Bridging The Gap – June 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:
- Landlord Tenant Practice Update
- Drafting Prenuptial Agreements | Key Considerations
- Advance Directives – Powers of Attorney, Health Care Proxies and Living Wills – Client Counseling 101
- Cannabis Update
- Local and State Government – Notice of Claim
- Addressing Wellbeing, Mental Health and Alcohol and Substance Abuse in the Legal Profession
- Basics of Vehicle and Traffic Law in NYS
- Coaching Today’s Student-Athletes: Legal Updates
- Microsoft Word for Lawyers
- Cybersecurity | What Lawyers Need Know
- Ethical Considerations New Lawyers Need to Know about Marketing and Advertising
- June 21, 2022
- June 22, 2022
- 8:00 AM
- 4:00 PM
- 7.0
- 3.0
- 6.0
- 16.0
- Virtual Participation
Day One | Tuesday, June 21, 2022
8:45 a.m.
Welcome and Introductions | Administrative Announcements
Young Lawyers Section Chair
9:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
Landlord Tenant Practice Update
Massimo F. D’Angelo, Esq.
Akerman LLP
New York, NY
1.5 Areas of Professional Practice
10:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
Drafting Prenuptial Agreements | Key Considerations
Rosalia Baiamonte, Esq.
Gassman Baiamonte Gruner, PC
Garden City
1.5 Skills
11:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Break
12:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Advance Directives – Powers of Attorney, Health Care Proxies and Living Wills – Client Counseling 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.
Cannabis Update
Lynelle K. Bosworth, Esq.
Chair, Cannabis Section
Greenburg Traurig LLP
Albany, NY
1.5 Areas of Professional Practice
3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. Break
3:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Local and State Government- Notice of Claims (Video Replay)
Steven G. Leventhal, Esq.
Leventhal, Cursio, Mullaney & Sliney, LLP
Roslyn, 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 | Wednesday, June 22, 2022
8:45 a.m.
Administrative Announcements
9:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
Basics of Vehicle and Traffic Law in NYS
Joseph Gerstenzang, Esq.
Gerstenzang, Sills, Cohn & Gerstenzang
Albany, NY
1.5 Skills
10:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
Coaching Today’s Student-Athletes: Legal Updates
Pamela D. Bass, Esq.
Thomas, Drohan, Waxman, Petigrow & Mayle, LLP
Hopewell Junction, NY
1.5 Areas of Professional Practice
11:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Lunch Break
12:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Key Skills and Tips for Lawyers Using Microsoft Word
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. – 2:35 p.m.
Cybersecurity | What Lawyers Need Know ( Video Replay)
Hon. Ronald J. Hedges (Ret.)
(Ret.) United States Magistrate Judge
United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
Senior Counsel, Dentons
1.0 Areas of Professional Practice
2:35 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. Break
2:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Ethical Considerations New Lawyers Need to Know about Marketing and Advertising
- the differences between “marketing” vs. “advertising”
- knowing your clients and identifying their “hot buttons”
- your firm name, address, business cards, stationery
- other “brand/name recognition” activities
- your involvement in organizations and community activities
- your personal interaction with potential clients and referral sources and your “elevator pitch”
- your public speaking strategy
- your law firm website and social media
- online client generation through FindLaw and other “lawyer search” sites
Clifford R. Ennico, Esq.
Law Office of Clifford R. Ennico
Fairfield, CT
1.5 Ethics
4:00 p.m. Adjournment
Day One
9.0 MCLE Credits | 4.5 Areas of Professional Practice, 3.0 Skills, 1.5 Ethics
Day Two
7.0 MCLE Credits | 2.5 Areas of Professional Practice, 3.0 Skills, 1.5 Ethics
- Massimo F. D'Angelo, Speaker, Akerman LLP
- Pamela D. Bass, Speaker, Thomas, Drohan, Waxman, Petigrow & Mayle, LLP
- Patricia J. Shevy, Speaker, The Shevy Law Firm LLC
- Alexander Paykin, Speaker, The Law Office of Alexander Paykin, P.C.
- Hon. Ronald J. Hedges (Ret.), Speaker, Dentons US LLP
- Clifford R. Ennico, Speaker, Law Office of Clifford R. Ennico
- Webinar
- 0LW11
- Committee on Continuing Legal Education
- Young Lawyers Section
