16-Hour Bridge-the-Gap: Practical Skills, Ethics & More…

Thursday, June 20, 2024 | 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Thursday, June 27, 2024 | 8:45 am – 5:45 pm

Format: Webinar

• Description
• Faculty
• Agenda
• CLE Credit
• Sponsors

• Earn all of your annual CLE credits while obtaining invaluable knowledge in 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 professional practice required of all newly admitted attorneys. 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 new and updated content and will provide CLE credit to all attendees, even if they attended in the past.

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

  Save by registering for both days!

  Program Fee:
  Both Days: $499 for Members | $699 for Nonmembers
  Per Day: $399 for Members | $599 for Nonmembers
  Recent Law Graduates (not yet admitted) & Newly Admitted Lawyers (admitted for the first time in any state or country 2021-2023) (Both Days): Free for Members

• Day 1 — Professional Practice

  Carolyn M. Caccese
  Salenger, Sack, Kimmel & Bavaro, LLP

  Karen J. Gottlieb
  Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks, P.C.

  Jaclyn H. Grodin
  Goulston & Storrs PC

  Alexia Landesman
  Sheldon Lobel, P.C.

  Jonathan D. Lupkin                                                                                                      `
  Lupkin PLLC

  Adam Rosen
  Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks, P.C.

  Carol Shahmoon
  Senior Counsel
  New York City Law Department

  Alexander Sikoscow
  Kaufman Borgeest & Ryan LLP

  Christopher E. Wright
  Lasser Law Group

  Day 2 — Ethics & Skills

  Jacqueline L. Bonneau
  Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

  Andrea L. Bonvicino                                  
  Carlton Fields

  Edgar De Leon
  The De Leon Firm, PLLC

  Jorkeell Echeverria
  Carlton Fields

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

  Michael Knight
  Executive Director and Counsel
  Lawyers’ Fund for Client Protection

   Vitaly Lipkansky
  Deputy Chief Attorney
  Attorney Grievance Committee
  First Judicial Department

  Deborah A. Scalise
  Scalise and Hamilton LLP

• Day 1 — Professional Practice

  9:00 am – 10:40 am
  Land Use & Zoning in NYC: The Basics
  Alexia Landesman & Christopher E. Wright

  10:40 am – 10:45 am
  Break

  10:45 pm – 12:00 pm
  An Introduction to Entertainment Law
  Karen J. Gottlieb & Adam Rosen

  12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
  Lunch (on your own)

  1:00 – 2:15 pm
  What Non-Personal Injury Attorneys Need to Know About Medical Malpractice
  Carolyn M. Caccese & Alexander Sikoscow

  2:15 pm – 2:20 pm
  Break

  2:20 pm – 4:00 pm
  E-Discovery: What New Attorneys Need to Know
  Jaclyn H. Grodin, Jonathan D. Lupkin, Carol Shahmoon

  Day 2 — Ethics & Skills

  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: Michael Knight, Vitaly Lipkansky, and Deborah A. Scalise

  11:30 am – 11:40 am
  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

  Jacqueline L. Bonneau

  4:00 pm – 4:05 pm
  Break

  4:05 pm – 5:45 pm
  Conducting Your First Deposition
  Andrea L. Bonvicino & Jorkeell Echeverria

• CLE CREDIT FOR NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY, AND CALIFORNIA
  CLE Credit for Both Days:  16.0 Total:  7.0 Professional Practice, 6.0 Skills; 3.0 Ethics (includes 1.0 Cybersecurity, Privacy and Data Protection-Ethics)
  CLE Credit for January 26: 7.0 Professional Practice
  CLE Credit for February 2:  9.0 Total: 6.0 Skills; 3.0 Ethics (includes 1.0 Cybersecurity, Privacy and Data Protection-Ethics)

  CLE CREDIT FOR PENNSYLVANIA
  CLE Credit for Both Days:13.0 Credits Total: 10.5 General & 2.5 Ethics
  CLE Credit for January 26: 5.5 General
  CLE Credit for February 2:  7.5 Total:  5.0 General & 2.5 Ethics

• Sponsorship Opportunities are Available! Please Contact:
  Yelena Balashchenko, Manager, Business Development & Sponsorships | (212) 382-6608 | ybalashchenko@nycbar.org