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CLE | Serving Those Who Served: Helping Vets Access VA Benefits

Help your veteran clients access the benefits to which they are entitled. Topics covered include, but aren’t limited to, basic eligibility for disability benefits, pension benefits and the appeals process.

CLE | NY Civil Practice – 2019

Need a brush up on the rules of practice in New York State? Register for this 3.0 credit CLE. We welcome back the powerhouse presentation team of Onondaga County Supreme Court Judge Deborah Karalunas and the 2018 OCBA Distinguished Attorney of the Year Thomas E. Myers to lead this CPLR seminar.

CLE | What Every Lawyer Needs to Know About Trauma: Giving Lawyers the Tools to Understand & Represent Clients Who Have Experienced Trauma

This FREE powerhouse CLE covers a lot of ground and you’ll want to be in at that level and work toward an upper level understanding of the issues related to representing a client who has gone through a traumatic experience.

CLE | Providing Legal Representation to Asylum Seekers, Part One

This training offers a comprehensive overview of Asylum Law and the requisite procedures lawyers need to know to successfully represent Asylum seeking clients.

CLE | Providing Legal Representation to Asylum Seekers, Part Two

Part Two of this immigration-centered CLE covers gender-based asylum, plus a review of trending legislation and policy. This seminar is offered via videoconference and is FREE. Credit is pending by the NYS CLE Board.

CLE | Discharge Upgrades: Practicing Before Various Military Boards

This seminar focuses on discharge updates and changing military records. Specifically, this CLE covers the basics of procedure and substantive law surrounding the Discharge Review Boards and the Boards for Correction of Military/Naval Records.

Fayetteville-Manlius Named 2019 Onondaga County Mock Trial Champions

In a well argued Article 78 Hearing before U.S. Magistrate Judge David Peebles, the legal Hornets of Fayetteville-Manlius High School prevailed April 4, 2019 over the fighting Warriors of Liverpool High School to win the 2019 Onondaga County High School Mock Trial Championship.

Law Day 2019: Free Speech – Free Press – Free Society

WHEN: Wednesday, May 1, 2019 | TIME: 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. | LOCATION: Syracuse University College of Law, Dineen Hall, Gray Memorial Court Room, 950 Irving Avenue, Syracuse, NY 13204 | COST: $30. Under NYS rules the CLE associated with this event has been APPROVED for both Newly Admitted and Experienced Attorneys. We look forward […]

CLE | Employment Law 101

This CLE prepares you to volunteer at Talk-to-a-Lawyer clinics offered to low-income people residing in and around Syracuse. It’s FREE if you commit to volunteering – and only $20 (member rate) if not. 1.0 MCLE (0.5 ETHICS, 0.5 SKILLS). Register!!

Paralegals Luncheon – Join us!

Join us Thursday, April 11th for lunch! It’s the first Paralegals Luncheon of 2019 where we welcome Onondaga County Chief Welfare Attorney Paula Mallory Engel as our guest speaker. Join us!