The Association of the Bar of the City of New York

The Center is planning various events through out the year for Association Members. These include round-tables, workshops, an annual seminar, and luncheons with a featured speaker. These events are planned in coordination with and the assistance of the Association's Small Law Firm Management Committee. While all events are subject to change, the following events have been scheduled:

Small Law Firm Center Stress/Time Management Luncheon Series - 1 of 3
Cultivating Work-Life Synergy for a Solo or Small Law Firm Practitioner
Thursday, March 11, 2010 12:30 - 2:00pm

This workshop will help you build real skills and achieve personal and professional success by managing time, relationships and tasks in your legal and personal experience.

Moderator:
Alla Roytberg, Director of the Small Law Firm Center
New York City Bar

Speaker:
Arnie Herz, Legal Sanity Learning Programs

Sponsored By

Registration by March 5, 2010 is necessary. Attendance limited to 30.
The fee, which includes lunch is $30 for members; $50 for non-members

EFFECTIVE TECHNOLOGY FOR THE SMALL LAW FIRM
a three part luncheon series.
Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:30 - 2:00pm

Computer and Data Security, Session 3: Your computer and data are at risk --- from hackers, from equipment failure and from human error. In this luncheon seminar you will learn what steps you need to take to protect your computer and data from intrusion and loss.

Moderator:
Mark Josephson, Esq., CPA, CFP, CFE
Murray & Josephson, CPAs, LLC

Speaker:
David J. Rosenbaum
Real-Time Computer Services, Inc.

Sponsored by Lexis/Nexis

Registration by March 15th is necessary.
The fee, which includes lunch, is $30 for members; $50 for non-members.

Small Law Firm Luncheon: Family Mediation - Expanding Your Practice While Helping Clients Save Money
Thursday, April 22, 2010 12:30 pm - 2 pm

Learn how solos and small firm practitioners can complement their practice areas by acting as counsel to clients during a Family Mediation process. Topics will include: a brief overview of the mediation process; hot tips for lawyers whose clients are involved in mediation; how lawyers can provide "financial handholding" to their clients during the mediation process; and a client's perspective on the benefits and/or challenges of going through a Family Mediation process.

Moderator/ Speaker:
MARK A. JOSEPHSON, CPA, CFP, CFE, Murray & Josephson, CPAs, LLC

Speakers:
ALLA ROYTBERG, Law Firm and Mediation Practice of Alla Roytberg, P.C.; Attorney/Mediator, Co-President, Family and Divorce Mediation Council of Greater New York; GLENN E. DORNFELD, Attorney/Mediator; Past President, Family and Divorce Mediation Council of Greater New York; Past President of the New York State Council on Divorce Mediation; STEVEN M. FLANDERS, Strategies for Wealth

Sponsored by Lexis/Nexis

Registration by April 15 is necessary. The fee, which includes lunch, is $30 for members; $50 for non-members. Please register online

Small Law Firm Center Stress/Time Management Luncheon Series - Strategies to De-Stress for Life for a Solo or Small Firm Practitioner (Second of three programs)
Tuesday, April 27, 2010 12:30 - 2 pm

Strategies to De-Stress for Life---In an eye opening discussion about the effects of stress on your body, mind, and spirit learn how to recognize signs of stress, how to become aware of the ways you respond to it, and how to adopt new techniques to cope with it in view of realities of running a solo or small firm practice.

Moderator:
ALLA ROYTBERG, Director, Small Law Firm Center, New York City Bar

Speaker:
KAY GIMMESTAD, LCSW, President, The Gimmestad Group

Sponsored by: LexisNexis

Registration by April 15 is necessary. Attendance limited to 30. The fee, which includes lunch is $30 for members, $50 for non-members. Please register online

Please check our full Calendar of Events and our CLE Calendar for programs that may be of interest

Future Events

Please call the Small Law Firm Center at 212.382.4751 or email us at slfc@nycbar.org if you have any topics that you would like to be addressed in a program.