Bridging the Gap – October 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:
-Risk Management and Ethics for New Lawyers
-Avoiding Cyber Risks: What New Lawyers Need Know about Cybersecurity
-Will Drafting 101
-Workers Compensation 101 (Video Replay)
-Prenuptial Agreements (Video Replay)
-Addressing Wellbeing, Mental Health and Alcohol and Substance Abuse in the Legal Profession
-Cannabis Law Update (Video Replay)
-Client Counseling in Landlord Tenant Practice
-Key Skills in Criminal Court Practice – Handling DWI Cases in NYS
-Real Estate 101 | Residential Closings (Video Replay)
-Representing the Startup Venture in New York
- October 26, 2022
- October 27, 2022
- 8:00 AM
- 5:45 PM
- 7.0
- 3.0
- 6.0
- 16.0
- Virtual Participation
Day One | Wednesday, October 26, 2022
8:45 a.m.
Welcome and Introductions | Administrative Announcements
Young Lawyers Section Chair
9:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
Risk Management and Ethics for New Lawyers
Brett A. Scher, Esq.
Kaufman Dolowich Voluck
New York, NY
1.5 Ethics
10:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Break
10:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
Avoiding Cyber Risks: What New Lawyers Need Know about Cybersecurity
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 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Break
12:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Will Drafting 101
Patricia J. Shevy, Esq.
The Shevy Law Firm LLC
Albany, NY
1.5 Skills
1:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.
Break
1:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Workers Compensation 101
Robert E. Grey, Esq.
Grey & Grey, LLP
Farmingdale, NY
1.5 Areas of Professional Practice
3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Break
3:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Prenuptial Agreements (Video Replay)
Rosalia Baiamonte, Esq.
Gassman Baiamonte Gruner, P.C.
Garden City, NY
1.5 Areas of Professional Practice
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, 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, October 27, 2022
8:45 a.m.
Administrative Announcements
9:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
Cannabis Law Update (Video Replay)
Lynelle Bosworth, Esq.
Greenberg Traurig LLP
Albany, NY
1.5 Areas of Professional Practice
10:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Break
10:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
Client Counseling in Landlord Tenant Practice
Massimo F. D’Angelo, Esq.
Akerman LLP
New York, NY
1.5 Skills
11:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Lunch Break
12:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Key Skills in Criminal Court Practice – Handling DWI Cases in NYS
Jonathan Cohn, Esq.
Gerstenzang, Sills, Cohn & Gerstenzang
Albany, NY
1.5 Skills
1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Real Estate 101 | Residential Closings (Video Replay)
Michelle H. Wildgrube, Esq.
Cioffi Slezak Wildgrube P.C.
Schenectady, NY
1.0 Areas of Professional Practice
2:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Representing the Startup Venture in New York
Clifford R. Ennico, Esq.
Law Office of Clifford R. Ennico
Fairfield, CT
1.5 Skills
4:00 p.m.
Adjournment
- Webinar
- 0ME11
- Committee on Continuing Legal Education
- Young Lawyers Section
