8th Annual Institute on Not-for-Profit Law: Navigating the Current Climate

Friday, November 13, 2020 | 1:00 pm – 4:30 pm

 

• Description
• Faculty
• Agenda
• CLE Credit
• Sponsors

• This half-day virtual program will cover a number of current legal topics of particular import to nonprofit organizations as we navigate the current climate.

  This Institute will cover:

  • New York State Attorney General Letitia James will introduce the discussion of her office’s critical work for New York’s nonprofit sector. Expert insight into the current processes and priorities of the Internal Revenue Service and the Charities Bureau of the New York State Attorney General’s Office, including published guidance by both offices relating to the COVID-19 crisis.
  • Discussion of steps nonprofits can take to diversify their staff, boards and grantees, which satisfies the recently implemented diversity and inclusion CLE requirement.
  • Important guidance on online fundraising platforms and tools (such as charity auctions and digital sweepstakes), as COVID-19 accelerates the shift to a virtual fundraising environment.

  Who Should Attend: This half-day program is intended to serve both in-house and outside counsel with a well-developed background in nonprofit law, but it will also be a useful and informative session for nonprofit managers as well as lawyers who are newer to the field and seek to enhance their practice in the nonprofit sector or their participation on nonprofit boards.

  Program Fee:
  $299 for Members | $399 for Nonmembers
  Government/Nonprofit/Academic: $99 for Members | $199 for Nonmembers
  Small Law Firm: $99 for Members

• Tracy L. Boak
  Perlman & Perlman LLP

  Yael Fuchs
  Co-Section Chief, Enforcement Section
  Charities Bureau, Office of the New York Attorney General

  Tracy Richelle High
  Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

  Marcus Owens
  Loeb & Loeb LLP
  Former Director, Exempt Organizations Division, Internal Revenue Service

  Donna Cole Paul
  Chief, Transaction Section
  Charities Bureau
  New York State Office of the Attorney General

  Jacob Singer
  Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

  Emily Stern
  Co-Chief, Enforcement Section
  Charities Bureau
  New York State Office of the Attorney General

• 1:00 pm – 1:05 pm
  Introduction

  1:05 pm – 1:30 pm
  IRS Insight
  Marcus Owens

  1:30 pm – 2:20 pm
  Fundraising Issues – New and Emerging Platforms
  Tracy Boak

  2:20 pm – 2:25 pm
  Break 

  2:25 pm – 3:15 pm
  Equity & Inclusion:  Attracting and Retaining a Diverse Board and Staff
  Tracy Richelle High, Jacob Singer

  3:15 pm – 3:20 pm
  Break

  3:20 pm – 3:30 pm
  Introduction to AG Office Priorities
  Honorable Letitia James, NYS Attorney General

  3:30 pm – 4:20 pm
  New York Attorney General’s Office, Charities Bureau
  Donna Cole Paul, Emily Stern

  4:20 pm – 4:30 pm
  National Association of State Charity Officials
  Yael Fuchs

• New York: 3.5 total: 2.5 Professional Practice, 1.0 Diversity, Inclusion and Elimination of Bias
  New Jersey: 3.5 General
  California: 3.5 total: 2.5 General, 1.0 Elimination of Bias
  Pennsylvania: 3.0 General
  Connecticut: Available to Licensed Attorneys

• This program has been generously sponsored by:

  Platinum Sponsor:

  

  Silver Sponsors:

  

  

  

  Sponsoring Association Committee:
  Non-Profit Organizations, Jacqueline D. Ewenstein & Amarah Sedreddine, Co-Chairs

  Sponsorship Opportunities are Available! Please Contact:
  Angie Avila, Manager, Membership Outreach and Sponsorships | (212) 382-6608 | aavila@nycbar.org