paper Mail Alternatives (Video Replay)
A digital mailroom is a hybrid mailroom and scanning service that converts physical mail into a digital format that can be delivered and accessed at any time. Documents and captured, scanned, and digitized into an electronic format. The creation of a digital mailroom has enabled the flow of critical business information to employees, enterprise content management systems or a process workflows.
Alexander Paykin, Esq.
The Law Office of Alexander Paykin, P.C.
New York, NY
1.0 Areas of Professional Practice
2:50 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Break
3:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
The Metaverse, NFTs and Emerging Technologies Lawyers Need to Know | The Future of the Legal Profession
Clifford R. Ennico, Esq.
Law Office of Clifford R. Ennico
Fairfield, CT
1.5 Areas of Professional Practice
Day One
9.0 MCLE Credits | 3.0 Areas of Professional Practice, 3.0 Skills, 3.0 Ethics
Day Two
7.0 MCLE Credits | 4.0 Areas of Professional Practice, 3.0 Skills
- Webinar
- 0ME31
- Committee on Continuing Legal Education
- Young Lawyers Section
- Committee on Technology and the Legal Profession
