Back to Business Law offers periodic continuing legal education programs, hosted by a law firm over an informal lunch. Topics are those of special interest to business lawyers, and speakers include lawyers in private practice, corporate counsel, and members of government and the judiciary. For more details about such upcoming events, please see the Events section below. Please note that though there is no fee for our events, you must register if you plan to attend a program.
To register for the CLE luncheon programs, please call Noo Rhee Kim at (212) 735-2598 or sign up electronically by clicking below.
Event Schedule and Registration for 2009 Events:
Saturday, May 30, 2009 from 9 AM to 1 PM and Monday, June 1, from 5 PM to 9 PM
The New York State Courts Access to Justice Program is pleased to make the following opportunity available to Back2BusinessLaw subscribers.
On Saturday, May 30, from 9 AM to 1 PM, and on Monday, June 1, from 5 PM to 9 PM, we will be offering six different training sessions for court-based volunteer programs. Participants will receive between 2.5 and 4 hours of CLE credit for attending the training sessions. Those receiving training will be expected to complete six hours of volunteer service in the courts. Participants can sign up for one or both days of workshops. All six training sessions will be offered on both days.
Featured speakers will include Hon. Judith S. Kaye, Chief Judge of the State of New York (Ret.) and Hon. Fern A. Fisher, Deputy Chief Administrative Judge of NYC Courts and Director of NYS Courts Access to Justice Program.
Training workshops will be offered in the following areas:
- Consumer Debt - 3 skills credits (live on 5/30, video replay on 6/1)
- Landlord Tenant - 3 skills credits (live on 5/30, video replay on 6/1)
- Uncontested Divorce - 2 skills credits (live both days)
- Paternity and Child Support - 2 skills credits (live both days)
- Foreclosure - 3.5 skills credits (live on 5/30, video replay on 6/1)
- Guardian Ad Litem (Housing) - 3.5 skills credits (video replay both days)
In addition, all participants will receive .5 ethics CLE credit.
This is an excellent way both to earn free CLE credit for attending interesting training sessions, and keep your skills sharp by participating in limited scope, non-representation pro bono programs. These programs do not require you to take on any clients; our volunteer attorneys offer services in the courthouses during three hour periods scheduled at your convenience, and are always supervised by experienced lawyers.
The training sessions will be held at the NYC Civil Court at 111 Centre Street. (Please use the White Street entrance.)
To register, please call 646-386-4016, or visit nyccourts.gov/attorneys/volunteer.shtml
We look forward to seeing you there.
Leadership
The governing body of the project is the Advisory Board:
New York Chair: Constance A. Fratianni, Shearman & Sterling LLP
Arthur Norman Field, Field Consulting Services
Joel I. Greenberg, Kaye Scholer LLP
Vilia B. Hayes, Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP
Linda Hayman, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Edward J. Johnsen, Winston & Strawn LLP
Kayalyn A. Marafioti, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Stacey E. Paradise, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
Sandra M. Rocks, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Laraine Rothenberg, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
Rebecca J. Simmons, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Honorable Elizabeth S. Stong, United States Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of New York
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For the time being, Back to Business Law is a pilot project limited to New York City. The program is being launched in New York City, due to the large concentration of lawyers, and lawyers taking time off from active practice, in the New York metropolitan area.
If you have any questions regarding Back to Business Law, please contact any of the members of the Advisory Board (listed above under the Leadership section).
