Description
Total Credits: 16.0 (Professional Practice 7.0, Skills 6.0, Ethics 3.0)
The New York State Bar Association's Bridge the Gap program offers transitional courses designed to help newly admitted attorneys develop a foundation in the practical skills, techniques and procedures that are essential to the practice of law.
Agenda Topics:
- New York CPLR Update
- Employment Law 101
- Basics of Commercial Leasing
- Drafting Contracts
- Automobile Litigation | Threshold Analysis of the Recent Decision in Rodriguez v. City of New York Regarding Partial Summary Judgment
- Lawyer Assistance Program | Stress, Alcohol and Substance Abuse in the Legal Profession
- Risk Management and Professional Liability Insurance Considerations for Lawyers
- Reading Personal Tax Returns and Imputed Income Reviewing
- Bail Reform, Raise the Age and Indigent Defense
- Mortgage Financing
- Cannabis Update | What Lawyers Need to Know About this Emerging Area of Law
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Crowdfunding | What New Lawyers Need to Know When Advising Clients
Program Faculty:
Rosalia Baiamonte, Esq. | Gassman Baiamonte Grune, P.C.
Clifford Ennico, Esq. | Law Offices of Clifford R. Ennico
David Ferstendig, Esq. | Law Office of David Ferstendig, LLC
Robert Glick, Esq. | Brand, Glick & Brand, PC
Deborah Goldman, Esq. | Joshua Stein PLLC
Robert L. Greenberg, Esq. | Robert L. Greenberg, P.C.
Jay Hack, Esq. | Gallet Dreyer & Berkey, LLP
Meredith Heller, Esq. | Law Office of Meredith S. Heller PLLC
Rosalia Baiamonte, Esq. | Gassman Baiamonte Grune, P.C.
Clifford Ennico, Esq. | Law Offices of Clifford R. Ennico
David Ferstendig, Esq. | Law Office of David Ferstendig, LLC
Robert Glick, Esq. | Brand, Glick & Brand, PC
Deborah Goldman, Esq. | Joshua Stein PLLC
Robert L. Greenberg, Esq. | Robert L. Greenberg, P.C.
Jay Hack, Esq. | Gallet Dreyer & Berkey, LLP
Meredith Heller, Esq. | Law Office of Meredith S. Heller PLLC
William McCaffery, Esq. | L'abbate, Balkan, Colavita & Contini, LLP
Mary Ndiaye, Esq. | Katal Center for Health, Equity, and Justice
Sara Elizabeth Payne, Esq. | Barclay Damon LLP
Sara Elizabeth Payne, Esq. | Barclay Damon LLP
Hon. Adam Perlmutter | Brooklyn Criminal Court
Gary Reing, Esq. | NYC
Nancy Schess, Esq. | Klein Selman Rothermel LLP
Peter Siviglia, Esq. | Tarrytown, NY
Eileen Travis, LCSW | NYCBAR Lawyers Assistance Program
Gary Reing, Esq. | NYC
Nancy Schess, Esq. | Klein Selman Rothermel LLP
Peter Siviglia, Esq. | Tarrytown, NY
Eileen Travis, LCSW | NYCBAR Lawyers Assistance Program
Materials
| Electronic Coursebook (77.7 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 1.1 - PowerPoint - David Ferstendig - CPLR Update (651.6 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 1.2 - David Ferstendig - Appellate Division Electronic Filing Rules (2.7 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 1.3 - David Ferstendig - Practice Rules of the Appellate Division, First Department (8.8 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 1.4 - David Ferstendig - Practice Rules of the Appellate Division (1 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 1.5 - David Ferstendig - CPLR Update (2.1 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 1.6 - David Fertsendig - CPLR Update - Abridged Highlights (1.3 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 1.7 - David Ferstendig - CPLR Amendments (893.6 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 1.8 - David Ferstendig - Administrative Order of the Chief Administrative Judge of the Courts With Respect to Efiling (1011.5 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 1.9 - David Ferstendig - Brill v. City of New York (156.6 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 1.10 - David Ferstendig - Commercial Division Sample Choice of Law Provision (74.2 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 1.11 - David Ferstendig - New Model Compliance Conference Stipulation and Order (270.9 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 2.1 - PowerPoint - Jay Hack - Anatomy of a Residential Mortgage Loan (385.4 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 3.1 - Outline - Deborah Goldman - Reviewing a Lease Agreement - Traps for the Tenant (184.9 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 4.1 - PowerPoint - Peter Siviglia - Drafting Contracts (106 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 4.2 - Outline - Peter Siviglia - Drafting Contracts (44 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 4.3 - Peter Siviglia - Non-Compete Clauses - A Reasoned Approach (229.3 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 4.4 - Peter Siviglia - Proofreading the Evil Corollary (136.2 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 5.1 - PowerPoint - Robert Glick - Auto Litigation - No Fault and Bodily Injury Claims in Light of the Serious Injury Threshold (3.5 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 5.2 - Outline - Robert Glick - Alternative Dispute Resolution for the Automobile Case - Mediation, Arbitration and Summary Jury Trials (650.3 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 6.1 - PowerPoint - Meredith Heller - Substance Abuse Ethics (3.1 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 6.2 - PowerPoint - 2016 Study of the Prevalence of Substance Use and Other Mental Health Concerns Among American Attorneys (644.3 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 6.3 - ABA - National Task Force on Lawyer Well-Being (6.6 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 6.4 - The Pevalance of Substance Use and Other Mental Health Concerns Among American Attorneys (118.1 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 7.1 - PowerPoint - William McCaffery - Risk Management (6.7 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 7.2 - Outline - William McCaffery - Risk Management and Professional Liability Insurance Considerations (769.8 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 8.1 - PowerPoint - Rosalia Baiamonte - Tax Returns and Income (2.7 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 8.2 - Outline - Rosalia Baiamonte - Imputation of Income (108.4 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 9.1 - Hon. Adam Perlmutter and Marie Ndiaye - Bail Reform, Raise the Age and Indigent Defense (40.7 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 10.1 - PowerPoint - Jay Hack - Anatomy of a Residential Mortgage Loan (385.3 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 10.2 - Outline and Materials - Jay Hack - Anatomy of a Residential Mortgage Loan (720.4 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 11.1 - NYS DOH Press Release - The Future of Marijuana in New York State - Payne (183.2 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 11.2 - NYS DOH Report - The Future of Marijuana in New York State - Payne (6 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 11.3 - NYS Medical Marijuana Article 33 (1.7 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 11.4 - NYS Medical Marijuana Regulations (3 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 11.5 - United States v. McIntosh_ 833 F.3d 1163 (239.3 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 12.1 - PowerPoint - Cliff Ennico - Crowdfunding, Coin Offerings and Other Cutting-Edge Financing Techniques (210 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 12.2 - PowerPoint - Cliff Ennico - Introduction to Equity Crowdfunding (194.5 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 12.3 - Outline - Cliff Ennico - Royalty Financing - The New, New Thing in Venture Capital (82.6 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 12.4 - Outline - Cliff Ennico - Initial Coin Offerings - Are They Legal (87.6 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 12.5 - Cliff Ennico - Offering Memorandum - Part II of Offering Statement (568.2 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| 12.6 - Cliff Ennico - Guidelines Regarding Rollovers as Business Start-Ups (2.3 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||