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NYSACDL is noted for our innovative, interesting and informative CLE programs, which we present at various locations around the state each year. Seminar Registration Available at www.nysacdl.org Questions? Call the NYSACDL office at (518) 443-2000 or email jlvanort@nysacdl.org STEVEN EPSTEIN, CHAIR, CLE COMMITTEE Calendar listings on p. 49
Cutting Edge CLE — Where We’ve Been...Where We’re Going The CLE Committee has been working to meet the needs of our membership from the start of this crisis. The first task at hand was the rescheduling of the programs scheduled for April and May. We look forward to delivering them to you later in the year. The second task was to respond to the needs of our membership: professional education, affordable CLE credits, professional and social interaction and helping our members get through this difficult time.
for 1 CLE credit for $49 via webinar. Our speakers will be Xavier Donaldson, Sherry Levin Wallach and Mike Baker, with topics to be announced shortly.
We utilized Blue Jeans software to deliver the “Lunch and the Law” CLE Series. These discussion-based lectures, designed to be informative and driven by the attendees’ needs, included Motor Vehicle Mondays, Trial Practice Tuesdays, What’s New Wednesdays, and Forensic Fridays. These sessions gave our members the opportunity to learn and interact both professionally and socially with colleagues. Lunch and the Law will continue through June, at least, every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday from 1:00 pm to 2:00 p.m. This discussion-based interactive CLE program will be offered
Many of our clients who are incarcerated face the perils of Covid-19 and our members needed help advocating for their release. We produced “Pathways to Freedom,” a free live half day webinar for 3 CLE credits which educated attendees on how to advocate for the release of inmates in both Federal and State prisons. This was offered to both members and non-members as we felt it was such an important need. The initial seminar was attended by 500 attendees (our maximum capability on Zoom) and then over 200 were able to watch the recorded version. Eleven days later,
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To help address our members’ mental health needs we offered a series of free webinars given by Pema Sherpa, a graduate of Harvard and a mindfulness expert who guided us through breathing exercises, meditations and taught us ways to process news and handle stress.
we again produced the same CLE, but this time it was geared more towards the Western District of New York and upstate audiences. This presentation focused on the issues in their prison populations. We also offered free member webinars designed to help our members in private practice on topics such as “PPP Loans for Solo Practitioners;” “Employment and Labor Law Issues During COVID;” “Markets and Investing During COVID;” and “PPP compliance and planning for forgiveness.” We look forward to meeting your needs as we move forward in the “new normal.” We have created a CLE schedule that is mindful of your current and future needs and best utilizes our resources to keep our members educated and connected to one another. I suggest you take a look through the forthcoming presentations described below and choose one or two or more of interest and save the date(s).
Atticus | Volume 32 Number 2 | Spring 2020 | New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
