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The pre-trial deposition stage is a critical point in any litigation. Indeed, many personal injury and commercial cases are either won or lost during the deposition phase.

Our panel of experts provides practical guidance, while teaching basic deposition skills, techniques for handling commonly encountered problems, how to use depositions at trial, how to seek rulings from a trial judge, and virtual depositions.

Demonstrations of how to conduct depositions in commercial and personal injury cases are also reenacted.

Some of the specific issues addressed include:

• How to control a witness.
• Dealing with evasive witnesses.
• How to discover and authenticate documents for trial.
• What objections can be raised.
• When to prevent a witness from answering.
• What to do when your witness volunteers information.
• How to cut your losses in light of unexpectedly damaging testimony.
• How to use depositions at trial to impeach witnesses, introduce testimony of absentee witnesses and more.
• Virtual depositions.
• Whether to conduct a virtual deposition … or insist on a live deposition.

The program will address best practices for ensuring and maintaining both party and attorney engagement in virtual ADR processes.

With the rapid expansion of court-mandated mediation, both parties and attorneys may not be fully engaged.

As mediators and counsel, how do we address these challenges and ensure parties and opposing attorneys remain engaged in the process?

Join the ADR Committee at this important discussion to gain valuable insights.

President Donald Trump has declared the mass deportations of immigrants, forgoing due process protections. This has energized NYCLA and partnering Bar Associations to respond by offering this half-day CLE training.

The Rule of Law has been vital to our democracy. The threat of widespread and indiscriminate immigration enforcement has already instilled fear among many New Yorkers, Moreover, lawyers have a duty “to challenge the rectitude of official action” and “uphold legal process.” Model Rule of Professional Conduct, Preamble [5].

The training will offer an overview for attorneys with no immigration background who seek to understand how everything “works” and who aim to be supportive in defending vulnerable communities.

Topics include:

• Immigration Law 101 for the Non-Immigration Lawyer
• Immigrant Know Your Rights and the Ethical Considerations for Lawyers
• The Basics of Detention, Deportation and Mass Arrests
• Opportunities for attorneys to get involved and assist will be made available at the program.

This program will satisfy the LIVE NY Skills and Ethics requirements for first and second year newly admitted attorneys in New York.

• Mar 10^th 5:30pm – 6:45pm Constance Baker Motley, Class of 1946: That Motley Woman: Constance Baker Motley A Woman for All Seasons
• Apr 14^th 5:30pm – 6:45pm Moe Berg, Class of 1933: Lawyer, Ballplayer, Spy: The Many Lives of Moe Berg
• May 19^th 5:30pm – 6:45pm William Donovan. Class of 1907: Wild Bill Donovan & the Origins of American Intelligence
• Jun 9^th 5:30pm – 6:45pm Thomas E. Dewey, Class of 1925: The Racket Buster Who Could Have Been President
• Jul 14^th 5:30pm – 6:45pm William O. Douglas, Class of 1925: William O. Douglas: The Westerner as Philosopher King
• Aug 11^th 5:30pm – 6:45pm Charles Evans Hughes, Class of 1884: Guardian of the Constitution and Statesman of the Law

Each session will provide 1 Skills and 0.5 Ethics credits

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Join Rudy Carmenaty as he presents the first program in his series “Columbia Law School and Its Illustrious Graduates,” focusing on the life and legacy of Constance Baker Motley, Class of 1946.

Constance Baker Motley was a woman for all seasons. A brilliant advocate and legal strategist for the NAACP Legal Defense & Education Fund, she was the first African-American woman admitted to the Bar of the United States Supreme Court, where she won nine of the ten cases she argued before the high court.

Constance Baker Motley was the first African-American woman to be elected to the New York State Senate and the first elected Manhattan Borough President.

In 1966, President Lyndon Johnson appointed her to a judgeship in the Southern District of New York (SDNY). She was the first African-American woman nominated and confirmed to the federal judiciary.

From 1982 to 1986 she was the Chief Judge of the SDNY, another first, until she assumed senior status.

During nearly forty years as a federal judge, she issued numerous decisions exemplifying the best of the federal bench.

Join us for a discussion of the do’s and don’ts of filing names and sex change petitions, the Gender Recognition Act, and the recent administrative order creating privacy protections when filing petitions.

Our panelists will also discuss common issues affecting transgender members of the community and individuals seeking name changes due to safety concerns.

The program will conclude with a discussion of allyship, led by the co-chairs of NYCLA’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Issues in the Law Committee.

*Part of 6 Evening Bridge The Gap

*Part of 6 Evening Bridge The Gap

*Part of 6 Evening Bridge The Gap

*Part of 6 Evening Bridge The Gap

*Part of 6 Evening Bridge The Gap