Bridging The Gap – September 2020 (Webinar)
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.
The 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….
Program Topics:
-10 Tips for Handling Your First Deposition
-Counseling Clients Relative to Visitation and Custody in the Age of COVID
-Free Speech in the Public Sector: What Employees Can and Cannot Say
-Maximizing Technology as a Lawyer Apple vs. Android and What You Need to Know as a Lawyer about Scanners, Tablets, Apps and More to Improve Efficiency
-Compliance and Corporate Ethics
-Addressing Wellbeing, Mental Health and Substance Use in the Legal Profession
-Will Drafting – Basics for New Lawyers
-Handling a Speeding Ticket – Drafting a Letter, Negotiating a Plea and Basic Skills for New Lawyers
-Guardianship Practice: Standards of Capacity, Governing Law, Court Rules, and the Roles of the Attorney
-Does Your Client Need to Comply with the GDPR, the CCPA and Other Online Privacy Statutes in Jurisdictions Other Than New York?
-Performing a “Legal Audit” of Your Client's Website, Social Media and Online Marketing Efforts: Understanding Terms of Service, User Agreements and Privacy Policies
Thank You to our Program Sponsor!
- September 24, 2020
- September 25, 2020
- 8:45 AM
- 5:45 PM
- 7.0
- 3.0
- 6.0
- 16.0
- Virtual Participation
Day One | Thursday, September 24, 2020
9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
10 Tips for Handling Your First Deposition
Robert A. Glick, Esq.
(1.5 Skills)
10:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
Counseling Clients Relative to Visitation and Custody in the Age of COVID
Rosalia Baiamonte, Esq.
(1.5 Skills)
11:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Break
12:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.
Free Speech in the Public Sector: What Employees Can and Cannot Say
Richard K. Zuckerman, Esq.
James D. Bilik, Esq.
(1.5 Areas of Professional Practice)
1:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Law Pay
Hailey Thompson
1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
Maximizing Technology as a Lawyer
Apple vs. Android and What You Need to Know as a Lawyer about Scanners, Tablets, Apps and More to Improve Efficiency
Alexander Paykin, Esq.
(1.5 Areas of Professional Practice/Law Practice Management)
2:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Break
3:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
Compliance and Corporate Ethics
Atiya S. Leary, Esq.
(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 Substance Use in the Legal Profession
Thomas E. Schimmerling, Esq.
Kelleena Richards, Esq.
(1.5 Ethics)
Day Two | Friday, September 25, 2020
9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
Will Drafting – Basics for New Lawyers
Patricia Shevy, Esq.
(1.5 Skills)
10:15 – 10:30 a.m.
Break
10:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
Handling a Speeding Ticket – Drafting a Letter, Negotiating a Plea and Basic Skills for New Lawyers
Jonathan Cohn, Esq.
Joseph Gerstenzang, Esq.
(1.5 Skills)
11:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Break
12:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.
Guardianship Practice: Standards of Capacity, Governing Law, Court Rules, and the Roles of the Attorney
Mira Weiss, Esq.
(1.5 Areas of Professional Practice)
1:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Break
1:30 p.m. - 2:20 p.m.
Does Your Client Need to Comply with the GDPR, the CCPA and Other Online Privacy Statutes in Jurisdictions Other Than New York?
Clifford R. Ennico, Esq.
(1.0 Areas of Professional Practice)
2:20 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Performing a “Legal Audit” of Your Client's Website, Social Media and Online Marketing Efforts: Understanding Terms of Service, User Agreements and Privacy Policies
Clifford R. Ennico, Esq.
(1.0 Areas of Professional Practice)
- Robert A. Glick, Esq., Brand Glick Brand PC
- Mira Weiss, Weiss Law Group
- Meredith S. Heller, Esq., Law Office of Meredith S. Heller PLLC
- Rosalia Baiamonte, Esq., Gassman Baiamonte Gruner, P.C
- Joseph Milowic III, Esq., Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP
- Patricia Shevy, Esq., The Shevy Law Firm, LLC
- Jonathan Cohn, Esq., Gerstenzang, Sills, Cohn & Gerstenzang
- Joseph Gerstenzang, Esq, Gerstenzang, Sills, Cohn & Gerstenzang
- Richard K. Zuckerman, Esq., Lamb & Barnosky, LLP
- Alexander Paykin, Esq, The Law Office of Alexander Paykin, P.C
- Eileen Travis, Lawyer Assistance Program, New York City Bar
- Thomas E. Schimmerling, Esq., Thomas E. Schimmerling, Esq.
- Clifford R. Ennico, Esq., Law Offices of Clifford R. Ennico
- David E. Gutowski, Esq., Zdarky Sawicki & Agostinelli LLP
- Kelleena Richards, Esq., NYS Office of Children and Family Services
- Atiya S. Leary, Esq., Atiya S. Leary, Esq.
- Webinar
- 0JM11
- Committee on Law Practice Management
