Thursday, January 17th is the Senior Lawyers Section’s day at the NY Hilton Midtown, 1335 Avenue of the Americas. I wanted to communicate what our plans are for the day.
- We will start our day with a continental breakfast at 8:30 at the Gramercy East room on the second floor of the hotel.
- Then at 9:00 Judge Lippman will be presenting the Lippman Pro Bono Award to two honorees.
- After a short break at around 9:50 we will hold our Section’s Annual Meeting with election of officers.
- At around 10:00 our Program a on Senior Lawyers in Transition will begin. This is not a CLE and there is no cost to attend, more about the program below.
- These 4 activities require that you be registered in attendance at the Annual Meeting. You can do that on the NYSBA website or on the 2nd floor of the hotel.
I’m inviting you to attend this symposium (a “Gathering”) to discuss our programing to assist Senior Lawyers in Transition from10 AM until noon. Over the past nine months, the Senior Lawyer Section has been developing a Meeting of the Minds series of initiatives that include regional meetings (Gatherings) to bring together like-minded individuals to serve as a resource, a source of encouragement and a sounding board of peers in a safe, neutral place to relax, talk and learn. These gatherings have been designed to bring together senior lawyers looking to explore business opportunities and retirement options with younger lawyers and law students looking to gain a foothold in the profession.
Partnering with both the Young Lawyers Section and the General Practice Section, we held our first regional Gathering with the Monroe County Bar Association in Rochester in October 2018. We brought senior lawyers together with young lawyers, and for many in attendance this was their first opportunity to talk with contemporaries about transitioning.
At the Gathering at the Annual Meeting on January 17th we are inviting speakers, including bar leaders, bar executives, those involved in Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers, and other key section and committee leaders who may share this same interest. We are hoping to involve the Courts, the law school community, and health care providers who share our concerns about the aging legal workforce and the future of the profession.
The “Gathering” will include a round table discussion to explore how the Section can join with all co-sponsoring entities including: local bar associations, Young Lawyers Section, and the General Practice Section to come together in new ways to help senior lawyers, as well as younger lawyers who are entering the profession. We want this to be a dialogue.
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C. Bruce Lawrence Esq.
Chair, Senior Lawyers Section
Boylan Code LLP
Rochester NY
(585) 232-5300 x256
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