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1 n s t i t u t e I N Y C L A - C L E Tips and Techniques for E ffectively C ommunicating W ith the C ourts : H on. D enny C hin Provides Perspective Prepared in connection with a Continuing Legal Education course presented at New York County Lawyers Association, 14 Vesey Street, New York, NY scheduled for November 10, P r o g r a m C h ai r : Mark B. Rosen, John Jay College of Criminal Justice F ac u l t y : Hon. Denny Chin, U.S. Ct. of Appeals, 2d Circuit Barry Leiwant, Attorney in Charge, Federal Defenders Anjan Sahni, Terrorism and International Narcotics Unit, U.S. Attorney s Office, SDNY 3 TRANSITIONAL and Non-transitional MCLE CREDITS: This course has been approved in accordance with the requirements of the New York State Continuing Legal Education Board for a maximum of 3 Transitional and Non-Transitional credit hours: 3 Skills. In addition to being accredited in the State of New York, this program has been approved by the Board of Continuing Legal Education of the Supreme Court of New Jersey for 3 hours of total CLE credit. Of these, 0 qualify as hours of credit for ethics/professionalism, and 0 qualify as hours of credit toward certification in civil trial law, criminal trial law, workers compensation law and/or matrimonial law.

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3 Information Regarding CLE Credits and Certification Tips and Techniques for Effectively Communicating with the Courts: Hon. Denny Chin Provides Perspective Wednesday, November 10 th, 2010, 6:00 PM 9:00PM The New York State CLE Board Regulations require all accredited CLE providers to provide documentation that CLE course attendees are, in fact, present during the course. Please review the following NYCLA rules for MCLE credit allocation and certificate distribution. i. You must sign-in and note the time of arrival to receive your course materials and receive MCLE credit. The time will be verified by the Program Assistant. ii. iv. You will receive your MCLE certificate as you exit the room at the end of each day. The certificates will bear your name and will be arranged in alphabetical order on the tables directly outside the auditorium. If you arrive after the course has begun, you must sign-in and note the time of your arrival. The time will be verified by the Program Assistant. If it has been determined that you will still receive educational value by attending a portion of the program, you will receive a pro-rated CLE certificate. v. Please note: We can only certify MCLE credit for the actual time you are in attendance. If you leave before the end of the course, you must sign-out and enter the time you are leaving. The time will be verified by the Program Assistant. If it has been determined that you received educational value from attending a portion of the program, your CLE credits will be pro-rated and the certificate will be mailed to you within one week. vi. If you leave early and do not sign out, we will assume that you left at the midpoint of the course. If it has been determined that you received educational value from the portion of the program you attended, we will pro-rate the credits accordingly unless you can provide verification of course completion. Your certificate will be mailed to you within one week. Thank you for choosing NYCLA as your CLE provider!

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5 New York County Lawyers Association Continuing Legal Education Institute 14 Vesey Street, New York, N.Y (212) Tips and Techniques for Effectively Communicating with the Courts: Hon. Denny Chin Provides Perspective November 10, :00PM to 9:00PM Program Chair: Faculty: Mark B. Rosen, John Jay College of Criminal Justice Hon. Denny Chin, U.S. Ct. of Appeals, 2d Circuit Barry Leiwant, Attorney in Charge, Federal Defenders Anjan Sahni, Terrorism and International Narcotics Unit, U.S. Attorney s Office, SDNY 5:30 PM 6:00 PM Registration AGENDA 6:00 PM 6:10 PM Introductions and Announcements Understanding the Setting, Audience, Importance of Written Communication and First Impressions 6:10 PM 6:30 PM Getting Started in Federal Court 6:30 PM 6:35 PM Standard Language 6:35 PM 6:50 PM Practicum 6:50 PM 7:10 PM Opening and Closing 7:10 PM 7:40 PM Dealing with the Facts 7:40 PM 7:50 PM Break 7:50 PM 8:10 PM Style 8:10 PM 8:20 PM Dealing with the Law 8:20 PM 8:50 PM Miscellaneous Topics 8:50 PM 9:00 PM Questions and Answers

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7 New York County Lawyers Association Continuing Legal Education Institute 14 Vesey Street, New York, N.Y (212) Tips and Techniques for Effectively Communicating with the Courts: Hon. Denny Chin Provides Perspective Wednesday November 10, :00 PM 9:00 PM Table of Contents Written Exercise The Art of Appellate Advocacy The Art of Legal Writing Benito Urena Letter Nicholas Buzard Letter Miscellaneous Materials Faculty Biographies

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84 HON. DENNY CHIN United States District Judge Southern District of New York Denny Chin is a United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York. He was sworn in on September 13, Judge Chin graduated from Princeton University magna cum laude in 1975 and received his law degree from Fordham University School of Law in After clerking for the Honorable Henry F. Werker, United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York, he was associated with the law firm Davis Polk & Wardwell from 1980 to He served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York from 1982 until 1986, when he and two of his colleagues from the U.S. Attorney s Office started a law firm, Campbell, Patrick & Chin. In 1990, he joined Vladeck, Waldman, Elias & Engelhard, P.C., where he remained until he took the bench. Judge Chin has taught legal writing at Fordham Law School since While in private practice, he provided extensive pro bono representation to the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund. He served as President of the Asian American Bar Association of New York from January 1992 through January He has served on the boards of numerous non-profit organizations, including Hartley House, Care for the Homeless, the Clinton Housing Association, the Prospect Park Environmental Center, and the Fordham Law School Alumni Association. Judge Chin has written decisions in or presided over cases involving: the constitutionality of Megan s Law; New York City s denial of a parade permit to the Million Youth March; a grand jury investigation into the circumstances of a number of President Clinton s presidential pardons; petitions for writs of habeas corpus on behalf of two young men who were exonerated after thirteen years in prison when a priest came forward and disclosed a confession from the actual murderer; perjury charges against a highly decorated police officer; felony-murder charges against two men for the shooting of a NYC police officer, the unsuccessful bid by the Rev. Al Sharpton to force a run-off of the 1997 Democratic mayoral primary; photographs in Penthouse purportedly of the tennis player Anna Kournikova sun-bathing topless on a public beach; and the application of Fox News to enjoin Al Franken from using the phrase Fair and Balanced in the title of his book, Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right. Judge Chin was born in Hong Kong. He was the first and still is the only Asian-American appointed United States District Judge outside the Ninth Circuit.

85 Anjan Sahni B.A. from Emory University in 1998 J.D. from Yale Law School in 2001 Clerked for the Honorable Pierre N. Leval of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Wilmer Cutler and Pickering 2005-Present U.S. Attorney s Office, Southern District of New York. Current position at the U.S. Attorney s Office for the Southern District of New York, Chief of the International Narcotics Trafficking Unit.

86 Barry D. Leiwant is the Attorney-in-Charge Appeals with the Federal Defenders of New York Eastern and Southern Districts. He is a graduate of Columbia Law School.

87 Mark B. Rosen, Esq. Mark Rosen s practice includes the representation of chief executive and senior level executives as well as academics. He represents clients in their employment negotiations and contracts. Mr. Rosen is a former assistant district attorney in the Kings County District Attorney s office where he spent his time in the Investigations, Trial, Grand Jury and Rackets Bureau. He has been on the faculty at John Jay College of Criminal Justice for more than fifteen years. Mr. Rosen teaches Evidence, Constitutional Law and security related law courses. He has lectured on law, security and terrorism matters for the United Nations. He is currently developing legal training courses for United Nations diplomatic mission personnel. He developed and designed a course on Terrorism and the Law which has been sold out each semester it has been offered at John Jay. Mr. Rosen conducts continuing education courses on Evidence for Forensic Psychiatrists at NYU/Bellevue and has developed and conducted numerous continuing legal education courses. Mr. Rosen is a graduate of Alfred University and Brooklyn Law School. He is an active member of NYCLA and has conducted numerous CLE courses on such topics as Electronic Discovery, Terrorism, Federal Practice and others for the association. In addition, he developed and moderated a CLE course titled Criminal Law Update now in its third year at John Jay.