NYSBA Member: $175 | Non-Member: $275
2019 Legislative Updates
Key legislative changes all lawyers need to know.
Sponsored by the Committee on Continuing Legal Education.
Wednesday, December 4, 2019
9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. | Live CLE Program & Webcast
New York State Bar Association
1 Elk Street
Albany, NY 12207
6.0 MCLE Credits | 6.0 Areas of Professional Practice
NYSBA Member: $175 | Non-Member: $275
Program Agenda
Legislation to be Discussed
> End Cash Bail
> Discovery Reform
> HALT Act (End Solitary Confinement)
> FIRST STEP Act
> SAFE Act
> SHIELD Act
> Red Flag Law/Gun Laws
> Reproductive Health Act (Abortion Rights)
> Farm Laborers Fair Labor Practices Act
> MWBE Expansion
> GENDA Act
> Sexual Harassment Protections
> Sexual Harassment Statute of Limitations Lengthened
> DREAM Act
> Driver's License Access and Privacy Act
> Equal Pay
> Public Works
> NY Health Act (Single-payer)
> Decriminalization of Sex Work
> Marijuana Decriminalization
> Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act
> Child Victims Act
> Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act
> End of Religious Exemption for Vaccination
> Declaw Ban
> Online Sports Betting
> Voter Pre-Registration
> Early Voting
> Unified Primary Days
> Closure of LLC Loophole
> Automatic Voter Registration
> Closure of Double Jeopardy Loophole
Program Faculty
Lynelle K. Bosworth, Esq. | Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Patrick E. Brown, Esq. | Brown & Weinraub, PLLC
Peter Gerstenzang, Esq. | Gerstenzang, Sills, Cohn & Gerstenzang
Bruce Gyory, Esq. | Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
Hilary F. Jochmans, Esq. | Jochmans Consulting, LLC
Cheryl A. Kraus, Esq. | Rivera Law, PLLC
Joshua L. Oppenheimer, Esq. | Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Emina Poricanin, Esq. | Hodgson Russ LLP
David C. Previte, Esq. | Hinman Straub P.C.
Sandra D. Rivera, Esq. | Rivera Law, PLLC
Professor Sarah F. Rogerson | Albany Law School
India L. Sneed, Esq. | Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Tuition Assistance: Any New York attorney who has a genuine financial hardship may apply for tuition assistance for a CLE program. Learn more at www.nysba.org/TuitionAssistance.
Newly Admitted Attorneys: This program is transitional. For more information about the CLE Rules, please go to www.nycourts.gov/Attorneys/CLE.
Out-of-State Accreditation: This program has also been approved for MCLE credit by the State Bar of California, the Pennsylvania Continuing Legal Education Board and the Board of Continuing Legal Education of the State of New Jersey. If you require MCLE credit in other states, we can provide you a Uniform MCLE Form.
Partial Credit for Program Segments Not Allowed: Under the New York State Continuing Legal Education Board Regulations and Guidelines, attendees at CLE programs cannot get MCLE credit for a program segment (typically, a lecture or panel, of which there are usually several in a program) unless they are present for the entire segment. Those who arrive late, depart early, or are absent for any portion of the program WILL NOT receive credit for that program segment.
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