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:
- Advising Clients on the Basics of Immigration Law
- Reading Personal Tax Returns and Imputed Income | Matrimonial and Family Law Focus
- Lawyer Assistance Program | Stress, Alcohol and Substance Abuse in the Legal Profession
- Intellectual Property 101 | Basics for New York Lawyers
- Trial Practice: Views from the Bench | Key Civility and Professionalism Considerations for New Attorneys
- Real Estate Closings 101 | Upstate New York Considerations and Practice
- Drafting 101 | Wills, Trusts and POA's
- Advising Clients Charged with DWI and Vehicle and Traffic Matters in New York State
- Landlord Tenant Practice in New York
- Special Education Law 101
Program Faculty:
Rosalia Baiamonte, Esq. | Gassman Baiamonte Gruner, P.C.
Alice Breding, Esq. | Law Office of Alice M. Breding, Esq., PLLC
Hon. Mae D'Agostino | U.S. District Judge, Northern District of New York
Jennifer Feeley, Esq. | Disability Rights New York
John Gable, Esq. | Albany, NY
Joseph Gerstenzang, Esq. | Gerstenzang, Sills, Cohn & Gerstenzang
Joanne Macri, Esq. | NYS Office of Indigent Legal Services
David Miranda, Esq. | Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.C.
Kelleena Richards, Esq. | NYS Office of Children and Family Services
Patricia Shevy, Esq. | The Shevy Law Firm, LLC
Thomas Schimmerling, Esq. | Delhi, NY
Michelle Wildgrube, Esq. | Cioffi Slezak Wildgrube P.C.
Alice Breding, Esq. | Law Office of Alice M. Breding, Esq., PLLC
Hon. Mae D'Agostino | U.S. District Judge, Northern District of New York
Jennifer Feeley, Esq. | Disability Rights New York
John Gable, Esq. | Albany, NY
Joseph Gerstenzang, Esq. | Gerstenzang, Sills, Cohn & Gerstenzang
Joanne Macri, Esq. | NYS Office of Indigent Legal Services
David Miranda, Esq. | Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.C.
Kelleena Richards, Esq. | NYS Office of Children and Family Services
Patricia Shevy, Esq. | The Shevy Law Firm, LLC
Thomas Schimmerling, Esq. | Delhi, NY
Michelle Wildgrube, Esq. | Cioffi Slezak Wildgrube P.C.