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

Thursday, June 22, 2023 | 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Thursday, June 29, 2023 | 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 new and updated content and will provide CLE credit to all attendees, even if they attended in the past.

  Program Fee:
  Live Webinar (both days): $499 Member | $699 Nonmember
  Live Webinar (per day): $399 Member | $599 Nonmember

  Recent Law Graduates (not yet admitted) & Newly Admitted Lawyers (admitted less than 2 years) (Both Days): Free for Members

  Save by registering for both days!

• 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
  White and Williams LLP

  Alexander Sikoscow
  Gerspach Sikoscow LLP

  Christopher E. Wright
  Lasser Law Group

  Day 2 – Ethics & Skills

  Jacqueline L. Bonneau
  Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

  Andrea L. Bonvicino
  Carlton Fields

  Gargi Chaudhuri
  Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

  Edgar De Leon
  The De Leon Firm, PLLC

  Catherine J. Djang
  Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

  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 am – 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 pm – 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 am – 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, Gargi Chaudhuri & Catherine J. Djang

  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 June 22: 7.0 Professional Practice
  CLE Credit for June 29:  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 June 22:  5.5 Credits Total:  5.5 General
  CLE Credit for June 29:  7.5 Credits 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