Plain and Simple: Making the Legal System Accessible to All

Agenda

8:30-9 a.m.

8:30-9 a.m.

Registration/Continental Breakfast

9-9:10 a.m.

9-9:10 a.m.

Welcome

9:10- 9:15 a.m.

9:10- 9:15 a.m.

Remarks on Hofstra Law Navigator Program by Hon. Jeffrey A. Goodstein, Supervising Judge of The Nassau County Supreme Court Matrimonial Center

9:20-9:30 a.m.

9:20-9:30 a.m.

Keynote Presentation by Hon. Jonathan Lippman, Of Counsel, Latham & Watkins LLP, and Former Chief Judge Of New York and Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals

9:30-10:30 a.m.

9:30-10:30 a.m.

Panel Discussion/Presentation — “The Movement for Plain Language And Simplification”

10:30-10:45 a.m.

10:30-10:45 a.m.

Morning Break

10:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

10:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Begin Working Groups

12:30-12:45 p.m.

12:30-12:45 p.m.

Retrieve Boxed Lunches

12:45-2:45 p.m.

12:45-2:45 p.m.

Continue Working Groups

2:45-3 p.m.

2:45-3 p.m.

Afternoon Break

3-3:20 p.m.

3-3:20 p.m.

Conference Report Presented By Emily J. Stolzenberg, Esq.

3:20-3:30 p.m.

3:20-3:30 p.m.

“Next Steps” Presented By Judge Fern A. Fisher

3:30-4 p.m.

3:30-4 p.m.

Q&A / Closing Remarks

CLE Materials

CLE Credit in Areas of Professional Practice
The Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University is certified by the New York State Continuing Legal Education Board as an accredited provider of continuing legal education (CLE) in the state of New York. New York CLE credits are available to satisfy the mandatory, transitional/nontransitional requirements for attorneys attending the program. Lawyers admitted in jurisdictions other than New York should check with those jurisdictions to determine CLE requirements in their states.

For more information regarding CLE contact Judith Black, Judith.N.Black@hofstra.edu.