TODAY, June 15, CLE: What Every Lawyer Needs to Know about Sales Tax, 6-8 p.m.
Speaker: Mark Stone, Esq., managing partner of Sales Tax Defense LLC. Approved for (2) CLE credits toward Professional Practice. Event sponsor Dime Savings Bank will raffle off a $100 gift certificate to Morton's Steakhouse. Held at the Brooklyn Bar Association, 123 Remsen St. For more information or to register, contact the Brooklyn Bar Association: (718) 624-0675; Fax: (718) 797-1713; malfano@brooklynbar.org or www.brooklynbar.org.

Tues. June 16, BWBA Installation of Officers and Directors, 6 p.m.
Reception to follow. Held at the Brooklyn Bar Association Meeting Hall, 123 Remsen St. RSVP requested by Monday, June 8. For information or to RSVP, contact Joanne Quinones, incoming president of the Brooklyn Women's Bar Association: (646) 386 5697.

Wed. June 17, Brooklyn VLP's Annual Dinner Reception, 6-9 p.m.
Honoring Mark A. Longo, Esq., and Gregory T. Cerchione, Esq. Presentations by Justice Theodore T. Jones, New York State Court of Appeals; and Dr. William F. Kuntz, Esq. Dinner reception, live music, silent auction. Held at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 1000 Washington Ave. For information or to register, contact (212) 625-1025; or VLPevent@empireeventsgroup.com.

Wed. June 17, Free CLE: E-filing in NYS Courts, 6:30 p.m.
Speaker: Richmond County Supreme Court Justice Judith N. McMahon. Anne Taylor will introduce the new officers and board of directors of the Staten Island Women's Bar Association. Light supper will be served. Reservations requested by Mon. June 15. Held at Cielo Ristorante, 1435 Hylan Blvd., Staten Island. For information, or reservations, contact Patricia Anne Taylor, SIWBA board chairwoman: (917) 602-4735, annetaylor727@gmail.com; or Edwina Frances Martin, SIWBA vice chairwoman: (646) 221-9145, edwinafrancesmartin@gmail.com.

Thurs. June 18, CLE: Proving Damages at Trial, 6-8 p.m.
Speakers: Attorneys John Bonina and Glenn Verchick, and economist Frank Tinari, of The Tinari Economics Group. Approved for (2) CLE credits toward Professional Practice. Held at the Brooklyn Bar Association, 123 Remsen St. For more information or to register, contact the Brooklyn Bar Association: (718) 624-0675; Fax: (718) 797-1713; malfano@brooklynbar.org or www.brooklynbar.org.

Tues. June 23, CLE: Residential Foreclosures: Defenses, Remedies & Approaches to Resolution
Speakers include Justices Arthur M. Schack, Brooklyn Supreme Court and Philip G. Minardo, Richmond Supreme Court; Richard Ruggiero, Office of Court Administration in the Bronx; Professor Robert M. Zinman, of St. Johns University School of Law and attorneys John G. Hall, Marvin N. Bagwell, Margot Danya Albert, Tracy Catapano-Fox, Kenneth Doherty, Thomas Hall. Approved for (7.5) CLE credits toward Practice Management and/or Professional Practice. Held at The New Yorker Hotel, 481 Eighth Ave., Manhattan. To register, contact the New York State Bar Association: www.nysba.org.

Tues. June 23, Free CLE: Introduction to Consumer Bankruptcy, 6-9 p.m.
Speakers: John McManus, director, Consumer Bankruptcy Project, City Bar Justice Center; Bruce Weiner, partner, Rosenberg, Musso & Weiner, LLP. Introduction by U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Elizabeth S. Stong, E.D.N.Y. Approved for (3) CLE credits toward Professional Practice. Free to those who accept a pro bono matter from the Volunteer Lawyers PRoject before Dec. 22, 2009. Held at the Brooklyn Bar Association, 123 Remsen St. For information or to register, contact the VLP: (718) 624-3894, x4.

Tues. June 23, CLE: Twittering, Linking, Posting and Friending, noon-2 p.m.
Speakers: Barbara Beauchamp, NYSBA; Steven Bennett, Esq.; Andrea Stimmel, business development director; Curtis Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP. Approved for (2) CLE credits in Professional Practice. Telephone conference seminar. For information, contact Carolyn Clayton: (518) 487-5596; or at cclayton@nysba.org; or register online: www.nysba.org.

Thurs. June 25, KCCBA's Summer Beer Garden Celebration, 5:30 p.m.-10 p.m.
Open Bar. Food available separately. Held at the Union Smith Café, 303 Smith St. (at Union Street), Brooklyn. For information or to RSVP, contact the Kings County Criminal Bar Association: kccba@kccba.org.

Thurs. July 9, Free Lawyers in Transition Webinar: Alternative Careers, noon-2 p.m.
Panelists: Lisa Montanaro, JD, certified professional organizer, business and life coach, motivational speaker; Comic Alex Barnett and Adaora Udoji, former correspondent, CNN and ABC News. Moderator: Elena Kaspi, JD, MSW, ACC, certified executive career and business coach, president and founder, LawScope Coaching LLC. For information or to register, contact the New York State Bar Association: www.nysba.org/LawyersinTransition.

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