16-Hour Bridge-the-Gap: Practical Skills, Ethics & More… (Both Days)

Thursday, July 13, 2017 | 9:00 am – 4:00 pm (Professional Practice Day)
Thursday, July 20, 2017 | 8:45 am – 5:45 pm (Ethics & Skills Day)

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  • Earn all of your annual CLE credits while obtaining invaluable knowledge on a variety of areas. Our Bridge-the-Gap programs fulfill a full year’s credit requirements for those who are newly admitted, while providing essential information and credits for more experienced attorneys. This program is particularly distinct in that one day will allow attendees to fulfill all required ethics and skills credits. Attendance on both days will provide the total CLE required of all newly admitted attorneys for one year. A skilled faculty will guide you through the day-to-day practice of law and cover topics of interest to all attorneys, including legal ethics.

    Each Bridge-the-Gap program contains updated content and will provide CLE credit to all attendees, even if they attended in the past.

    *The Ethics segment (“Attorney Escrow Accounts”), which runs from 8:45 am until 11:30 am on July 20, will be available as a stand-alone Webcast – the rest of the program will only be available live!

    Save by registering for both days!

    Both Days:

    Live Program: $499 Member | $699 Nonmember

    Per Day:

    Live Program: $399 Member | $599 Nonmember

    Recent Law School Graduates or Newly Admitted Attorneys (admitted January 2015 or later): $299 Member (both days)

    *Live Webcast of the Ethics Segment Only – July 20
    Please note that only the Ethics segment, which runs from 8:45 a.m. until 11:30 a.m., will be available via the Live Webcast.
    $229 Member | $329 Nonmember

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  • Thursday, July 13, 2017 | Day 1 (Professional Practice Day)

    Joyce Dollinger 
    Entertainment Attorney

    Jonathan D. Lupkin
    Lupkin & Associates PLLC

    Gerald M. Oginski 
    The Law Office of Gerald M. Oginski, LLC

    Emily Simons
    Simons & Wright LLC

    Innes Smolansky
    Law Office of Innes Smolansky

    Christopher E. Wright
    Simons & Wright LLC

    Thursday, July 20, 2017 | Day 2 (Ethics & Skills Day)

    Edgar De Leon
    The De Leon Firm, PLLC

    Christine M. Fecko
    General Counsel
    IOLA Fund of the State of New York

    Joseph Lipari
    The Sultzer Law Group P.C.

    Vitaly Lipkansky
    Deputy Chief Attorney
    Attorney Grievance Committee
    First Judicial Department

    Peter A. Nelson
    Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

    Timothy J. O’Sullivan
    Executive Director
    NYS Lawyers’ Fund

    Deborah A. Scalise   
    Scalise and Hamilton LLP

    Zachary Vaughan
    Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

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  • Thursday, July 13, 2017

    9:00 am –
    10:40 am    		 Land Use & Zoning in NYC: The Basics   

    Emily Simons & Christopher E. Wright
    10:40 am – 10:45 am Break
    10:45 am – 12:00 pm What Non-Personal Injury Attorneys Need To Know About Medical Malpractice            

    Gerry Oginski 
    12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Lunch (on your own)
    1:00 pm – 2:15 pm An Introduction to Entertainment Law

    Joyce Dollinger & Innes Smolansky
    2:15 pm – 2:20 pm Break
    2:20 pm – 4:00 pm E-Discovery: What New Attorneys Need to Know

     Jonathan D. Lupkin

    Thursday, July 20, 2017

    8:45 am – 8:50 am Introduction 
    8:50 am – 11:30 am Attorney Escrow Accounts: What All New Attorneys Need to Know*

    (This session will include a 10 minute break)

    Panel Chair: Christine M. Fecko
    Panelists: Vitaly Lipkansky, Timothy J. O’Sullivan, and Deborah A. Scalise
    11:30 am – 11:40 pm Break
    11:40 pm – 12:30 pm My First Client Interview

    Edgar De Leon
    12:30 pm – 1:20 pm Lunch (on your own)
    1:20 pm – 4:00 pm New York Practice: The What, Where & How of Commencing a Lawsuit & Serving Parties

    (This session will include a 10 minute break)

    New attorneys will learn details concerning:

    • What papers need to be filed
    • Where to file
    • How papers need to be served
    • Time for responses & more

    Peter A. Nelson & Zachary Vaughan
    4:00 pm – 4:05 pm Break
    4:05 pm – 5:45 pm Conducting Your First Deposition

    Joseph Lipari 

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  • New York, New Jersey & California:

    CLE Credit: (both days): 16.0 credits total: 7.0 professional practice, 6.0 skills & 3.0 ethics
    CLE Credit: July 13: 7.0 credits total: 7.0 professional practice
    CLE Credit: July 20: 9.0 credits total: 6.0 skills & 3.0 ethics

    Pennsylvania:

    CLE Credit: (both days): 13.0 credits total: 10.5 general & 2.5 ethics
    CLE Credit: July 13: 5.5 credits total: 5.5 general
    CLE Credit: July 20: 7.5 credits total: 5.0 general & 2.5 ethics

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  • Sponsorship Opportunities are Available! Please Contact:

    Maricela Alfonso, Membership and CLE Relations Associate | (212) 382-6608 | MAlfonso@nycbar.org

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