Gain an update on New York Civil Practice rules and decisions, including recent developments, lingering problems, and suggestions for possible solutions, and best practices.

Some of the topics to be discussed include:

• Jurisdiction and statute of limitations
• Commencement of action
• Pleadings
• Motion Practice
• Depositions and Disclosure
• Electronic Disclosure
• Expert Witnesses
• Summary Judgment
• Trial Practice
• … and MORE

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

• Jan 13^th 5:30pm – 8:00pm CPLR Update 2025
• Jan 23^rd 5:30pm – 8:00pm Using AI and State Court Data to Automate Litigation Tasks/Protecting Against Scams & Data Breaches
• Jan 27^th 5:30pm – 8:30pm A Review of the French Connection case/Impact of Weather on Your Cases

Join us for a panel discussion of the various positions available for attorneys in the New York State Court System.

Our panelists will discuss the specific job functions, as well as the challenges faced working in the court system.

The speakers will also provide practical advice for seeking a career in the courts.

The Trust in Justice Project is a groundbreaking initiative led by Richard Gabriel, the nation’s leading trial consultant, which sought to understand and address the declining trust in America’s legal institutions.

The investigation began with a comprehensive national survey where Richard and his team sought to grasp the sentiments of the average citizen. The survey measured the public’s trust and confidence in the main institutions in our justice system: law enforcement, the court system (including the Supreme Court), Congress, and our corrections system.

The results were eye-opening, revealing how the public viewed the perceived bias of the courts and police, how well they thought the justice system worked, how fair they thought the courts and the overall system worked, how well they understood the system, and how the media’s reporting on the system contributed to their views.

This program will gather leaders of New York’s legal community to discuss:

• – the Trust in Justice Project’s findings candidly,
• – their present challenges with the justice system
• – and the means and methods available to improve the public’s trust in the justice system.

There will also be ample opportunity to take questions and comments from the audience.

The evening will begin with a discussion of how state court litigators can use Artificial Intelligence (AI) and state court data to automate litigation tasks , such as evaluating cases, automate brief drafting, suggest winning strategies and more — of course all subject to review and verified by counsel.

Then hear a discussion about popular scams that lawyers and firms are facing, as well as what to do in the case of a data breach. As more and more transactions are conducted virtually, people are working remotely and data is stored electronically, it is more important than ever to understand how to protect yourself, your firm and clients — and what to do in the case of a breach.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is destined to improve productivity in the legal profession.

Hear how state court litigators can leverage AI technology to complete tasks such as evaluating cases, automate brief drafting, suggest winning strategies and more — of course all reviewed and verified by counsel.

Learn how to stay ahead of the curve by attending this fascinating discussion.

Join us for a discussion of the cybersecurity threats that lawyers are facing with the trends toward online communications, remote work, virtual meetings and hearings, as well as the precautions that should be implemented by attorneys, firms and their clients.

Topics include:

• Scams and how to spot them
• Securing your online identity and communications
• Protecting client data
• Responding to a data breach
• Best practices and ethical considerations
• … and more

Join us for fascinating discussions on 2 great topics.

The evening begins with a discussion of the most fascinating drug bust in the history of the NYPD. The program chronicles the history of the underlying crime, the legal machinations behind the scene to get the book about the case published and the film about it made, and the rather ambiguous legal, ethical and cultural legacy surrounding the French Connection case and its resulting literary properties.

The second session takes a look at the weather record and the unique role it plays in legal cases. Hear from our speaker, a Certified Consulting Meteorologist, how she acquires, analyzes and interprets historical weather data that can make or break the outcome of your case.

In a matter of fact surpassing fiction, the 1971 Academy Award-winner The French Connection was more than a highly-successful thriller. The film depicted one of the most evocative drug busts in the history of the NYPD.

The movie, and Robin Moore’s best-selling non-fiction account of the same name, were based on the real-life exploits of NYPD detective Eddie Egan and his partner Sonny Grosso. In 1962, Egan and Grosso made a spectacular drug bust that resulted in the seizure of 120 pounds of pure heroin with a street value of $32 million.

The cunning French godfather who mastermind the scheme to import such a large cache of narcotics from Marseilles to New York, Jean Jehan, escaped justice.

Most telling of all, months before the Academy Awards ceremony, a hundred pounds of the heroin that had been seized ten years earlier were taken from an NYPD property clerk’s office never to be seen again.

Fact, Fiction, and the French Connection chronicles the history of the underlying crime, the legal machinations behinds the scenes to get the book published and the film made, and the rather ambiguous legal, ethical and cultural legacy surrounding the French Connection case and its resulting literary properties.

We all know that the weather has a huge impact upon your daily life, but did you also know that the weather can greatly affect the outcome of one of your client’s cases?

Join Kelly Cebulko, a Certified Consulting Meteorologist, as she discusses the weather record and the unique role it plays in attorney’ cases. Adept at communicating complex meteorological information clearly to diverse audiences, she will explore how she acquires, analyzes and interprets historical weather data that can make or break the outcome of your case.