Bridging The Gap – May 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.
Program Topics Include:
- Project Management for Lawyers | Identifying Workflows to Improve Systems within a Firm
- Risk Management 101/Attorney Escrow Accounts
- Advance Directives – Powers of Attorney, Health Care Proxies and Living Wills – Client Counseling 101
- Key Skills and Tips for Lawyers Using Microsoft Word
- Counseling Business Owners on How to Use Trademark Registrations to Protect Business Names, Logos and Tag Lines | The Unicorn Practice Area: Practicing Trademarks = Happy Lawyer
- Local Criminal Court Practice
- Gender Equity in Athletics
- Addressing Wellbeing, Mental Health and Alcohol and Substance Abuse in the Legal Profession
- Cybersecurity | What Lawyers Need Know
- A Primer on Starting a Practice in New York
- May 24, 2022
- May 25, 2022
- 8:00 AM
- 4:00 PM
- 7.0
- 3.0
- 6.0
- 16.0
- Virtual Participation
Day 1 | May, 24, 2022
8:45 a.m.
Welcome and Introductions | Administrative Announcements
Young Lawyers Section Chair
9:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
Project Management for Lawyers
Identifying Workflows to Improve Systems within a Firm
Sarah E. Gold, Esq.
Gold Law Firm
Albany, NY
1.5 Skills
10:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Break
10:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
Risk Management/Cyber Liability
Brett A. Scher
Kaufman Dolowich Voluck LLP
New York, NY
1.5 Ethics
11:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Break
12:00 p.m. – 1:15 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
1:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Break
1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Immigration 101
Allen E. Kaye, Esq.
Pollack, Pollack, Isaac & Decicco, LLP
New York, NY
1.0 Areas of Professional Practice
2:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Break
2:30 p.m. – 3:45 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
3:45 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Counseling Business Owners on How to Use Trademark Registrations to Protect Business Names, Logos and Tag Lines | The Unicorn Practice Area: Practicing Trademarks = Happy Lawyer
Sonia Lakhany, Esq.
Lakhany Law, PC
Atlanta, GA
2.0 Areas of Professional Practice
Day 2 | May 25, 2022
8:45 a.m.
Administrative Announcements
9:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
Local Criminal Court Practice
Jonathan Cohn, 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.
Gender Equity in Athletics
Pamela D. Bass, Esq.
Thomas, Drohan, Waxman, Petigrow & Mayle, LLP
Hopewell Junction, NY
1.5 Areas of Professional Practice
11:45 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Break
1:00 p.m. – 2:15 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
1.5 Ethics
2:15 p.m. – 3:05 p.m.
Cybersecurity | What Lawyers Need Know
Hon. Ronald J. Hedges (Ret.)
(Ret.) United States Magistrate Judge
United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
Senior Counsel, Dentons
1.0 Areas of Professional Practice
3:05 p.m. – 3:10 p.m.
Break
3:10 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
A Primer on Starting a Practice in New York
Clifford R. Ennico, Esq.
Law Office of Clifford R. Ennico
Fairfield, CT
1.5 Areas of Professional Practice
4:30 p.m.
Adjournment
- Sarah E. Gold, Esq., Gold Law Firm, Albany, NY
- Alexander Paykin, Esq., The Law Office of Alexander Paykin, P.C., New York, NY
- Patricia J. Shevy, Esq., The Shevy Law Firm LLC, Albany, NY
- Sonia Lakhany, Esq., Lakhany Law, PC, Atlanta, GA
- Jonathan Cohn, Esq., Gerstenzang, Sills, Cohn & Gerstenzang, Albany, NY
- Eileen Travis, Lawyer Assistance Program | NYC Bar
- Meredith Heller, Esq., Law Office of Meredith S. Heller PLLC, New York, NY
- Hon. Ronald J. Hedges (Ret.), (Ret.) United States Magistrate Judge, United States District Court for the District of New Jersey Senior Counsel, Dentons
- Clifford R. Ennico, Esq., Law Office of Clifford R. Ennico, Fairfield, CT
- Allen E. Kaye, Esq., Pollack, Pollack, Isaac & Decicco, LLP
- Brett A. Scher, Partner, Kaufman Dolowich Voluck LLP, New York, NY
- Pamela D. Bass, Esq., Thomas, Drohan, Waxman, Petigrow & Mayle, LLP, Hopewell Junction, NY
- Webinar
- 0LV81
- Committee on Continuing Legal Education
- Young Lawyers Section
