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Upcoming Events
FREE C.L.E. | Civil Court Volunteer Lawyers Project and CLARO Project
Date: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 -- 6:00-9:00 P.M.
Location: Brooklyn Bar Association - Auditorium, 123 Remsen Street, Brooklyn, NY
This course offers training for lawyers to provide pro bono legal information and advice to self-represented litigants in Consumer Debt Cases. Earn 3 hours of FREE CLE credit in exchange for 12 hours of volunteer service in the Civil Court's Help Center.
Presented by the NYS Courts Access to Justice Program and the Brooklyn Bar Association Volunteer Lawyers Project. Co-Sponsored by: Bronx County Bar Association, CLARO/SAG Brooklyn Law School, Feerick Center for Social Justice at Fordham Law School, New York City Bar Association, New York County Lawyers’ Association and Queens County Bar Association Volunteer Lawyers Project. See Flyer
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Pro Bono Expo and Recognition Event
Date: Thursday, October 22, from 5:00 to 7:00 PM
Location: 11th floor Jury Room at 111 Centre Street
The purpose of the Pro Bono Expo and Recognition Event is to recognize individual volunteers from Access to Justice programs, and make available information regarding the pro bono programs that the Access to Justice Program offers to unrepresented litigants in New York City. Judge Fisher will be in attendance to thank the volunteers who devote their time on a pro bono basis to our programs. We expect a number of other judges will also attend, as will numerous volunteers from pro bono programs run by the court. See Flyer
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Kickoff Breakfast Event
(Hosted with the New York State Bar Association and the Office of the Mayor of the City of New York)
Date: Monday, October 26, 2009, at 9:00 AM
Location: Rotunda of the Supreme Court building at 60 Centre Street.
Judge Fisher will be honoring three institutional participants in Access to Justice Programs. A continental breakfast will be served. See Invitation
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Ethics in Pro Bono Practice | Panel Discussion
Date: Tuesday, October 27, from 8:30 to 10 AM
Location: The offices of Kirkland & Ellis
This event will be of interest particularly to Access to Justice attorneys. The panel will be moderated by Jeremy Feinberg, Esq., Statewide Special Counsel for Ethics, and will include Justice Sheila Abdus-Salaam of the Appelate Division, First Department, and two attorneys in private practice who are experts in the ethical rules governing the practice of law. One CLE credit in ethics, available to both transitional and experienced attorneys, will be granted to all attendees. This event will include a continental breakfast. See Flyer
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Information on the
Small Claims Arbitrators Association training
and the Annual Dinner
Community Seminar Series
Are you a tenant living in a foreclosed property? Come to our seminar and find out what your rights & responsibilities are as a tenant once the foreclosure process has started. Find out if you have to pay rent, and to whom? How much time you will be given to move out? And much more!
Upcoming Community Seminars
Community Seminars are free and open to the public.
To suggest topics, please send email to
outreachcivil@courts.state.ny.us
News
The Civil Court is now accepting electronic filing in No-Fault actions. To learn how to participate, contact Carol Alt at 646 386-5416 or email calt@courts.state.ny.us.
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Effective August 8, 2008, the general clerk's office cashier will be located in room 225, window 2 in the New York County Civil Court.
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The Civil Court has a new easy to use DIY (Do-It-Yourself) Form that will prepare a personalized individual adult name change petition ready to print and file in a New York City Civil courthouse.
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Pro Bono Expo
Even Mother Nature could not keep New York lawyers from volunteering at the Civil Court Pro Bono Expo held on the night of Oct 11th. Almost 100 attorneys ventured out in severe storm conditions to learn about the pro bono opportunities available in the Civil Court. The Civil Court provides free CLE training for all its pro bono programs, in exchange for participation. The Expo demonstrated that pro bono work is available to all attorneys regardless of experience, expertise or time restraints. Administrative Judge Fern A. Fisher, Deputy Chief Administrative Judge for Justice Initiatives Juanita Bing Newton, the Civil Court program directors, volunteer lawyers, and Judges answered a variety of questions and addressed issues attorneys face when doing pro bono work. Attorneys who missed the Expo can read about the opportunities available online and can still volunteer!
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PRELIMINARY CONFERENCES IN
THE NEW YORK COUNTY CIVIL COURT
Effective January 2, 2006, all cases filed in the Civil Court,
New York County, following Insurance Law § 5106(a) and 11 NYCRR
Part 65 by a medical provider to recover damages from an insurance
provider for services rendered to an insured (no-fault cases) must
be noticed for a preliminary conference following 22 NYCRR 208.9.
These conferences are to be requested within 45 days of joinder
of issue. Request forms can be obtained by going to the Preliminary
Conference Forms, or from the clerk’s office in the New
York County Civil Court, 111 Centre Street, Room 118.
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Effective September 8, 2005, Chapter 452 of the laws
of 2005 amends the Civil Court Act to require the filing of a summons
and complaint, notice of petition and petition or order to show
cause and petition with the clerk of the court before the papers
can be served. Two copies of the papers must be filed with the clerk.
After the fee is paid, the clerk will return a stamped, dated copy
to be used for conforming and service on the defendant.
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Read about the Civil Court's Guardian Ad Litem and
Volunteer Lawyer Program in the NEWS.
Community Seminars
Community Seminars are free and open to the public. To suggest
topics, please send email to outreachcivil@courts.state.ny.us.
Continuing
Legal Education
The Volunteer Lawyers Project offers free Continuing Legal Education (CLE) certified training to attorneys who agree to volunteer in the Court's Help Centers by giving self-represented litigants legal advice and information.
Register now Submit an on-line application and email us at vlphousing@courts.state.ny.us
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The next video replay training session will be announced here soon. If you would like to receive an email announcement of the next training, please fill out the on-line application.
Nine Hours of Free Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Credit Is Offered for Our "Fundamentals of Landlord-Tenant Law" Training Course, Including One Credit Hour of Ethics.
This required course is taught by experts in their field. In exchange for the free CLE credit, attorneys commit to volunteering in the Housing Court's Help Centers for a minimum of twelve hours over the course of one year.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN THE HOUSING COURT VOLUNTEER LAWYER PROJECT!
Guardian Ad Litem Program
The Guardian Ad Litem (GAL) Program offers free Continuing Legal Education (CLE) training to attorneys interested in becoming a Guardian Ad Litem in Housing Court. Up to 8 free CLE credit is offered for attending the two day GAL training (9:00am-1:30pm each day), including one credit hour of ethics. This required course is taught by a panel of experts in the fields of legal and social work advocacy and landlord-tenant law.
In exchange for the credit, attorneys commit to taking on a minimum of 3 pro-bono appointments over the course of the first year following training. Pro-bono appointments are appointments involving a ward that is not an Adult Protective Services client.
To learn more about how to apply to become a GAL and register
for the next training, please go to Prospective
Guardian Ad Litem Application Process. If you need additional
information, send an email to dcgreena@courts.state.ny.us.
*Note: Attorneys admitted to the NY State bar for less than two years cannot receive CLE credit for watching video replays, but are welcome to participate in the GAL Program.
Small Claims Arbitrators
The Association of Small Claims Arbitrators provides 2 free CLE credits to any attorney, admitted to practice over five years, who completes the training to serve as a small claims arbitrator. Once you have completed the training, which includes one or two evenings observing an experienced arbitrator, you will be sworn in and may choose where and how often you would like to sit throughout the year.
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New Arbitrator training will be held on Monday, November 16, 2009 at the New York City Civil Court, 111 Centre Street, New York 10013 from 6 PM to 8 PM and 2 CLE credits will be provided.
New Arbitrator training will be held on Tuesday November 17, 2009 at the Bronx Civil Court, 851 Grand Concourse, Bronx, New York 10451 from 6 PM to 8 PM and 2 CLE credits will be provided.
New Arbitrator training will be held on Thursday, January 14, 2010 at the Bronx Civil Court, 851 Grand Concourse, Bronx, New York 10451 from 6 PM to 8 PM Cosponsored with the Puerto Rican Bar Association and 2 CLE credits will be provided.
If you interested in becoming an Arbitrator please Joseph A. J. Gebbia, Executive Director of the Association of Small Claims Arbitrators, at: jgebbia@courts.state.ny.us
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The Small Claims Arbitrators Association Annual Dinner.
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