CLE SEMINAR LISTING
Registration for PBI (Live or Group Cast Seminars) - Call: 1-800-932-4637
Registration for seminars held at BALC - Call: 610.433.6401 Ext: 16
SPECIAL = See Ad in Lehigh County Law Journal for information
Barristers’ Inn (Barrister Inn Members Only)
District Attorney (DAs Only)
FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2017:
January 11: “Dragonetti and Litigation Torts”
PBI Simulcast Seminar
Registration and Boxed Lunch: 12:00 PM
Seminar: 12:30 PN – 3:45 PM
2 Substantive & 1 Ethics Credits (Integrated)
January 18: “Making Use of Trusts for Asset Protection of the Middle Class”
PBI Simulcast Seminar
Registration and Breakfast: 8:30 AM
Seminar: 9:00 AM – 12:15 PM
2 Substantive & 1 Ethics Credits (Integrated)
January 18: “Legal Incubators” with Fred Rooney, Esq.
Barristers’ Inn Presentation
Registration and Member Dinner: 5:30 PM
Seminar: 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Presented by: Team VII
1 Substantive Credit
January 20: “Hot Topics in Capital Cases” – CANCELED BY PBI DUE TO NO PRE-REGISTRATION
PBI Simulcast Seminar
Registration and Boxed Lunch: 11:30 AM
Seminar: 12:00 PM – 4:15 PM
4 Substantive Credits
January 23: “Death and Taxes”
PBI Simulcast Seminar
Registration and Boxed Lunch: 11:30 AM
Seminar: 12:00 PM – 4:15 PM
4 Substantive Credits
January 25: “Trends in Municipal Finance”
PBI Simulcast Seminar
Registration and Breakfast: 8:30 AM
Seminar: 9:00 AM – 1:15 PM
4 Substantive Credits
January 31: “Using Social Media Effectively and Ethically in Your Practice”
PBI Simulcast Seminar
Registration and Boxed Lunch: 10:30 AM
Seminar: 11:00 AM – 2:30 PM
2 Substantive & 1 Ethics Credits (Integrated)
FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2017:
February 1: “Litigating the Employment Discrimination Case”
PBI Simulcast Seminar
Registration and Breakfast: 8:30 AM
Seminar: 9:00 AM – 12:15 PM
3 Substantive Credits
February 2: “Practical Medicaid Planning”
PBI Simulcast Seminar
Registration and Boxed Lunch: 11:30 AM
Seminar: 12:00 PM – 3:15 PM
3 Substantive Credits
February 3: “WCAIS Update”
Special: BALC Lunch & Learn Seminar
Registration and Lunch: 11:45 AM
Seminar: 12:15 PM – 2:15 PM
Presented by: Judge Brian Puhala, Judge Cathleen Sabatino, Judge Daniel Snyder and
Judge Manager Karen Wertheimer
2 Substantive Credits
February 9: “Tell Me More: Stories to Attract and Engage”
PBI Simulcast Seminar
Registration and Boxed Lunch: 11:30 AM
Seminar: 12:00 PM – 4:15 PM
4 Substantive Credits
February 10: “Race, Rights and the Rule of Law” CANCELED BY PBI; LOW PRE-REGISTRATION
PBI Simulcast Seminar
Registration and Breakfast: 8:00 AM
Seminar: 8:30 AM – 3:30 PM
Boxed lunch included with tuition
5 Substantive & 1Ethics Credits (Integrated)
February 15: “Drone Wars – Will the Litigation Awaken?”
Barristers’ Inn Presentation
Registration and Member Dinner: 5:30 PM
Seminar: 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Presented by: Team VI
1 Substantive Credit
February 21: “Alcohol Law”
PBI Simulcast Seminar
Registration and Breakfast: 8:00 AM
Seminar: 8:30 AM – 12:45 PM
4 Substantive Credits
February 22: “18th Annual Estate and Elder Law Symposium”
PBI Simulcast Seminar
Registration and Breakfast: 8:30 AM
Seminar: 9:00 AM – 4:10 PM
Boxed lunch included with tuition
5 Substantive & 1 Ethics Credits
February 23: “Internet Legal Research”
PBI Simulcast Seminar
Registration and Boxed Lunch: 12:00 PM
Seminar: 12:30 PM – 3:45 PM
2 Substantive & 1 Ethics Credits (Integrated)
February 24: “From File to Trial: 8 Keys to Success in Court and Beyond”
PBI Simulcast Seminar
Registration and Breakfast: 8:00 AM
Seminar: 8:30 AM – 3:40 PM
Boxed lunch included with tuition
5 Substantive & 1 Ethics Credits (Integrated)
February 28: “Trial Skills/Cross Examination with Judge Bernstein”
PBI Simulcast Seminar
Registration and Boxed Lunch: 12:00 PM
Seminar: 12:30 PM – 3:45 PM
3 Substantive Credits
FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2017:
March 2: “Estate Planning: Beyond the Basics”
PBI Simulcast Seminar
Registration and Breakfast: 8:30 AM
Seminar: 9:00 AM – 4:15 PM
Boxed Lunch included with tuition
5 Substantive & 1 Ethics Credits
March 3: “Lincoln on Professionalism”
PBI Simulcast Seminar
Registration and Breakfast: 8:30 AM
Seminar: 9:00 AM – 12:15 PM
3 Ethics Credits
March 7: “Big Changes Coming for LLCs, LLPs, LPs, and GPs”
PBI Simulcast Seminar
Registration and Breakfast: 8:30 AM
Seminar: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
6 Substantive Credits
March 8: “Running Your Law Firm Like a Business”
PBI Simulcast Seminar
Registration and Breakfast: 8:30 AM
Seminar: 9:00 AM – 1:15 PM
4 Substantive Credits
March 9: “Sentencing in Pennsylvania State Courts”
PBI Simulcast Seminar
Registration and Boxed Lunch: 11:30 AM
Seminar: 12:00 PM – 4:30 PM
4 Substantive Credits
March 10: “Avoiding Common QDRO Pitfalls and Application of New QDRO Technology”
BALC Lunch & Learn Seminar
Registration and Lunch: 11:45 AM
Seminar: 12:15 PM – 1:15 PM
Presented by: Mark Altschuler
1 Substantive Credit
March 13: “Municipal Liability Actions”
PBI Simulcast Seminar
Registration and Boxed Lunch: 11:30 AM
Seminar: 12:00 PM – 4:15 PM
4 Substantive Credits
March 14: “Internet Law Update – 2017” – PBI Canceled Due to Snowstorm
PBI Simulcast Seminar
Registration and Breakfast: 8:30 AM
Seminar: 9:00 AM – 4:15 PM
Boxed Lunch included with tuition
6 Substantive Credits
March 15: “Myths and Realities involving Due Process and Fairness in International Courts”
POSTPONED TO 4-10-17
Barristers’ Inn Presentation
Registration and Member Dinner: 5:30 PM
Seminar: 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Presented by: Team I
1 Substantive Credit
March 16: “Using and Abusing the Residential Agreement of Sale”
PBI Simulcast Seminar
Registration and Boxed Lunch: 11:30 AM
Seminar: 12:00 PM – 3:15 PM
3 Substantive Credits
March 17: “Finance for Lawyers – 2017”
PBI Simulcast Seminar
Registration and Breakfast: 8:30 AM
Seminar: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Boxed lunch included with tuition
5 Substantive & 1 Ethics Credits (Integrated)
March 20: “Foreclosure Proceedings: A Guide to Navigating the Legal Landscape of Home Foreclosure”
PBI Simulcast Seminar
Registration and Breakfast: 8:30 AM
Seminar: 9:00 AM – 1:15 PM
4 Substantive Credits
March 21: “The Compromise of 1850 and the Role of the Constitution and Law in American Life
as the Civil War Approached”
BALC Lunch & Learn Seminar
Registration and Lunch: 11:45 AM
Seminar: 12:15 PM – 1:15 PM
Presented by: Malcolm Gross, Esq.
1 Substantive Credit
March 22: “30th Annual Civil Litigation Update”
PBI Simulcast Seminar
Registration and Breakfast: 8:30 AM
Seminar: 9:00 AM – 4:15 PM
Boxed lunch included with tuition
5 Substantive & 1 Ethics Credits
March 23: “Selecting and Influencing Your Jury”
PBI Simulcast Seminar
Registration and Breakfast: 8:00 AM
Seminar: 8:30 AM – 3:30 PM
Boxed Lunch included with tuition
6 Substantive Credits
March 24: “Public Contracting in Pennsylvania”
PBI Simulcast Seminar
Registration and Breakfast: 8:00 AM
Seminar: 8:30 AM – 4:15 PM
Boxed lunch included with tuition
5 Substantive & 1 Ethics Credit (Integrated)
March 27: “Privacy, Confidentiality and Disclosure of Mental Health Information in Pennsylvania”
PBI Simulcast Seminar
Registration and Breakfast: 8:30 AM
Seminar: 9:00 AM – 4:15 PM
Boxed Lunch included with tuition
5 Substantive & 1 Ethics Credits (Integrated)
March 29: “The Law of Arrest, Search and Seizure in Pennsylvania” – CANCELED BY PBI
PBI Simulcast Seminar
Registration and Boxed Lunch: 11:30 AM
Seminar: 12:00 PM – 4:15 PM
3 Substantive & 1 Ethics Credits (Integrated)
FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2017:
April 4: “The Medicaid Application Process”
PBI Simulcast Seminar
Registration and Boxed Lunch: 11:30 AM
Seminar: 12:00 PM – 4:15 PM
4 Substantive Credits
April 5: “What Every Lawyer Needs to Know about Florida Law”
PBI Simulcast Seminar
Registration and Boxed Lunch: 11:30 AM
Seminar: 12:00 PM – 4:15 PM
4 Substantive Credits
April 6: “Sean Carter Presents – the Ethical Lawyer”
PBI Simulcast Seminar
Registration and Breakfast: 8:30 AM
Seminar: 9:00 AM – 4:15 PM
Boxed lunch included with tuition
6 Ethics Credits
April 7: “The Lawyer’s Compass”
PBI Simulcast Seminar
Registration and Breakfast: 8:00 AM
Seminar: 8:30 AM – 3:30 PM
Boxed lunch included with tuition
3 Substantive & 3 Ethics Credits (Integrated)
April 10: “The Intersection of Estates and Civil Litigation”
PBI Simulcast Seminar
Registration and Breakfast: 8:30 AM
Seminar: 9:00 AM – 12:15 PM
2 Substantive & 1 Ethics Credits
April 10: “Myths and Realities Involving Due Process and Fairness in International Courts”
(Original date: 3-15-17)
Barristers’ Inn Presentation
Registration and Member Dinner: 5:30 PM
Seminar: 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Presented by: Team I
1 Substantive Credit
April 11: “System Change: Youth Courts and Time Banks”
BALC Lunch & Learn Seminar
Registration and Lunch: 11:45 AM
Seminar: 12:15 PM – 1:15 PM
Presented by: David Keller Trevaskis, Esq.
1 Ethics Credit
April 12: “Changing Firms: Guidance for Law Firms and Attorneys”
BALC Lunch & Learn Seminar
Special 2 Hour Seminar
Registration and Lunch: 11:45 AM
Seminar: 12:15 PM – 2:15 PM
Presented by: Ellen Freedman, CLM
2 Ethics Credits
April 13: “Important New Developments in Personal Injury Law”
BALC Lunch & Learn Seminar
Registration and Lunch: 11:45 AM
Seminar: 12:15 PM – 1:15 PM
Presented by: Mark Altemose, Esq.
1 Substantive Credit
April 18: “Vaccine Refusal/Delay: Medical and Legal Implications – Facts do Matter”
BALC Lunch & Learn Seminar
Registration and Lunch: 11:45 AM
Seminar: 12:15 PM – 1:15 PM
Presented by: Jeffrey Bomze, M.D., F.A.A.P.
1 Substantive Credit
April 19: “Family Law Institute – 2017” (Day 1)
PBI Simulcast Seminar
Registration and Breakfast: 8:00 AM
Seminar: 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM
Boxed lunch included with tuition
Credits to be determined – Call PBI @ 1.800.932.4637 for update
April 19: “Appellate Court Judges of Pennsylvania” with the Hon. William H. Platt
Barristers’ Inn Presentation
Registration and Member Dinner: 5:30 PM
Seminar: 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Presented by: Team III
1 Substantive Credit
April 20: “Family Law Institute – 2017” (Day 2)
PBI Simulcast Seminar
Registration and Breakfast: 8:00 AM
Seminar: 8:30 AM – 11:45 AM
Credits to be determined – Call PBI @ 1.800.932.4637 for update
April 21: “Video Compliance Camp – April 2017”; (Special)
Earn up to 7 Substantive & 2 Ethics Credits
April 24: “How to Handle Small and Insolvent Estates”
PBI Simulcast Seminar
Registration and Breakfast: 8:30 AM
Seminar: 9:00 AM – 12:15 PM
3 Substantive Credits
April 25: “Mini Video Compliance Camp – April 2017”; (Special)
Earn up to 2 Substantive & 1 Ethics Credits
April 26: “11th Annual Intellectual Property Law Institute” (Day 1)
PBI Simulcast Seminar
Registration and Breakfast: 7:45 AM
Seminar: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Boxed lunch included with tuition
6 Substantive & 1 Ethics Credits (Integrated)
April 27: “11th Annual Intellectual Property Law Institute” (Day 2)
PBI Simulcast Seminar
Registration and Breakfast: 8:00 AM
Seminar: 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM
Boxed lunch included with tuition
5 Substantive & 1 Ethics Credits
April 28: “18th Annual Legal Issues in an Age of Aging”
PBI Simulcast Seminar
Registration and Breakfast: 8:00 AM
Seminar: 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM
Boxed lunch included with tuition
5 Substantive & 1 Ethics Credits
FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 2017:
May 2: “Top Five Evidentiary Pitfalls at Trial” POSTPONED
BALC Lunch & Learn Seminar
Registration and Lunch: 11:45 AM
Seminar: 12:15 PM – 1:15 PM
Presented by: Kimberly Krupka, Esq., Jennifer Weed, Esq., and Sarah Hart, Esq.
1 Substantive Credit
May 3: “Employment Law for Non-Employment Attorneys”
BALC Lunch & Learn Seminar
Registration and lunch: 11:45 AM
Seminar: 12:15 PM – 1:15 PM
Presented by: Edward Easterly, Esq. and George Hlavac, Esq.
1 Substantive Credit
May 4:”Retirement Planning for Attorneys”
PBI Simulcast Seminar
Registration and Breakfast: 8:30 AM
Seminar: 9:00 AM – 1:15 PM
3 Substantive & 1 Ethics Credits (Integrated)
May 5: “Women Lawyers of Lehigh Valley: Spring Seminar”
BALC 3 Hour Special Seminar
Registration: 1:30 PM
Seminar: 2:00 PM – 5:15 PM
Social hour following immediately after the presentation
Presented by: Candy Barr Heimbach, Esq., Jill Kelly McComsey, Esq., et al.
3 Ethics Credits
May 8: “Security Trumps Liberty: Korematsu vs. United States and the Internment of Japanese
Americans during World War II”
BALC Lunch & Learn Seminar
Registration and Lunch: 11:45 AM
Seminar: 12:15 PM – 1:15 PM
Presented by: John Servis, Esq.
1 Substantive Credit
May 9: “UM and UIM Claims: Coverage Issues and Bad Faith Opportunities”
BALC Lunch & Learn Seminar
Registration and Lunch: 11:45 AM
Seminar: 12:15 PM – 1:15 PM
Presented by: James Haggerty, Esq.
1 Substantive Credit
May 10: “Current Trends Under the Fair Labor Standards Act”
BALC Lunch & Learn Seminar
Registration and Lunch: 11:45 AM
Seminar: 12:15 PM – 1:15 PM
Presented by: Loren Speziale, Esq. and Zachary Fowler, Esq.
1 Substantive Credit
May 10: “Inn-Put: with the Judges of Lehigh County Court of Common Pleas”
Barristers’ Inn Presentation - Banquet
Registration and Cocktails: 5:00 PM
Dinner: 5:30 PM
Seminar: 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Presented by: Judges of Lehigh County Court of Common Pleas
1 Substantive Credit
May 11: “My Client’s Dead, Now What?”
PBI Simulcast Seminar
Registration and Box Lunch: 11:30 AM
Seminar: 12:00 PM – 4:15 PM
3 Substantive & 1 Ethics Credits (Integrated)
May 12: “Naloxone: The Science and Laws behind the Opioid Antidote”
BALC Lunch & Learn Seminar
Registration and Lunch: 11:45 AM
Seminar: 12:15 PM – 1:15 PM
Presented by: Allison Muller, Pharm.D
1 Substantive Credit
May 15: “Internet Law Update – 2017”
PBI Simulcast Seminar
Registration and Breakfast: 8:30 AM
Seminar: 9:00 AM – 4:15 PM
Boxed Lunch included with tuition
6 Substantive Credits
May 19: “Do I Have an Automotive Product Liability Case?” – CANCELED DUE TO LOW REGISTRATION
BALC Lunch & Learn Seminar
Registration and Lunch: 11:45 AM
Seminar: 12:15 PM – 1:15 PM
Presented by: Mr. Frank Costanzo
1 Substantive Credit
May 23: “Lehigh County Arbitration Issues and Procedures”
BALC Lunch & Learn Seminar
Registration and Lunch: 11:45 AM
Seminar: 12:15 PM – 1:15 PM
Presented by: James Huber, Esq., Toni Dries & Melissa Redline