Good afternoon Family Law Section members,
On Tuesday, Oct. 31, NJICLE will present two programs of interest to all attorneys:
Dealing with Difficult Clients and Impossible Adversaries
Fundamentals of Finance and Financial Fraud for Lawyers
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Dealing with Difficult Clients and Impossible Adversaries will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the New Jersey Law Center and Online.
No matter the year or the social climate, some people aren’t happy unless they are miserable or making others miserable. You can’t change their behavior, but you can change how you deal with theirs so that you are calmer and, at the very least, you don’t let them ruin your day, week or month.
Faculty
PRESENTERS
Ramon Ortiz, Esq.
New Jersey Lawyers Assistance Program, Warwick
Nancy Stek, M.S.
New Jersey Lawyers Assistance Program, New Brunswick
Doesn’t it seem like people are a little less patient these days? 2023 has brought us (thankfully) to the official end of the pandemic. Public gatherings are taking place again and we can finally enjoy each other’s company. Yet, at a time when we expect people to be happy, they appear short of patience.
Simple strategies make a big difference.
Conflict is a part of life, and as attorneys, it’s essential to learn how to handle people who seemingly thrive on it. In fact, when it comes to representing clients, understanding what drives difficult people and how to best react to outbursts, threats, and intimidation can often mean the difference between success and failure. In many cases, it can also mean the difference between your satisfaction or disenchantment with the legal profession. It’s a skill that some people innately have, but most of us must learn. This seminar is designed to provide you with a basic understanding of the issues, causes and characteristics underlying the thinking, feeling and behavior patterns of difficult people - as well as simple strategies you can use to quickly and easily resolve issues before they escalate.
This program also explores the complexity of human behavior - including a discussion on why people act in ways that are directly contrary to their self-interest.
Learn insights and general strategies for dealing with challenging personalities, including:
• General techniques and strategies for managing difficult, challenging clients and impossible adversaries.
• A review of personality disorders, the traits and characteristics of individuals who approach life with a certain pattern of thinking, feeling and behaving.
• How to recognize and handle clients or adversaries experiencing major mood disorders, substance use disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder, pathological anger, and anxiety-based disorders.
• How to develop awareness of our self-defeating traits, thinking patterns, and behaviors which cause conflicts with our clients and adversaries.
CLE Credits
NJ CLE: NJ CLE information: This program has been approved by the Board on Continuing Legal Education of the Supreme Court of New Jersey for 3.3 hours of total CLE credit, including 1.5 in Ethics (Full Credits Available: NJ Ethics: 1.5, NJ General: 1.8).
NY CLE: NY Ethics Non-Transitional: 1.5, NY Professional Practice Non-Transitional: 1.5
PA CLE: PA Ethics Credit: 1.0, PA Substantive Credit: 1.5
$12.00 fee – payment is required for PACLE credits, and can be made when registering for this program or when submitting your CLE form
Click here to register for Dealing with Difficult Clients and Impossible Adversaries.
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Fundamentals of Finance and Financial Fraud for Lawyers will be held from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the New Jersey Law Center and Online.
Learn the fundamentals of balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow statements with our popular presenter and CPA, Joseph Novello. He will walk you through the three most important financial statements that lawyers should know to best serve your clients. He will also explain financial fraud to you, alert you to fraud warning signs and explain how to combat fraud at your clients and your firm.
Faculty
PRESENTERS
Joseph Novello
The Financial Training Organization, Metuchen
Welcome and Introduction
The Basic Equation of Finance
Financial Statements
• Balance Sheet
• Income Statement
• Statement of Cash Flow
• Notes to Financial Statements
• Auditor’s Report
Financial Fraud
• Types of financial fraud
• Fraud warning signs
• Is there a fraudster profile?
• How to combat fraud in your law firm
• Cyber fraud
• Fraud cases in the news
• Sarbanes Oxley legislation regarding fraud prevention
CLE Credits
NJ CLE: NJ CLE information: This program has been approved by the Board on Continuing Legal Education of the Supreme Court of New Jersey for 3.3 hours of total CLE credit (Full Credits Available: CPE Finance: 3.0, NJ General: 3.3).
NY CLE: NY Professional Practice Transitional: 3.0
PA CLE: PA Substantive Credit: 2.5
$12.00 fee – payment is required for PACLE credits, and can be made when registering for this program or when submitting your CLE form
Click here to register for Fundamentals of Finance and Financial Fraud for Lawyers.
For questions or to register by phone, please contact an association representative at 732-214-8500, or by email at [email protected].
All the best,
Barb
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Barbara S. Straczynski
Director of New Media and Promotion
New Jersey State Bar Association
One Constitution Square
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
732-937-7524
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