ALL SESSIONS ARE 6:00 - 8:30 P.M. REGISTRATION: 6:00- 6:30; CLE SEMINAR: 6:30-8:30 P.M.
Monday, November 19, 2007 Hosted by Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP One World Financial Center, New York, NY 10281
Learn to represent public housing residents where the New York City Housing Authority is seeking to terminate tenancy due to alleged breach of lease or the Authority's rules and regulations. This session will give an overview of the substantive and procedural law, and train participants to engage in fact-finding and document discovery, prepare witnesses, and conduct direct and cross examination.
Faculty Chair: Susan Gibson O'Gara, Esq., Civil Practice ?CLE Credit: 2 credits total: .75 hour of professional practice/practice management, .75 hour skills and .5 ethics. This program provides transitional credit for newly admitted attorneys.
Thursday, November 8, 2007?Hosted by Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP?4 Times Square, New York, NY 10036
Learn how to represent disabled children and adults in federal administrative hearings conducted by the Social Security Administration and appeal unfavorable decisions in Federal District Court. Successful clients receive higher monthly income and are entitled to Medicaid benefits to cover the cost of medical treatment. The session will cover Social Security law and practice including discovery, medical documentary preparation, examination of parties and witnesses, legal memorandum, and oral argument.
Faculty Chairs: Anne Callagy, Esq. and Jocelyne Martinez, 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.
Monday, February 11, 2008 ?Hosted by Kaye Scholer LLP 425 Park Avenue, New York, NY10022
Gain the knowledge to litigate an appeal of an administrative decision in State Supreme Court and the Appellate Division. Participants will learn to draft legal pleadings, memoranda, conduct oral argument, and perfect an appeal. These proceedings are the last avenues of redress for many of Legal Aid's clients who have lost government benefits or public housing.
Faculty Chair: Judith Goldiner, 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.