Practical Skills - Basic Elder Law Practice
Monday, May 20, 2013
- Location - This program offers a total of 7.0 MCLE Credits (4.5 professional practice; 1.5 skills; 1.0 ethics)By attending this program, you will:
Co-sponsored by the Elder Law Section and the Committee on Continuing Legal Education of the New York State Bar Association PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONThis full-day practical skills program is designed for attorneys who want to understand what elder law practice is all about, or who are looking for a quick refresher course on the basic knowledge needed to advise the elderly in New York. The local faculties, comprised of experienced elder law attorneys, will deliver clear direction in topics such as Medicaid, Medicare, financial and medical directives and guardianship law. Practitioners who attend this program will, at the very least, be able to help their clients by spotting the important issues; others will gain the necessary confidence to launch their elder law careers. Either way, this program is a winner that should not be missed. WHO SHOULD ATTEND
AGENDA 8:30-9:00 REGISTRATION 9:00-9:30
9:30-10:25
10:25-10:40 BREAK 10:40-11:15
11:15-12:05
12:05-1:05 LUNCH (on your own) 1:05-1:30
1:30-2:30
2:30-3:05
3:05-3:15 BREAK 3:15-3:50
3:50-4:25
4:25 ADJOURNMENT IMPORTANT NOTICEPARTIAL CREDIT FOR PROGRAM SEGMENTS NOT ALLOWED. CREDIT BREAKDOWN
PROGRAM FACULTYOverall Planning Chairs
Program Chairs
Long Island (Melville) Panel Chair:
Panel:
MCLE CREDIT7.0 Total Credits (4.5 professional practice; 1.5 skills; 1.0 ethics) This course has been approved for MCLE credit in New York for all attorneys, including newly admitted (less than 24 months). This program has been approved by the Board on Continuing Legal Education of the Supreme Court of New Jersey for 7.0 hours of total CLE credit. Of these, 1.0 qualify as hours of credit for ethics/professionalism, and 0 qualify as hours of credit toward certification in civil trial law, criminal trial law, workers compensation law and/or matrimonial law. This course does not qualify under any of the nine specified new admit areas, in five of which New Jersey attorneys admitted in 2009 or thereafter, in their first full two-year compliance period, must take 15 of their 24 required credit hours (see BCLE Reg. 201:2). This program has also been approved for MCLE credit by the State Bar of California and the Pennsylvania Continuing Legal Education Board for 5.0 credit hours of substantive law and 1.0 credit hour of ethics. All inquiries regarding MCLE credits may be directed to (518) 487-5606. This course includes 0.0 credit hours for the Continuing Professional Education (CPE) requirements of New York and New Jersey CPAs. Sponsor numbers: New York: 000026; New Jersey: 20CE00099900. The New York State Bar Association’s Committee on Continuing Legal Education has been certified by the New York State Continuing Legal Education Board as an accredited provider of continuing legal education in the State of New York.
COURSE MATERIALS FOR NYSBA CLE PROGRAMS ARE NOW DISTRIBUTED ELECTRONICALLY! All program materials are distributed exclusively online in searchable PDF format, allowing attendees more flexibility in storing this information and allowing you to copy and paste relevant portions of the materials for specific use in your practice. A CLE NotePad © (paper) will be provided to all attendees at the live program site. The CLE NotePad © includes lined pages for taking notes on each topic, as well as any PowerPoint presentations submitted prior to printing. Prior to a scheduled program date, all registrants will receive an email message containing a hyperlink that when clicked will provide you with access to the complete course materials in a searchable PDF format which can be downloaded to your computer using the “Save As” option under your “File” tab. Printing the complete materials is not required for attending the program. Online materials are updated periodically to reflect last minute submissions from program faculty, guaranteeing that you will always have the latest version of the materials. Traditional printed course books may be ordered at the program site
for a discounted price and will be shipped subsequent to the program
date. Directions From Eastern Long Island: Take the Long Island Expressway (495) West to Exit 49 North (Route 110 Huntington). Stay on the Service Road and after the second light, the hotel is on the right hand side. From Western Long Island: Take the Long Island Expressway (495) East to Exit 49 South (Route 110 Huntington). Make a left at the first light into Old Walt Whitman Road. Stay on Old Walt Whitman Road and the hotel will be on the right side. From the Northern State Parkway: Take the Northern State Parkway to Exit 40 South (Route 110 South). Continue to the westbound Service Road of the Long Island Expressway (495) West. Make a left onto the Service Road and the hotel will be on your right hand side. From the Southern State Parkway: Take the Southern State Parkway to Exit 32 North (Route 110 Huntington) to the Service Road of the Long Island Expressway (495) West. Make a left onto the Service Road and the hotel will be on your right hand side. From MacArthur (Islip) Airport: Take Veterans Memorial Highway (Junction 454) Northbound to the Long Island Expressway (495) West to Exit 49 North (Route 110 Huntington) Continue on the Service Road and the hotel is just past the second light on the right hand side. From LaGuardia Airport: Take the Grand Central Parkway Eastbound to the Northern State Parkway East to Exit 40 South (Route 110 South) Continue to the Westbound Service Road of the Long Island Expressway (495). Make a right at the light onto the Service Road and the hotel is on the right hand side. From JFK Airport: Take the JFK Expressway East to the Belt Parkway East and follow the signs to the Southern State Parkway East. Take the Southern State Parkway to Exit 32 North (Route 110 Huntington). Make a left onto the Westbound Service Road of the Long Island Expressway (495) and the hotel will be on your right hand side. From Newark International Airport: Take the New Jersey Turnpike North (Route 95) to Exit 13. To the Verrazanno Bridge. From the bridge take the Belt Parkway East to the Cross Island Parkway North to the Long Island Expressway East to Exit 49 South (Route 110 Huntington). Make a left at the first light, onto Old Walt Whitman Road and the hotel will be on your right hand side. From the Verrazanno Bridge, Staten Island, New Jersey and Brooklyn: Belt Parkway East to the Cross Island Parkway North to the Long Island Expressway (495) to Exit 49 South (Route 110 Huntington). Make a left at the first light onto Old Walt Whitman Road and the hotel will be on your right hand side. From Throgs Neck Bridge, Whitestone Bridge, Upstate NY and New England: Cross Island Parkway South to the Long Island Expressway (495) East to Exit 49 South (Route 110 Huntington). Make a left at the first light onto Old Walt Whitman Road and the hotel will be on the right hand side.
The last day to pre-register online is May 19, 2013.
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