November 2021 Bridging the Gap
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:
– Depositions: Maintaining Civility During Advocacy
– Criminal Law Practice | Key Skills in Handling DWI Cases
– Immigration 101 | Client Counseling
– Client Counseling in Matrimonial Actions in New York
– Pet Trusts: Caring for Fluffy and Fido After You’re Gone (Video Replay)
– Addressing Wellbeing, Mental Health and Alcohol and Substance Abuse in the Legal Profession
– Commercial Leasing
– Intellectual Property Law Basics for the Non-IP Lawyer
– Advance Directives | POAs, Living Wills and Health Care Proxies
– Ethical Considerations and Representing the Small Business or Startup Enterprise
- November 16, 2021
- November 17, 2021
- 8:00 AM
- 5:00 PM
- 7.0
- 3.0
- 6.0
- 16.0
- Virtual Participation
Day One | Tuesday, November 16, 2021
8:45 a.m. Welcome and Introductions | Administrative Announcements
Young Lawyers Section Chair
9:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Depositions: Maintaining Civility During Advocacy
Samantha Riggi, Esq.
Bottar Law, PLLC
Syracuse, NY
1.5 Skills
10:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Criminal Law Practice | Key Skills in Handling DWI Cases
Jonathan Cohn, Esq.
Gerstenzang, Sills, Cohn & Gerstenzang
Albany, NY
1.5 Skills
11:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Break
12:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. Immigration 101 | Client Counseling
Mary Armistead, Esq.
Equal Justice Works Crime Victims Justice Corps Fellow at the Legal Project
Albany Law School
Albany, NY
1.5 Skills
1:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Break
1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. Client Counseling in Matrimonial Actions in New York
Rosalia Baiamonte, Esq.
Gassman Baiamonte Gruner, P.C.
Garden City, NY
1.5 Skills
2:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Break
3:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. Pet Trusts: Caring for Fluffy and Fido After You’re Gone | Video Replay
1.5 Areas of Professional Practice
4:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Break
4:30 p.m. - 5:45 p.m. Addressing Wellbeing, Mental Health and Alcohol and Substance Abuse in the
Legal Profession Lawyer Assistance Committee
Thomas Nicotera, Esq.
Eileen Travis, NYC Bar Lawyer Assistance
Meredith Heller, Esq.
1.5 Ethics
Day Two | Wednesday, November 17, 2021
8:45 a.m. Administrative Announcements
9:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Commercial Leasing
Deborah L. Goldman, Esq.
Belkin Burden Goldman, 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. Intellectual Property Law Basics for the Non-IP Lawyer
George R. McGuire, Esq.
Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC
Syracuse, NY
1.5 Areas of Professional Practice
11:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Break
12:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. Advance Directives | POAs, Living Wills and Health Care Proxies
Patricia J. Shevy, Esq.
The Shevy Law Firm LLC
Albany, NY
1.5 Areas of Professional Practice
1:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Break
1:25 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Ethical Considerations and Representing the Small Business or Startup Enterprise
Clifford R. Ennico, Esq.
Law Office of Clifford R. Ennico
Fairfield, CT
1.5 Ethics, 1.0 Areas of Professional Practice
- Samantha Riggi, Esq., Bottar Law, PLLC, Syracuse, NY
- Jonathan Cohn, Esq., Gerstenzang, Sills, Cohn & Gerstenzang, Albany, NY
- Mary Armistead, Esq., Equal Justice Works Crime Victims Justice Corps Fellow at the Legal Project, Albany Law School ,Albany, NY
- Rosalia Baiamonte, Esq., Gassman Baiamonte Gruner, P.C., Garden City, NY
- Thomas Nicotera, Esq., Albany, NY
- Clifford R. Ennico, Esq., Law Office of Clifford R. Ennico, Fairfield, CT
- Meredith Stacy Heller, Esq., Law Office of Meredith S. Heller PLLC, New York, NY
- George R. McGuire, Esq., Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC, Syracuse, NY
- Deborah L. Goldman, Esq., Belkin Burden Goldman, LLP, New York, NY
- Patricia J. Shevy, Esq., The Shevy Law Firm LLC, Albany, NY
- Eileen Travis, NYC Bar Lawyer Assistance, New York, NY
- Webinar
- 0LG11
- Young Lawyers Section
