Presented on January 14, 2022 (expires 1/14/27)
1.0 CLE credit: Areas of Professional Practice
Appropriate for all attorneys
Join us for a quick primer on the latest changes to NY Law – be a step ahead!
Moderator: Robert E. Knoer, Esq., The Knoer Group PLLC
Speaker: Colin M. Knoer, Esq., The Knoer Group PLLC
Available format: OnDemand, CD, DVD
OnDemand: $40 Members (promo code: member2025), $80 Non-Members
Presented on January 27, 2022 (expires 1/27/27)
1.0 CLE credit: Areas of Professional Practice
Appropriate for all attorneys
This program will discuss important case decisions over the past year from Erie County Surrogate’s Court, as well as touch upon significant decisions in surrogate’s court practice from other New York courts.
Moderator: Linda S. Grear, Esq., Pfalzgraf Beinhauer Grear Harris Schuller LLP Chair, Surrogate’s Court Committee
Speaker: Joseph A. Shifflett, Esq., Chief Court Attorney, Erie County Surrogate’s Court
Available Format: OnDemand, CD, DVD
OnDemand: $40 Members (Promo Code: member2025), $80 Non-Members
Presented on February 17, 2022 (expires 2/17/27)
1.5 CLE credits: Areas of Professional Practice
Appropriate for all attorneys
An update on CVA litigation developments, including the impact of look-back window’s closure and developing case law in the last year.
Speakers:
Anastasia M. McCarthy, Esq., Hurwitz & Fine, PC
William J. Gerken, Esq., The Coppola Firm
Available format: OnDemand, CD, DVD
OnDemand: $45 Members (Promo Code: member2025), $90 Non-Members
Presented on March 19, 2022 (expires 3/19/27)
3.5 CLE credits: 1.5 Areas of Professional Practice, 0.5 Diversity, Inclusion & Elimination of Bias, 1.0 Ethics and Professionalism, 0.5 Skills
Appropriate for Experienced Attorneys only
Agenda:
Moderator: Glenn J. Speller, Esq., Chair, Real Property Law Committee
Speakers:
This program was presented by the Real Property Law Committee and sponsored by Chicago Title Insurance Co., Easysoft, Holland Land Title & Abstract Co., Key Bank Mortgage, the New York State Bar Association’s Real Property Law Section, Nussbaumer & Clarke, Inc., and Stewart Title Buffalo.
Available format: OnDemand, CD, DVD
OnDemand: $90 members (Promo Code: member2025), $180 Non-members
Presented on March 24, 2022 (expires 3/24/27)
1.0 CLE Credit: Ethics and Professionalism
Appropriate for Experienced Attorneys only
As a supervising attorney, do you wonder what your paralegal can or should do? As a paralegal or other non-lawyer, do you wonder what you can or should do? This CLE reviews the definition of Unauthorized Practice of Law and appropriate supervision with attorney and paralegal speakers.
Moderator:
Margaret Phillips, Esq., Associate Professor/Director, Paralegal Studies Program, Daemen University
Speakers:
Available format: OnDemand, CD, DVD
OnDemand: $40 members (Promo Code: member2025), $80 Non-members
Presented on April 7, 2022 (expires 4/7/27)
3.0 CLE Credit: Areas of Professional Practice
Appropriate for all attorneys
Topics covered include:
Speakers:
Available format: OnDemand, CD, DVD
OnDemand: $85 members (Promo Code: member2025), $170 Non-members
Presented on May 4, 2022 (expires 5/4/27)
1.0 CLE Credit: Ethics and Professionalism
Appropriate for Experienced Attorneys only
This program discussed the provisions of the New York Lobbying Act, codified at NY Legislative Law Article 1-A, and the interpretive regulations issued by the New York Joint Commission on Public Ethics (“JCOPE”).
Moderator: Steven B. Salcedo, Esq., Phillips Lytle LLP, Member, Young Lawyers Committee
Speaker: Craig R. Bucki, Esq., Partner, Phillips Lytle LLP
Available Format: On Demand, CD, DVD
On Demand: $40 members (Promo Code: member2025), $80 Non-members
Presented on May 10, 2022 (expires 5/10/27)
3.0 CLE Credits: Skills
Appropriate for Experienced Attorneys only
Challenges to library and educational materials are on the rise. This session will give attorneys representing the parties involved in library and curricular materials challenges a primer on the laws and legal considerations of challenges, as well as practical tips for handling collateral issues such as public relations, union relations, and creating a coordinated response.
Speakers:
Available format: On Demand, CD, DVD
OnDemand: $85 members (Promo Code: member2025), $170 Non-members
Presented on May 24, 2022 (expires 5/24/27)
2.0 CLE Credits: 0.5 Skills, 1.5 Areas of Professional Practice
Appropriate for Experienced Attorneys only
Topics covered include:
Moderator: Ida Comerford, Esq., Partner, Law Offices of Kenneth Hiller, PPLC, Co-Chair, Committee for the Disabled
Speakers:
Available format: OnDemand, CD, DVD
OnDemand: $60 members (promo code: member2025), $120 non-members
Presented on May 25, 2022 (expires 5/25/27)
3.0 CLE credits: Ethics and Professionalism
Appropriate for Experienced Attorneys only
Presented by the Committee on Grievances and the Professional Ethics Committee of the Bar Association of Erie County, this program will cover the grievance process, discussing the distinction between the two bodies, what to do when that dreaded letter arrives, and steps to avoid common issues.
Speakers:
Available format: On Demand, CD, DVD
OnDemand: $85 members (Promo Code: member2025), $170 Non-members
Presented on May 26, 2022 (expires 5/26/27)
4.5 CLE credits: 2.0 Areas of Professional Practice, 0.5 Ethics and Professionalism, 2.0 Skills
Appropriate for Experienced Attorneys only
This program is designed to provide the information necessary to allow an attending attorney to qualify as a Guardian Ad Litem in Surrogate’s Courts proceedings by providing the attendee with information concerning Part 36 and the duties of a Guardian Ad Litem in various types of Surrogate’s Court proceedings.
At this program you will learn what you need to be aware of with respect to Part 36 of the NYCRR, the required forms and appointment process. In addition, you will be instructed as to your obligations as a Guardian Ad Litem in various types of proceedings.
Topics covered include:
Moderator: Linda Stravalaci Grear, Esq., Pfalzgraf Beinhauer Grear Harris Schuller LLP, Chair of the Surrogate’s Court Committee
Speakers:
Available format: On Demand, CD, DVD
OnDemand: $105 members (Promo Code: member2025), $210 Non-members
Presented on June 2, 2022 (expires 6/2/27)
1.0 CLE credit: Diversity, Inclusion & Elimination of Bias
Appropriate for Experienced Attorneys only
Question 26 of the New York Bar Application asks, “Have you ever, either as an adult or a juvenile, been cited, ticketed, arrested, taken into custody, charged with, indicted, convicted, or tried for, or pleaded guilty to, the commission of any felony or misdemeanor or the violation of any law, or been the subject of any juvenile delinquency or youthful offender proceeding?…Candor throughout the admission process is required of all applicants, and even convictions that have been expunged should be disclosed in response to this question.”
This program explores how this question affects people of color and their participation in the legal profession. Attorney Carly Hite discusses the history, disparate impact on people of color, and reform efforts under way. Cheryl Smith Fisher speaks as a member of the Character & Fitness Committee, discussing their rules and regulations, and how they handle such issues locally. Finally, attorney TheArthur Duncan shares his compelling lived experience as a former felon who went through the law school and bar application process with uncertainty about whether he would be allowed to practice.
Introduction:
Vicky L. Valvo, Esq., (ret.) Mental Hygiene Legal Services
Speakers:
Carolyn “Carly” Hite, Esq., Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo, Inc.
Cheryl Smith Fisher, Esq., Magavern Magavern Grimm LLP
TheArthur A. Duncan, Esq., TheArthur Duncan Law Firm
Moderators:
Stephanie Joy Calhoun, Esq., Chair, Diversity & Inclusion Committee
Maura O’Donnell, Esq., Education Subcommittee, Diversity & Inclusion Committee
Available Format: OnDemand, CD, DVD
OnDemand: $40 members (Promo Code: member2025), $80 non-members
Presented on June 15, 2022 (expires 6/15/27)
1.5 CLE credits: 1.0 Areas of Professional Practice, 0.5 Skills
Appropriate for Experienced Attorneys only
The Red Flag Law, also known as the Extreme Risk Protection Order Law, prevents individuals who are at risk of hurting themselves or others from purchasing or possessing firearms, rifles, or shotguns. This law, which went into effect in August 2019, is an important tool in preventing domestic violence homicides, suicides, and situations of mass violence, but many practitioners still don’t know about Emergency Risk Protection Orders (ERPO) and how to obtain this civil protection order.
In response to the 5-14-22 tragedy, the Minority Bar Association of WNY has joined with the Bar Association of Erie County and the Empire Justice Center to address this important legal issue related to mass shootings. This is the first part of a series. We hope you can continue the dialogue with us.
Moderator: Oliver C. Young, Esq., Former President, BAEC, Of Counsel, Barclay Damon LLC
Speakers:
Available format: OnDemand, CD, DVD
OnDemand: $45 members (Promo Code: member2025), $90 Non-members
Presented on June 16, 2022 (expires 6/16/27)
2.5 CLE credits: Areas of Professional Practice
Appropriate for all attorneys
This program covers key legislative and case law update as well as agency activities and priorities updates from:
Speakers:
This program is presented by the BAEC Labor Law Committee and WBASNY WNY Employment Law Committee, and is generously sponsored by Wilder & Linneball, LLP.
Available format: OnDemand, CD, DVD
OnDemand: $65 members (Promo Code: member2025), $130 Non-members
Presented on June 23, 2022 (expires 6/23/27)
1.5 CLE Credits: Areas of Professional Practice
Appropriate for all attorneys
Like so many tragic family separation cases today, this case, from upstate New York, received attention from the press and the legal community. It offers some insight into the larger consequences of both the 1924 Immigration Act and the political efforts to protect a small group of children from the consequences of that legislation. This program provides a microhistory of Paula Patton, a poor, intellectually disabled, nine-year-old child, who arrived at Ellis Island with her family in 1914. Judged by medical authorities as an “imbecile,” she was sent back but due to the outbreak of World War I and the closure of the sea lanes, her ship returned to port. She then entered the United States on bond.
Multiple attempts for her arrest and deportation followed over the next ten years. Appeals by community leaders to two U.S. Presidents, as well as litigation in the federal courts including the U.S. Supreme Court, thwarted deportation efforts time and time again. All the while, allies condemned her torment as “un-American.” In the end, Paula’s fate and that of others hinged on a single paragraph in the 1924 Immigration Act. Though her childhood was spent in Olean, her network of supporters included women in Buffalo. These developments occurred against the backdrop of widespread nativism and anti-Semitic sentiment, while the eugenics movement was at its height.
Rutgers Professor Emerita Janet Golden and Rhode Island attorney John T. Duffy analyzed this case in an article in the Journal of Social History. They will present their findings through an analysis of legal cases, upstate New York political activism, and the history of disability. Sources to be discussed include federal court cases, Presidential correspondence, Congressional hearings, and accounts in the local press. Any discussion about the rights of persons with intellectual disabilities in the 1920s would be incomplete without addressing Buck v. Bell, 274 U.S. 200 (1927). The Honorable Eugene M. Fahey, the former judge with the New York Court of Appeals, will explain and provide context. Paula Patton’s niece and Buffalo native, former Philadelphia assistant district attorney Julie Patton Currie, shares her reflections on her family’s personal history.
Moderator: Sharon Nosenchuck, Esq., Chair, BAEC Human Rights Committee
Speakers:
John T. Duffy, Esq., Lawyer, Author, Marketing Consultant
Hon. Eugene M. Fahey, New York Court of Appeals (Ret.)
Janet Golden, Ph.D., Professor Emerita, Rutgers University
Julie Patton Curie, Esq., Former Philadelphia Assistant District Attorney, Paula’s niece
This program is co-sponsored by the BAEC Human Rights Committee and the Olean Historical and Preservation Society.
Available format: OnDemand, CD, DVD
OnDemand: $45 members (Promo Code: member2025), $90 Non-members
Presented on June 24, 2022 (expires 6/24/27)
0.5 CLE credits: Skills
Appropriate for Experienced Attorneys only
Join us for an overview of accident reconstruction investigation and find out what you need to know so that you are prepared when an accident victim approaches your firm. This presentation will include case study and examples regarding use of Airbag Control Module (ACM) data in litigated cases, learn about the Event Data Recorder (EDR) and the data it provides after a crash, and hear from a forensic consultant as he discusses accident reconstruction, Heavy Vehicle Event Data Recorders (HVEDR), photography, mapping, and more.
Moderator: Dennis Bischof, Esq., Dennis J. Bischof, LLC
Speaker: Christopher Puckett, Northeast Crash Dynamics, LLC
This program is generously sponsored by:
Available format: OnDemand, CD, DVD
OnDemand: $20 members (Promo Code: member2025), $40 Non-members
