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 8.2 credits and 19 seminars to choose from. Cutting-edge topics and the experts you want to hear from. Online Only - No Need To Sit In Traffic.
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM ET The New Jersey State Bar Association is excited to host the premier CLE Event of the season - featuring 19 of New Jersey's top-rated CLE programs from the comfort of your home or office as you log in to the NJSBA Fall Conference! While the esteemed judges are at Judicial College, join us for a special day of seminars in a variety of practice areas and with speakers who are at the very top of the profession. As an attendee, you'll login to our easy-to-navigate conference website on Monday, 11/21/22, and just like our Annual Meeting and other major conferences, you'll be able to attend the sessions you want throughout the day. |
PROGRAM 1: Confidentiality and the Sealing of Judicial Documents and Proceedings – What You Need to Know to Protect Your Clients | Recent headlines about a search of premises in Florida have highlighted the clashing interests of the confidentiality of information contained in documents submitted to courts and the public right of access to those documents. This program will provide you with an overview these and related interests, and is designed for practitioners on “both sides” in civil, family and criminal proceedings.
Featuring: Hon. Ronald J. Hedges (moderator); Hon. Leda Dunn Wettre; Hon. Sohail Mohammed, PJCr; Sheryl J. Seiden, Esq. | |
PROGRAM 2: What to Expect in Civil Voir Dire and Strategies for Your Cases | Join our panel of leading civil trial attorneys as they discuss how the recent and proposed revisions to our jury selection process will affect how you try your cases.
Featuring: Michael G. Donahue, III, Esq. (moderator); Domenick Carmagnola, Esq.; Tommie Ann Gibney, Esq.; Lynne M. Kizis, Esq.; Chad M. Moore, Esq. | |
PROGRAM 3: Offers of Judgement Under the New Rules and Other Settlement Options in an Overburdened Court System | New Jersey Rule 4:48 was amended, (effective September 1, 2022) creating many new considerations for trial attorneys. Don’t miss out on this timely update to learn how this change impacts you and your practice.
Featuring: Robert B. Hille, Esq.; Jonathan H. Lomurro, Esq., LLM; Wendy Allyson Reek, Esq. | |
Diversity and Inclusion Track: |
PROGRAM 1: Trial by Jurors: How to Engage Unbiased, Informed, and Civic-Minded Jurors in the New Era of R. 1:8-3A | With the pilot program for attorney-conducted voir dire underway and the new Rule 1:8-3A to take effect on January 1st, the imperative to make juries more inclusive and diverse has moved to the forefront of almost every conversation about litigation. In a rare New Jersey presentation, Prof. Sonali Chakravarti (author of several books and highly respected articles in respected publications like The Atlantic) will discuss her latest book, “Radical Enfranchisement in the Jury Room and Public Life.” The meaning of “radical” here does not mean revolutionary. Instead, Chakravarti offers a full-throated defense of juries as a vital democratic institution. The jury, she argues, could be a forward-looking institution that nurtures the best democratic instincts of citizens, but this requires a change in civic education regarding the skills that should be cultivated in jurors before and through the process of a trial.
Featuring: Prof. Sonali Chakravarti; William H. Mergner, Jr., Esq. | |
PROGRAM 2: Native American Law, History, and Culture | Join Professor Robert J. Miller from the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law for a program that speaks to the history of Native Americans, Indian law, and the federal laws associated with America’s Indigenous Peoples. Don’t miss this one of a kind program.
Featuring: Professor Robert J. Miller | |
Elder and Estate Planning Track: |
PROGRAM 1: Estate and Tax Planning for Snowbirds | This program reviews the tax, estate, and financial benefits of establishing a Florida residency and the steps snowbirds should take to do so successfully.
Featuring: Bruce Steiner, Esq. | |
PROGRAM 2: In Re Britney Spears - Guardianship Lessons from this Famous Case | Britney Spears spent 13 years living under a conservatorship. In California, conservatorship functions much like a New Jersey guardianship, with conservators able to make decisions about the conservatee's careers, health, and personal life. Before her family petitioned the court, Spears had trouble with addiction and lost custody of her children. Her hearing occurred while in a hospital psychiatric unit, and she did not attend. The judge in the case even granted the conservator's request to waive notifying her in a hearing that lasted about 10 minutes. Spears continued to tour and make albums during the conservatorship, so valid questions remain about the scope of her incapacity. There's been much discussion in the press and online about the conservators' motives and their financial gain from the conservatorship. Britany's case raises many issues about due process at guardianship hearings and the guardianship's scope, length, and oversight.
Featuring: Hon. Margaret M. McVeigh, PJCh (Ret). (moderator); Michael Brower, Esq.; Richard I. Miller, Esq.; Lori M. McNeely, Esq.; Kevin M. Wolfe, Esq. | |
PROGRAM 1: Representing Polyamorous and Multi-Parent Families | Polyamorous individuals are in consensual, intimate relationships with multiple partners simultaneously. Some are married but are consensually involved with others outside of the marriage (sometimes referred to as consensual non-monogamy). Other polyamorous couples live with one another. Some raise children together and consider themselves a family. Because polyamory has no legal recognition, clients in polyamorous relationships face various legal challenges with family issues, estate planning, and other areas. Our online program explores these problems and offers practical advice that attorneys can share with their clients who are polyamorous or part of a multi-parent family.
Speakers Include: Debra E. Guston, Esq., C.A.E; Jodi Argentino, Esq. | |
PROGRAM 2: How to Triage Your High Conflict Custody Case | This CLE program will provide attendees with practical tips on how to better deal with high conflict custody cases and triage them. Learn techniques for settling these cases, and if settlement cannot be achieved, for presenting the best case at trial as possible. Hear tips on what to do and what not to do when representing a client in a high conflict custody case.
Featuring: Jeffrey M. Fiorello, Esq. (moderator); Candice Drisgula, Esq.; Christine Fitzgerald, Esq.; Tanya Freeman, Esq. | |
Labor and Employment Track: |
PROGRAM 1: What Labor and Employment Attorneys Need to Know about Quiet Quitting, the Latest Tik Tok Trend | Hear from New Jersey’s top Labor and Employment and Corporate attorneys on what their take is on the trend. What exactly is “quiet quitting”? What do lawyers need to know about this issue to represent their clients? What should corporate counsel know about this issue to best protect its company’s interests and serve its employees?
Featuring: Peter Baker, Esq.; John Shahdanian, Esq.; Robert T. Szyba, Esq. | |
PROGRAM 2: If You Can’t Say Something Nice…Non-Disparagement Provisions in Employment Contracts
| Don’t miss this “hot topics” seminar as experienced practitioners discuss the essential information you will need to better represent your clients in the coming year, such as the future or potential demise of non-solicit/non-compete clauses, the ongoing battle over the classification of temporary or contract vs full time workers, and answers to your questions.
Featuring: Brandon Lee Wolff, Esq. (moderator); August W. Heckman, III, Esq.; Ian D. Meklinsky, Esq.; Stephanie Wilson, Esq. | |
PROGRAM 3: Are You High? – Representing Employers Who Suspect an Employee is Impaired by Cannabis | This seminar will review the current status of the law including an employer’s options if they suspect an employee is impaired and also the rights of an employee who is accused of impairment. It will also look at the current status of the pending legislation and analyze the issues in current cases involving employee impairment. You will come away with practical information you can immediately put to use for your clients.
Featuring: Tracy A. Armstrong, Esq. (moderator); Keya C. Denner, Esq.; Stephanie D. Gironda, Esq. | |
PROGRAM 1: How to Avoid Data Privacy Disasters | Data privacy is fast becoming a hot issue in the practice of law. While it is of utmost importance to any successful practice, it can also be an intimidating topic to many practitioners. Data privacy is also exceedingly dynamic. Lawyers who practice in this space need to stay up to speed with the latest developments, since last year’s authority is already likely outdated. Join this seminar to hear experts give you tips on how to navigate this important topic. It is even more imperative in this day and age for lawyers to understand how to comply with their ethical duties of competence, confidentiality and supervision. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to learn how to avoid data privacy disasters!
Featuring: Dr. Robert Spangler; Rebecca Rakoski, Esq. | |
PROGRAM 2: Be Cyber Secure – Easy to Implement Procedures for Keeping the Hackers out of Your Law Firm or Law Department | You don’t need to be a technology genius or even a tech-savvy person to safeguard your technology. Join Dr. Robert Spangler, Assistant Executive Director for IT for the NJSBA and Sajed Naseem, Chief Information Security Officer for the New Jersey Courts as they provide you with a practical, easy to follow list for making your firm cyber-secure.
Featuring: Sajed Naseem; Dr. Karen Painter Randall, Esq. | |
PROGRAM 5: The Housing Crisis in 2022 and Beyond – Covid, Cannabis, and Other Issues that Affect Your Clients
| Join us for a segment that focuses on the housing crisis in 2022 and beyond. Our speakers will discuss the economic impact on housing from COVID-19, concerns relating to the use of cannabis in multi-family housing, third party rentals, hoarding and more.
Featuring: Tracey Goldstein, Esq.; Dean Dafis, Esq. | |