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

Thursday, July 16, 2020 | 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Thursday, July 23, 2020 | 8:45 am – 5:45 pm

 

 

• 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 updated content and will provide CLE credit to all attendees, even if they attended in the past.

  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 less than 2 years) (Both Days): Free for Members

• Day 1:

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

  Jaclyn H. Grodin
  Assistant Attorney General
  Investor Protection Bureau
  New York State Office of the Attorney General

  Jonathan D. Lupkin
  Lupkin PLLC

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

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

  Carol Shahmoon
  Shahmoon Keller

  Christopher E. Wright
  Counsel
  Capell Barnett Matalon & Schoenfeld LLP
  

  Day 2:

  Jacqueline L. Bonneau
  Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

  Edgar De Leon
  The De Leon Firm, PLLC

  Muhammad U. Faridi
  Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

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

  Benjamin F. Jackson
  Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

  Michael Knight
  Deputy Counsel
  Lawyers’ Fund for Client Protection

  Joseph Lipari
  The Sultzer Law Group P.C.

  Vitaly Lipkansky
  Deputy Chief Attorney

  Deborah A. Scalise
  Scalise and Hamilton LLP

• Day 1:

  9:00 – 10:40 a.m.
  Land Use & Zoning in NYC: The Basics
  Christopher E. Wright

  10:40 – 10:45 a.m.
  Break

  10:45 – 12:00 p.m.
  What Non-Personal Injury Attorneys Need to Know About Medical Malpractice
  Gerry Oginski 

  12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
  Lunch (on your own)

  1:00 – 2:15 p.m.
  An Introduction to Entertainment Law
  Karen J. Gottlieb

  2:15 – 2:20 p.m.
  Break

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

  Day 2:
  8:45 – 8:50 a.m.
  Introduction

  8:50 – 11:30 a.m.
  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 – 11:40 a.m.
  Break

  11:40 – 12:30 p.m.
  My First Client Interview
  Edgar De Leon

  12:30 – 1:20 p.m.
  Lunch (on your own)

  1:20 – 4:00 p.m.
  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, Muhammad U. Faridi, and Benjamin F. Jackson

  4:00 – 4:05 p.m.
  Break

  4:05 – 5:45 p.m.
  Conducting Your First Deposition
  Joseph Lipari

• New York:
  Both Days: 16.0 Total: 7.0 Professional Practice, 6.0 Skills, 3.0 Ethics
  July 16: 7.0 Professional Practice
  July 23: 9.0 Total: 6.0 Skills, 3.0 Ethics

  Pennsylvania:
  Both Days: 13.0 Total: 10.5 General, 2.5 Professional Responsibility
  July 16: 5.5 General
  July 23: 7.5 Total: 5.0 General, 2.5 Professional Responsibility

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