CLE SEMINAR LISTING
Registration for PBI (Live or Group Cast Seminars) - Call: 1-800-932-4637
All seminars are held at BALC headquarters unless noted off site (OS)
(L) = Lunch and Learn: (11:45 AM – 12:15 PM=Lunch & Registration;
12:15 PM – 1:15 PM=Seminar
(SPECIAL) = See Ad in Lehigh County Law Journal for information
(LA) = Late Afternoon Seminar: See Ad in Lehigh County Law Journal for information
(OS) = Off Site
(BI) = Barristers’ Inn (Barrister Inn Members Only)
(DA) = District Attorney (DA’s Only)
(BB) = Bench Bar Conference
FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2015:
November 3: “Deciphering PA Oil and Gas Leases through Litigation, Regulations and Interpretation”
PBI Group Cast Seminar
Registration and Breakfast: 8:30 AM
Seminar: 9:00 AM – 1:15 PM
3 Substantive & 1 Ethics Credits
November 4: “Elder Law Update”
PBI Group Cast Seminar
Registration and Breakfast: 8:30 AM
Seminar: 9:00 AM – 12:15 PM
3 Substantive Credits
November 5: “The Second Season: Issues for Divorce Over Fifty”
PBI Group Cast Seminar
Registration and Breakfast: 8:00 AM
Seminar: 8:30 AM – 3:30 PM
5 Substantive & 1 Ethics Credits
November 6: “Again?!? We Heard (Some of) this Before!
Some Need to Hear it Again (and Again)” PART ONE; (L)
Presented by: Hon. Richard E. Fehling
1 Substantive Credit
November 10: “19th Annual Family Law Update”
PBI Group Cast Seminar
Registration and Breakfast: 8:15 AM
Seminar: 8:45 AM – 12:00 Noon
3 Substantive Credits
November 18: The Magna Carta – Still Relevant after All These Years?”; (L)
Presented by: John P. Servis, Esq.
1 Substantive Credit
November 18: “An Overview of State and Federal Gun Laws in Pennsylvania”; (BI)
Presented by: Team II
1 Substantive Credit
November 20: “Election Law and Campaign Finance”
PBI Group Cast Seminar
Registration and Breakfast: 8:30 AM
Seminar: 9:00 AM – 1:15 PM
4 Substantive Credits
FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 2015:
December 1: “Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.”; (L)
Presented by: Malcolm Gross, Esq.
1 Substantive Credit
December 2: “CLE Ethics Fun with Sean Carter”
PBI Group Cast Seminar
Registration and Breakfast: 8:30 AM
Seminar: 9:00 AM – 4:15 PM
6 Ethics Credits
December 3: “Immigration Law Pro Bono for the Non-Immigration Lawyer (Citizenship Day,
DACA, and Immigration Reform)”; (L)
Presented by: David Trevaskis, Esq.
1 Ethics Credit
December 4: “Ethical Obligations of the Attorney Who is Closing a Law Practice”; (OS)
CLE on Wheels to New York City’s Radio City Music Hall’s Christmas Spectacular
DVD presenter: Samuel D. Miller, III, Esq.
1 Ethics Credit
December 8: “Mini Video Compliance Camp – December 2015”; (Special)
Earn up to 2 Substantive & 1 Ethics Credits
December 9: “Valuing Antiques and Collectibles”
PBI Group Cast Seminar
Registration and Boxed Lunch: 11:30 AM
Seminar: 12:00 Noon – 4:15 PM
3 Substantive & 1 Ethics Credits (Integrated)
December 10: “Records Management and Retention”; (L)
Presented by: Ellen Freedman, CLM
1 Ethics Credit
December 11: “Best Employment Practices for Law Firms – 2015 Update”; Special
Presented by: Joel Greenwald, Esq.
Time frame: 10:00 AM – 1:15 PM
2 Substantive & 1 Ethics Credits
December 15: “Video Compliance Camp – December 2015”; (Special)
Earn up to 7 Substantive and 2 Ethics Credits
FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2016:
January 8: “Again?!? We Heard (Some of) this Before!
Some Need to Hear it Again (and Again)” PART TWO; (L)
Presented by: Hon. Richard E. Fehling
1 Substantive Credit
January 13: “Municipal Law Update”
PBI Group Cast Seminar
Registration and Breakfast: 8:30 AM
Seminar: 9:00 AM – 4:15 PM
Boxed Lunch included with tuition
5 Substantive & 1 Ethics Credits
January 14: “Morning with My Cousin Vinny: Developing and Presenting Your Case”
PBI Group Cast Seminar
Registration and Breakfast: 8:30 AM
Seminar: 9:00 Am – 1:15 PM
3 Substantive & 1 Ethics Credits (Integrated)
January 20: “How to Assess Job Applicants without Violating Any Laws”
PBI Group Cast Seminar
Registration and Boxed Lunch: 12:30 PM
Seminar: 1:00 PM – 4:15 PM
3 Substantive Credits
January 20: “Are Ewe Kitten Me? A Koalaty Discussion of Animal Law Issues”; (BI)
Presented by: Team IV
1 Substantive Credit
January 21: “Personal Injury Litigation Basics”
PBI Group Cast Seminar
Registration and Breakfast: 8:30 AM
Seminar: 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM
Boxed Lunch included with tuition
6 Substantive Credits
January 27: “Advanced Mineral Title: Examination for Attorneys”
PBI Group Cast Seminar
Registration and Breakfast: 8:30 AM
Seminar: 9:00 AM – 12:15 PM
2 Substantive & 1 Ethics Credits (Integrated)
FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2016:
February 2: “QDROs, IRAs, Retirement Benefits and More: What Every Family Lawyer Needs to Know”
PBI Group Cast Seminar
Registration and Boxed Lunch: 11:30 AM
Seminar: 12:00 Noon – 3:15 PM
2 Substantive & 1 Ethics Credits (Integrated)
February 5: “Discharging Individual Income Tax Debts in Bankruptcy”; (L)
Presented by: John Solt, Esq.
1 Substantive Credit
February 10: “In the Cloud: How to Preserve Confidentiality”
PBI Group Cast Seminar
Registration and Breakfast: 8:30 AM
Seminar: 9:00 AM – 12:15 PM
2 Substantive & 1 Ethics Credits (Integrated)
February 11: “Commercial Real Estate Documents: Negotiating and Drafting for Optimal Results”
PBI Group Cast Seminar
Registration and Breakfast: 8:30 AM
Seminar: 9:00 AM – 12:15 PM
3 Substantive Credits
February 17: “Don’t Let Them Raynor Your Parade”; (BI)
Presented by: Team V
1 Substantive Credit
February 19: “Finance for Lawyers”
PBI Group Cast Seminar
Registration and Breakfast: 8:30 AM
Seminar: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
5 Substantive & 1 Ethics Credits (Integrated)
February 24: “The Legal Issues Surrounding Pipeline and Rights-of-Way Agreements in the Marcellus
Shale Region”
PBI Group Cast Seminar
Registration and Breakfast: 8:30 AM
Seminar: 9:00 AM – 1:15 PM
4 Substantive Credits
February 25: “Charter Schools”
PBI Group Cast Seminar
Registration and Boxed Lunch: 12:00 Noon
Seminar: 12:30 PM – 4:45 PM
3 Substantive & 1 Ethics Credits
FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2016:
March 2: “Food Safety and Marketing”
PBI Group Cast Seminar
Registration and Breakfast: 8:30 AM
Seminar: 9:00 AM – 12:15 PM
3 Substantive Credits
March 3: “Boundary Law in PA”
PBI Group Cast Seminar
Registration and Boxed Lunch: 11:30 AM
Seminar: 12:00 Noon – 4:15 PM
4 Substantive Credits
March 4: “David Binder on PA Evidence”
PBI Group Cast Seminar
Registration and Boxed Lunch: 12:30 PM
Seminar: 1:00 PM – 4:15 PM
3 Substantive Credits
March 8: “Fundamentals of Estate Planning”
PBI Group Cast Seminar
Registration and Breakfast: 8:30 AM
Seminar: 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM
Boxed Lunch included with tuition
5 Substantive & 1 Ethics Credits
March 10: “Guardianship 101”
PBI Group Cast Seminar
Registration and Boxed Lunch: 11:30 AM
Seminar: 12:00 Noon – 4:15 PM
3 Substantive & 1 Ethics Credits (Integrated)
March 11: “How to Start and Run a Nonprofit”
PBI Group Cast Seminar
Registration and Boxed Lunch: 11:30 AM
Seminar: 12:00 Noon – 4:15 PM
4 Substantive Credits
March 15: “Handling the Workers’ Comp Case”
PBI Group Cast Seminar
Registration and Breakfast: 8:00 AM
Seminar: 8:25 AM – 3:45 PM
Boxed Lunch included with tuition
5 Substantive & 1 Ethics Credits (Integrated)
March 16: “New Developments in Pennsylvania Child Protection Laws”; (BI)
Presented by: Team VII
1 Substantive Credit
March 17: “Fixing a Broken Trust”
PBI Group Cast Seminar
Registration and Boxed Lunch: 11:30 AM
Seminar: 12:00 Noon – 3:15 PM
3 Substantive Credits
March 23: “29th Annual Civil Litigation Update”
PBI Group Cast 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 29: “Internet Defamation”
PBI Group Cast Seminar
Registration and Breakfast: 8:00 AM
Seminar: 8:30 AM – 11:45 AM
3 Substantive Credits
March 29: “Android for Lawyers”
PBI Group Cast Seminar
Registration and Boxed Lunch: 12:45 PM
Seminar: 1:15 PM – 4:30 PM
3 Substantive Credits
March 30: “Get Organized and Get Things Done”
PBI Group Cast 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 31: “Insurance Law for Insurance Lawyers: Legal Issues beyond Your Office Walls”
PBI Group Cast Seminar
Registration and Breakfast: 8:30 AM
Seminar: 9:00 AM – 1:15 PM
4 Substantive Credits
FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2016:
April 1: “Trial Lessons Learned in Fairy Tales: Skills to Persuade the Jury”
PBI Group Cast Seminar
Registration and Boxed Lunch: 11:30 AM
Seminar: 12:00 Noon – 4:15 PM
4 Substantive Credits
April 5: “Retirement Planning for Attorneys”
PBI Group Cast Seminar
Registration and Breakfast: 8:30 AM
Seminar: 9:00 AM – 1:15 PM
3 Substantive & 1 Ethics Credits (Integrated)
April 6: “Social Security Disability: The Basics”
PBI Group Cast Seminar
Registration and Breakfast: 8:30 AM
Seminar: 9:00 AM – 1:15 PM
3 Substantive & 1 Ethics Credits (Integrated)
April 7: “Embezzlement 101”
PBI Group Cast Seminar
Registration and Boxed Lunch: 11:30 AM
Seminar: 12:00 Noon – 4:15 PM
3 Substantive & 1 Ethics Credits (Integrated)
April 8: “Trial Evidence”
PBI Group Cast Seminar
Registration and Breakfast: 8:00 AM
Seminar: 8:30 AM – 3:30 PM
Boxed lunch included with tuition
5 Substantive & 1 Ethics Credits (Integrated)
April 12: “Performance on Trial: Courtroom Magic”
PBI Group Cast Seminar
Registration and Breakfast: 8:30 AM
Seminar: 9:00 AM – 1:15 PM
3 Substantive & 1 Ethics Credits (Integrated)
April 13: “Winding Down Your Practice”; (L)
Presented by: Ellen Freedman, CLM
1 Ethics Credit
April 14: “The Lawyer’s Guide to Using Adobe Acrobat for a More Efficient Practice”
PBI Group Cast Seminar
Registration and Breakfast: 8:30 AM
Seminar: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Boxed Lunch included with tuition
6 Substantive Credits
April 15: “Underdog: Equalizing the Terms of a Commercial Lease for Small Business Owners”
PBI Group Cast Seminar
Registration and Boxed Lunch: 11:30 AM
Seminar: 12:00 Noon – 3:15 PM
3 Substantive Credits
April 18: “Understanding Realty Transfer Tax and Avoiding the Pitfalls”
PBI Group Cast Seminar
Registration and Boxed Lunch: 12:00 Noon
Seminar: 12:30 PM – 3:45 PM
3 Substantive Credits
April 19: “Title to be Determined”; (L):
Presented by: Jeffrey Bomze, M.D., F.A.A.P.
1 Substantive Credit
April 20: “Proper Courtroom Procedure and Decorum: The ‘Do’s’ and ‘Don’ts’ of Trying a Case”; (BI)
Presented by: Team I
1 Ethics Credit
April 21: “17th Annual Legal Issues in an Age of Aging”
PBI Group Cast Seminar
Registration and Breakfast: 8:00 AM
Seminar: 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM
Boxed lunches included with tuition
5 Substantive & 1 Ethics Credits
April 22: “Mini Video Compliance Camp – April 2016”; (Special)
Earn up to 2 Substantive & 1 Ethics Credits
April 28: “Video Compliance Camp – April 2016”; (Special)
Earn up to 7 Substantive & 2 Ethics Credits
FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 2016:
May 3: “Family Caregiver Agreements and Use of Real Estate for Elder Law Attorneys”
PBI Group Cast Seminars
Registration and Breakfast: 8:30 AM
Seminar: 9:00 AM – 12:15 PM
3 Substantive Credits
May 4: “Workers’ Compensation Practice and Procedure 2016”
PBI Group Cast Seminar
Registration and Breakfast: 8:00 AM
Seminar: 8:30 AM – 12:45 PM
4 Substantive Credits
May 17: “Winning at Trial”
PBI Group Cast Seminar
Registration and Breakfast: 8:00 AM
Seminar: 8:30 AM – 3:30 PM
Boxed lunch included with tuition
5 Substantive & 1 Ethics Credits
May 19: “14th Annual Nonprofit Institute 2016”
PBI Group Cast Seminar
Registration and Breakfast: 8:30 AM
Seminar: 9:00 Am – 4:45 PM
Boxed lunch included with tuition
5 Substantive & 1 Ethics Credits (Integrated)
May 26: “Trials: Tips, Tactics and Tales”
PBI Group Cast Seminar
Registration and Breakfast: 8:00 AM
Seminar: 8:30 AM – 3:30 PM
Boxed lunch included with tuition
5 Substantive & 1 Ethics Credits (Integrated)
FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE 2016:
June 9: “Bridge the Gap”; (Special)
4 hour, 4 Ethics Credit Course Mandatory for Newly Admitted Attorneys
Moderated by: Samuel Miller, III, Esq.
FOR THE MONTH OF JULY 2016:
FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2016:
August 16: “E-mail: Etiquette and Ethics”; (L)
Presented by: Ellen Freedman, CLM
1 Ethics Credit
August 24: “Mini Video Compliance Camp – August 2016”; (Special)
Earn up to 2 Substantive & 1 Ethics Credits
August 30: “Video Compliance Camp – August 2016”; (Special)
Earn up to 7 Substantive & 2 Ethics Credits
FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 2016:
September 21: “Title to be determined”; (BI)
Presented by: Team ??
Credit
FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2016:
October 19: “Title to be determined”; (BI)
Presented by: Team ??
Credit
FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2016:
November 16: “Title to be determined”; (BI)
Presented by: Team ??
Credit
FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 2016:
December 14: “Changing Firms: Ethical Guidance for Law Firms and Attorneys”
Special Live 3 Hour Seminar
Presented by: Ellen Freedman, CLM
2 Ethics & 1 Substantive Credit
December 20: “Mini Video Compliance Camp – December 2016”; (Special)
Earn up to 2 Substantive & 1 Ethics Credits
December 28: “Video Compliance Camp – December 2016”; (Special)
Earn up to 7 Substantive & 2 Ethics Credits