Description
Total Credits: 4.0 (Professional Practice 2.0, Ethics 2.0)
This three-segment CLE program, sponsored by the New York State Bar Association Committee on Continuing Legal Education and the Committee on Legislative Policy, will survey lobbying and the legislative process in New York State.
This first segment will cover ethics law and the lobbying of public officials, with a focus on the New York State Lobbying Act and the role of the Joint Commission on Public Ethics (“JCOPE”). The second segment will cover the annual executive budget process and the respective roles of the Governor and the Legislature. The third segment will examine bill drafting in New York.
Speakers:
Seth H. Agata, Esq. | Joint Commission on Public Ethics | Albany
Joshua L. Oppenheimer, Esq. | Greenberg Traurig LLP | Albany
Hon. James M. McGuire | Howell Shuster & Goldberg LLP | New York City
Hon. James A. Yates | Joint Commission on Public Ethics | New York City
Keeley A. Maloney, Esq. | NYS Legislative Bill Drafting Commission | Albany
Reed S. Philippi, Esq. | NYS Legislative Bill Drafting Commission | Albany
Joshua L. Oppenheimer, Esq. | Greenberg Traurig LLP | Albany
Hon. James M. McGuire | Howell Shuster & Goldberg LLP | New York City
Hon. James A. Yates | Joint Commission on Public Ethics | New York City
Keeley A. Maloney, Esq. | NYS Legislative Bill Drafting Commission | Albany
Reed S. Philippi, Esq. | NYS Legislative Bill Drafting Commission | Albany
Materials
| Complying with New York’s Lobbying Law PowerPoint (1.4 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| NYS Executive Budget Process PowerPoint (1.2 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| NYS Lobbying Act Hot Topics and Proposed Lobbying Source of Funding Regulations (68.3 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Attachment A - JCOPE Advisory Opinion No. 16-01 (2.5 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Attachment B (15.3 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Attachment C - Reportable Business Relationship Guidelines - Lobbyists (4.5 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Attachment D (4.4 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Attachment E (939.7 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Attachment F - JCOPE Advisory Opinion No. 17-02 (939.7 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Pataki v. Assembly - The Unanswered Question (631.3 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Pataki v. Assembly - The Problem (267.4 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Legislative Bill Drafting Outline and Samples (1.8 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Bill Drafting Manual (2.9 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||