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Starting Your Own Practice (2009)

Is starting your own private practice right for you? Starting up a solo or small firm has its own unique financial, technical and practical concerns, but beginning a practice also has its own set of rewards, fulfillment and accomplishments.

But to maximize your chance for success, you must have a plan. Whether you are considering a change or are a recent law school graduate—this program will help you explore your options!

The materials include a checklist for starting a firm in New York State.

Program Contents
• Do You Have What It Takes: Marketing Yourself and Your Practice
• How To Organize Your Practice
• Financial Management for the New Law Practice
• Ethical Issues of Starting a Practice
• Insurance Considerations for Your Startup Practice
• Technology for Your Practice
• Human Resources for the Startup Practice

Program Speakers

Prof. Gary Munneke (Chair)
—White Plains

Peter Giuliani
Smock Sterling Management Consultants,
—Weston, CT

Marian C. Rice, Esq.
L’Abbate, Balkan, Colavita & Contini, LLP
—New York City

Nancy Schess, Esq.
Klein, Zelman, Rothermel and Dichter, LLP
—New York City

Jude Travers-Frazier, Esq.
Kraft & Kennedy, Inc.
—New York City

David C. Wilkes, Esq.
Huff, Wilkes and Cavalloro, LLP
—Tarrytown

Total MCLE Credits 8.0

Ethics MCLE Credits 2.0

* Each additional person who uses the tapes for MCLE credit must purchase a copy of the “MCLE coursebook.”

Product Type Member Price Non Member Price
Starting Your Own Practice (2009) (This product cannot be used to receive MCLE credit) (CLE CourseBooks) 19914 $40.00 $60.00

+ Starting Your Own Practice (2009) (MCLE credit only if you have access to the course's audio/video/CD recording. You cannot receive MCLE credit from a coursebook alone.) (CLE CourseBooks) 19914M $85.00 $160.00

* Starting Your Own Practice (2009) (MCLE Audio on CD) D9914 $175.00 $260.00

Starting Your Own Practice (2009) [Audio] (On-Line Programs) 80991 $150.00 $235.00

+ Each additional person who uses the recorded media for MCLE credit must purchase a copy of this "MCLE coursebook"

* This recording already includes one copy of the MCLE course materials. Course materials provided electronically for all CLE Online Programs, and for CD/DVD Programs from 2010 and later. CD/DVD Programs prior to 2010 include a printed copy of the course materials.