NJSBA Family Law Section

Hello Family Law Section members,

I am writing to let you know about two upcoming NJICLE programs being held on Dec. 21 at the New Jersey Law Center that are of interest to all lawyers.

Productivity Bootcamp: Time and E-Mail Management for Lawyers will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

A Lawyers Guide to Dealing with Difficult Clients and Impossible Adversaries will be held from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m.

Productivity Bootcamp
Join the ranks of hundreds of New Jersey attorneys who have taken this course and now know how to manage and organize their time and information flow more effectively. Learn how to practice more efficiently, so you have more control over your life and career.

Featuring:
Bill Jawitz
Bill is the founder of SuccessTrackESQ and has been working exclusively with attorneys since 2002. He coaches attorneys how to run their practices more successfully and profitably while becoming happier practitioners in the process.

Matthew V. Portella, Esq.
Law Office Of Matthew V. Portella, LLC, Haddon Heights

Program topics will include:
• Take control of your schedule-including hourly and daily planning, effective calendaring and using do-not-disturb project time
• Prioritize and delegate more effectively
• Design case flow systems so you have prompt access to files, status, deadlines and benchmarks
• Significantly reduce interruptions during your day
• Organize your physical space and paper files
• Organize e-mail and other electronic information, including how to use inbox subfolders and automatic rules properly, so you can avoid shoddy record keeping, missed deadlines, angry clients and possible malpractice issues

NJ CLE information: This program has been approved by the Board on Continuing Legal Education of the Supreme Court of New Jersey for 4.5 hours of total CLE credit. Of these, 1.0 qualify as hours of credit for ethics /professionalism.

NJ CLE: This program has been approved for 4.5 credits (50 minute hour), including 1.0 ethics/professionalism credits

PA CLE: 3.0 substantive and 0.5 ethics credits pending ($12 fee – separate check payable to NJICLE must be submitted at the end of the program)

NY CLE (t&nt): 3.5 practice management and 1.0 ethics credits

The tuition for NJSBA members is $148.

Click here to register for Productivity Bootcamp: Time and E-Mail Management for Lawyers.

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A Lawyers Guide to Dealing with Difficult Clients and Impossible Adversaries
Conflict is a part of life and lawyers must learn how to handle people who seemingly thrive on making life difficult for others. Understanding what drives difficult people and how to best react to outbursts, threats and intimidation, is an essential skill for any lawyer. In many cases, it can mean the difference between success and failure - and 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 human behavior - including a discussion on why people act in ways that are directly contrary to their self-interest.

Featuring:
Ramon Ortiz, Esq.
Senior Attorney Counselor, New Jersey Lawyers Assistance Program (NJLAP), New Brunswick
Denise C. Golonka, MA, LPC, LCADC
Clinical Manager, New Jersey Lawyers Assistance Program (NJLAP), New Brunswick

Program Agenda:
2:30 Techniques and strategies for managing difficult, challenging clients and impossible adversaries
3:15 A review of the assessment criteria for personality disorders as set forth in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders (DSM-5)
4:00 Break
4:10 How to recognize and handle clients or adversaries experiencing Major Mood Disorders, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Pathological Anger, and Anxiety based disorders
4:45 How to develop awareness of our own self-defeating traits, thinking patterns, and behaviors which cause conflicts with our clients and adversaries
5:20 Q and A
5:30 Adjourn

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.

NJ CLE: This program has been approved for 3.3 credits (50 minute hour), including 1.5 ethics/professionalism credits

PA CLE: 1.5 substantive and 1.0 ethics credits pending ($12 fee – separate check payable to NJICLE must be submitted at the end of the program)

NY CLE (t&nt): 1.5 professional practice and 1.5 ethics credits

The tuition for NJSBA members is $144.

Click here to register for A Lawyers Guide to Dealing with Difficult Clients and Impossible Adversaries.

Click here to download a form to register for either program.
Click here for a form to register a group.
For questions or to register by phone, please contact an association representative at 732-214-8500.

All the best,
Barbara

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Barbara Straczynski
Director of New Media and Promotions
New Jersey State Bar Association
New Brunswick NJ
(732) 937-7524
[email protected]
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