CLE Materials

2024 Annual Meeting and Convention

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Presidential/For all attorneys 

  • Current Trends in Federal Cybercrime Investigations, Prosecutions, and Disruptions
  • Esteemed Judges on What They Wish They Knew as Lawyers
  • How Appealing: Tricks of the Trade in Appellate Practice
  • Inside Trenton – New Laws, New Updates, What Does It Mean To You?
  • Lessons from Women Litigators and Judges
  • Mental Health Diversion Program: What Every Practitioner Needs to Know
  • Navigating the Ethical Challenges of ADR through the Eyes of Former Judges.
  • Opening Business Session Keynote: Artificial Intelligence and the Impact on the Practice of Law
  • Sittin’ in with the DJs… With a Little Help from an MJ and AJ – 2024 Edition
  • So, You Want to be a Judge?
  • Supreme Court Year in Review
  • Updates from the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office
 
 

Business and Taxation  

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  • Alternative and Non-Traditional Lending – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 
  • Complex Business Litigation Update
  • Dead Shopping Centers and How to Revive Them
  • Doing Deals in the Garden State
  • Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG), and Sustainability Hot Topics
  • Hot Topics in Commercial Real Estate 
  • Tax-Exempt Organizations Primer and Key Considerations
  • The Corporate Transparency Act: Overview and Practical Considerations for All Attorneys
  • Trends and Hot Topics in Financial Services
  • What’s New with LLCs 2024 
  • Avoiding Affidavit of Merit Pitfalls
  • Chancery 2024: Litigation in the Fast Lane
  • Civil Trial Bench-Bar Conference
  • Current Trends in Federal Cybercrime Investigations, Prosecutions, and Disruptions
  • Data Privacy and Security in New Jersey: What You Need to Know
  • Hot Topics in Civil Litigation
  • Hot Topics in Insurance Defense
  • How Appealing: Tricks of the Trade in Appellate Practice
  • How to Prepare Your Expert for a Deposition or Trial Testimony
  • Implicit Bias in the Discovery and Jury Trial Process
  • Mental Health Diversion Program: What Every Practitioner Needs to Know
  • Navigating Childhood Sexual Abuse Cases in 2024
  • New Jersey False Claims Act
  • Now Daubert, Now What?
  • Products Liability Hot Topics and Practice Tips
  • Recent GDPR Updates: What You Need to Know
  • Sittin’ in with the DJs… With a Little Help from an MJ and AJ – 2024 Edition
  • Tackling Fraud, Waste, and Abuse: Updates from the New Jersey Office of the State Comptroller
  • The Intersectionality Between Family Law and Civil Law
  • Updates from the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office
  • Your Adversary Did What? Exploring the Line Between Zealous Advocacy and Outrageous Conduct in Depositions
  • Attorney-Conducted Voir Dire in Practice 
  • Brady Challenges and Discovery Issues
  • Criminal Justice Reform: A Renewed Look 10 Years After Bail Reform
  • Criminal Law Bench-Bar Conference 
  • Current Trends in Federal Cybercrime Investigations, Prosecutions, and Disruptions
  • How Appealing: Tricks of the Trade in Appellate Practice
  • How to Deal with Survivors and Victims of Crimes as Clients/Witnesses and Litigants Without Burning Out
  • How to Prepare Your Expert for a Deposition or Trial Testimony 
  • Implicit Bias in the Discovery and Jury Trial Process 
  • Intersectionality between Criminal Law and Domestic Violence Practice 
  • Key Insights on White-Collar Criminal and Regulatory Investigations & Defense 
  • Mental Health Diversion Program: What Every Practitioner Needs to Know 
  • New Jersey False Claims Act
  • Now Daubert, Now What? 
  • Sittin’ in with the DJs… With a Little Help from an MJ and AJ – 2024 Edition
  • Tackling Fraud, Waste, and Abuse: Updates from the New Jersey Office of the State Comptroller
  • Updates from the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office 
  • What Every Attorney Should Know about Immigration Custody: The Nuts, Bolts, and Ethics of Representing People in Immigration Detention before New Jersey’s Criminal and Municipal Courts 
  • Your Adversary Did What? Exploring the Line Between Zealous Advocacy and Outrageous Conduct in Depositions  
 
 

Dispute Resolution  

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  • ADR – Getting Your Family Law Case OUT of Court  
  • A Look Behind the Curtain: Insights into How Different Stakeholders in Employment Mediations Evaluate Claims for Settlement  
  • Navigating the Ethical Challenges of ADR through the Eyes of Former Judges
  • The Case for Using Mediators, Arbitrators and Special Masters in the State and Federal Courts
 
 

Diversity and Inclusion 

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  • AI/GAI and its Use for Lawyers and Employers: What Can Go Wrong? 
  • Are DEI Programs DOA? Status of DEI Programs Post SFFA v. Harvard and SFFA v. UNC
  • Artificial Intelligence and Minority Communities – Navigating the Coming Wave 
  • Challenging Situations with Clients Involving Cultural Sensitivity
  • Climate Change and Vulnerable Communities – An insightful discussion of our changing weather and its impact on minority communities
  • Enhancing Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging through LGBTQ+ Inclusive Practices
  • Ethics and Diversity Issues in Municipal Court
  • For the Record: The History of Children’s Privacy Rights, the Nature of Schools and the Importance of Affirming Educational Spaces for Trans and Non-Binary Youth
  • How Will the Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Ruling Affect College Admissions?
  • Land Use and Its Impact on the Diverse Community – A Historical Perspective to Today 
  • Non-Traditional Families? Expanding the Notions of Family  
  • Ethics and Diversity Issues in Municipal Court
  • Ethics and Immigration (Entertaining Ethics)
  • Ethics in Estate Planning and Administration
  • Ethics, The Court and The Bar – A Comprehensive Look at How the Ethics System Works
  • False Claims in Government Contracting: Ethical and Compliance Considerations
  • Hot Topics in Legal Ethics
  • How to Avoid Malpractice Risk by Being a Pro at Understanding Your Professional Liability Insurance
  • Insta What?? Using Social Media to Ethically Build Your Brand
  • Your Adversary Did What? Exploring the Line Between Zealous Advocacy and Outrageous Conduct in Depositions
  • “Non-Traditional” Families? … Expanding the Notions of Family
  • Absent Parents and their Effect on Children
  • ADR – Getting Your Family Law Case OUT of Court
  • Family Bench-Bar Conference
  • From Motion Practice to Best Interest Hearings: Litigating an FN Matter with a Concurrent FD in Family Court
  • How to Deal with Survivors and Victims of Crimes as Clients/Witnesses and Litigants Without Burning Out
  • The Intersectionality Between Family Law and Civil Law
  • What About Fido? A Discussion of Issues Relating to the Intersection Between Pets and Family Law
  • What to do When your Child is too Old for Child Support
  • Civil and Criminal DOJ Enforcement Trends
  • Current Trends in Federal Cybercrime Investigations, Prosecutions, and Disruptions
  • Esteemed Judges on What They Wish They Knew as Lawyers
  • False Claims in Government Contracting: Ethical and Compliance Considerations
  • How Will the Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Ruling Affect College Admissions?
  • Implicit Bias in the Discovery and Jury Trial Process
  • Key Insights on White Collar Criminal and Regulatory Investigations & Defense
  • Products Liability Hot Topics and Practice Tips
  • Sittin’ in with the DJs… With a Little Help from an MJ and AJ – 2024 Edition
  • So, You Want to be a Judge?
  • The Case for Using Mediators, Arbitrators and Special Masters in the State and Federal Courts
  • The Corporate Transparency Act: Overview and Practical Considerations for All Attorneys
  • Your Adversary Did What? Exploring the Line Between Zealous Advocacy and Outrageous Conduct in Depositions
  • Ethics and Immigration (Entertaining Ethics)
  • I-9 and Immigration Compliance in the New Age  
  • US/Mexico Border 
  • What Every Attorney Should Know About Immigration Custody: The Nuts, Bolts, and Ethics of Representing People in Immigration Detention before New Jersey’s Criminal and Municipal Courts
  • Dead Shopping Centers and How to Revive Them  
  • Hot Topics in Land Use  
  • Land Use and Its Impact on the Diverse Community – A Historical Perspective to Today 

Law Practice Management  

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  • Best Practices Make Perfect: Law Firm Management, Structure, Disputes, and Succession Planning
  • How to Avoid Malpractice Risk by Being a Pro at Understanding Your Professional Liability Insurance
  • Insights from Law Firm General Counsel—The Ethics of Fee Collection: To Pursue or Not to Pursue, That is the Question!
  • Insta What?? Using Social Media to Ethically Build Your Brand  
  • Managing Partners Roundtable 
  • A Look Behind the Curtain: Insights into How Different Stakeholders in Employment Mediations Evaluate Claims for Settlement 
  • AI/GAI and its Use for Lawyers and Employers: What Can Go Wrong?  
  • Are DEI Programs DOA? Status of DEI Programs Post SFFA v. Harvard and SFFA v. UNC 
  • Cancel Culture: New First Amendment Challenges in Media and Employment Law  
  • Doing Deals in the Garden State
  • I-9 and Immigration Compliance in the New Age  
  • Sign on the Dotted Line: The Status of Restrictive Covenants in Employment and Settlement Agreements in 2024  
  • Trends in Employment Discrimination: Expansion of Protected Classes and Reverse Discrimination; Religious Exemptions and Pay Equity  
  • Wage and Hour Litigation: Plaintiff and Defense Perspectives  
  • DWI Year in Review: New Laws, New Cases 
  • Ethics and Diversity Issues in Municipal Court  
  • Municipal Court Bench-Bar Conference 
  • Municipal Court 101 Seminar 2024
  • What Every Attorney Should Know about Immigration Custody: The Nuts, Bolts, and Ethics of Representing People in Immigration Detention before New Jersey’s Criminal and Municipal Courts  
  • Doing Deals in the Garden State
  • Hot Topics in Commercial Real Estate  
  • Residential Real Estate Transactions A-Z  

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2024 Mid-Year Meeting


The New Jersey State Bar Association is thrilled to announce the 2024 Mid-Year Meeting will be held in Dublin, Ireland at The Shelbourne Hotel, Nov. 2-9.

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2025 Family Law Retreat


The New Jersey State Bar Association is thrilled to announce the 2025 Family Law Retreat will be held in Mexico, San José del Cabo from March 23-27.

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Practice HQ Training Events


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Reports


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