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NY Bridge the Gap Skills and Ethics
Webinar
NY Bridge the Gap Skills and Ethics
Start
07/17/2025 - 9:00 AM
End
07/17/2025 - 5:05 PM
COURSE DETAILS
This program will satisfy the Ethics and Professional and Skills credits requirements for first or second year newly admitted attorneys in New York.
The first session will focus on Finance for Lawyers. Topics include:
- How lawyers add value to the financial function of a company
- Role of finance in an organization
- Foundations of modern accounting and the basic equations of finance
- Accounting methodologies and principles
- Who’s who in financial reporting
- Private company accounting
- Key numbers and ratios
- Present value concepts and business valuations
- The lawyer’s role in financial audits and ethical considerations
- Basic concepts of financial investment
- Financial fraud schemes and ethical responsibilities
The second session will focus on Mental Well-Being and Professional Performance for Lawyers. Topics include:
- Define and build mental fitness as a professional edge in law practice and life.
- Apply actionable strategies to manage stress, sharpen attention, and reduce burnout without relying on trendy wellness fads.
- Identify and reframe limiting beliefs that fuel imposter syndrome, perfectionism, and chronic overwhelm that impact professional behavior.
- Cultivate a growth-oriented mindset to turn stress and setbacks into fuel for professional performance, perspective, and innovation.
- Sustain motivation and focus during long hours and high workloads using daily mental fitness protocols.
FACULTY
Faculty: Jonathan Z. Cohen, Associate General Counsel, Business Strategist, PNY Technologies; Joseph Novello, CPA, MBA, The Financial Training Organization
Moderator: Bari Chase, Esq., Director, NYCLA CLE Institute and Programs
CLE CREDITS
9 NY Credits: 3 Ethics & Professionalism; 6 Skills; Transitional and Non-transitional; 9 NJ Credits: 3 Ethics; 6 General
GENERAL INFORMATION
To register: click the Register button below. The website will prompt you to log in or create an account to complete the checkout. If you are not a member, please join the membership before completing the checkout to take advantage of the member’s price. Registration closes 30 minutes before the program.
For technical and account-related issues, please get in touch with us at dradjabov@nycla.org
Webinar Link: After completing the checkout, you will receive a separate email with webinar access instructions. That email will arrive closer to the program start time. If you are still waiting to receive an access email 30 minutes before the program, please email cle@nycla.org.
Course Materials: We will email the link to download course materials 30 minutes before the program starts.
CLE Certificates (if applicable): After verifying your attendance, we will add your certificate to the “Download CLE Certificates” page, which you can access from your “My Account” page.
Tuition Assistance: Tuition Assistance is available by application to qualified attorneys. Click here for application and submission procedure.