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Upcoming Training Sessions for Attorneys
- Thursday, Jan. 26,
2012, NYSBA Annual Meeting, Hilton Hotel {1.5 CLE credits – 1.0
professional practice + .5 ethics – approval
pending}
Advising Nonprofits about Corporate Governance and Compliance
Many attorneys would like to
assist their favorite charity but they don’t know
how. Or they may already be serving on the board of a
nonprofit but they are not clear about their roles and
responsibilities. This training session will empower lawyers to
initiate and strengthen their relationships with charities. The
program is of particular interest to lawyers with corporate or
transactional background, or any counsel who are involved with
nonprofits in their professional or community activities. It is
hoped that attendees will use the information to launch or enhance their
engagement with a needy nonprofit in New York. Of the state's
80,000 charities, some 60,000 or more lack regular access to
counsel. The needs are great and the causes are important.
See how modern hallmarks of good corporate governance - conducting
effective board meetings, complying with state and federal filing
requirements to assure transparency and public accountability,
maintaining the organization's tax exempt status, adhering to
fundraising laws, and overseeing executive compensation - are
helping nonprofits better realize their mission to do the public
good. Learn how familiar corporate law concepts such as fiduciary
duties of care, loyalty and obedience, document management policies,
board independence, managing conflicts of interest, and whistleblower
policies, translate into the nonprofit context. Understand the
differences between serving as counsel to an organization and serving as
a board member who is a lawyer.
This program is the launch
event of Charity Corps: Lawyers Helping Nonprofits, a new
joint initiative between the NYS Bar Association and the State Attorney
General’s Office. All attendees will receive a copy of
Lesley Rosenthal’s Good Counsel: Meeting the Legal Needs of
Nonprofits (John Wiley & Sons 2012), an $80 value, as part of the
$130 registration fee.
Moderated
by:
Lesley Rosenthal, General
Counsel, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Panelists:
Jason R. Lilien, Chief,
Charities Bureau, Office of the Attorney General, NYS
Tom Ostertag, General Counsel,
Major League Baseball
Bart Friedman, Senior Partner,
Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP
Vicki Walcott-Edim, Employment Counsel, Macys
Co-sponsored by the
Corporate Counsel Section, the Business Law Section, and the NYSBA
Department of Pro Bono Affairs
Friday, January 27, 2012
(last day of NYSBA Annual Meeting, NY Hilton Hotel)
Pro Bono Coordinators’ Network Meeting
Details to follow
CLE Programs Presented by The Legal Aid Society
Please contact Rosemary Hare-Bey, Pro
Bono Coordinator, at RHarebey@legal-aid.org, for
registration.
Not-For-Profit Incorporation
Wednesday, November
30, 2011, Hosted by Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, 919 Third Avenue, New
York, NY 10022
Acquire expertise in incorporating
not-for-profit entities and securing their federal tax-exempt status.
The faculty will cover basic due diligence by attorneys to learn about
an organization prior to drafting any documents, preparation of the
not-for-profit charter and bylaws, and application to the IRS for tax
exempt recognition.
Faculty Chairs: Seth L. Rosen, Esq.,
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP; Rhea F. Gordon, Esq., Rutgers University
Office of Senior Vice President and General Counsel; David A. Stein,
Esq., Withers Bergman LLP; Jonathan A. Small, Esq., Non-Profit
Coordinating Committee of New York; Stephen Falla Riff, Esq., Civil
Practice
CLE Credit: 2 credits total: .5 hour
of professional practice/practice management, .5 hour skills, and 1 hour
ethics. This program provides transitional credit for newly admitted
attorneys.
Advising Micro-Entrepreneurs
Thursday, December 8, 2011, Hosted
by Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, 1285 Avenue of the
Americas, New York, NY 10019
Attain an overview of the available
business structures for the formation of a micro business, including the
advantages and disadvantages of using a corporation, partnership,
limited liability company, or sole proprietorship. The session will
include a role-playing exercise highlighting the legal issues
surrounding business structures as well as the shareholder, employment,
and other similar agreements involved in the formation of a
business.
Faculty Chairs: Mark A. Underberg,
Esq. and Frank Steinherr, Esq., Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton &
Garrison LLP; Rolando Gonzalez, Esq., Civil Practice
CLE Credit: 2 credits total: 1 hour of
professional practice/practice management and 1 hour skills. This
program provides transitional credit for newly admitted
attorneys.
Counseling the Small Nonprofit Organization
Thursday, February 2, 2012 , Hosted by Simpson
Thacher & Bartlett LLP, 425 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
10017
Counsel for an existing nonprofit
organization must be aware of the wide variety of legal and business
compliance obligations confronted by its clients. This program will
cover the essentials of counseling the small to medium-sized nonprofit
organization, including: good governance best practices; fiduciary
duties of the board of directors; annual reporting to the IRS and the
Charities Bureau; and legally-compliant fundraising. In addition,
participants will learn to use a nonprofit compliance checklist, a tool
that helps nonprofits and their attorneys to keep track of the sometimes
bewildering range of nonprofit organization compliance
obligations.
This seminar is well-suited to anyone
who has completed the Not-for-Profit Incorporation CLE or who has
equivalent experience.
Faculty Chairs: Victoria B. Bjorklund,
Esq., David A. Shevlin, Esq., Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP;
Stephen Falla Riff, Esq., Civil Practice
CLE Credit: 2 credits total: 1.5 hours
practice/practice management and .5 hours skills. This program provides
transitional credit for newly admitted attorneys
Employment Law for Nonprofits and Small
Businesses
Thursday, March 8, 2012, Hosted by
O’Melveny & Myers LLP, 7 Times Square, New York, NY
10036
This seminar provides an overview of
best practices in employment law for counsel representing nonprofit
organizations and low-income small businesses. These nonprofits and
small businesses must adopt employment policies that are fair,
understood by all employees, and that minimize disputes and litigation
Topics covered will include: hiring and termination; employee evaluation
and discipline; the proper classification of employees and independent
contractors; wage and hour laws; and exempt versus nonexempt employees.
Special issues involving nonprofit organizations will also be examined,
including the proper use of volunteers and the payment of
stipends.
Faculty Chairs: Mark Robertson, Esq.,
Tony Dilello, Esq., and Sloane Giddon, Esq., O’Melveny & Myers
LLP; Stephen Falla-Riff, Esq., Civil Practice
CLE Credit- 2 credits total: 1.5 hours
of professional practice/practice management and .5 hour skills. This
program provides transitional credit for newly admitted
attorneys.
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