2024 Bridge the Gap

Event Description

REGISTRATION:

Please email Lexi Driendl at cle@lancasterbar.org to receive a registration form!

Price: Free for LBA Members | $300.00 for Non-LBA Members

DESCRIPTION:

Bridge the Gap is a program specifically designed to assist recent law school graduates as they make the transition from student to practitioner. This program is part of an ongoing effort to ensure that individuals new to the practice of law help to sustain Pennsylvania’s strong and principled legal profession. In doing so, we seek to welcome newly admitted lawyers to their careers, reinforce a culture of lifelong learning, and promote resources for continuing legal education.

CREDIT(S):

4.0 ETHICS CREDITS

AGENDA:

Lunch from 12:00 p.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Bridge the Gap Course from 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Happy Hour from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

SPEAKERS:

Grace C. Nguyen Bond, Esquire
Blakinger Thomas, P.C.

Grace is a shareholder of Blakinger Thomas. She serves as the Chair of the estate planning and administration practice group. She also practices in the areas of employment, business, and health care law. Grace’s passion for helping others is what led her to pursue a career as an attorney. As a member of the Estate Planning and Administration and Business practice groups Grace represents businesses and individuals in business succession and estate planning as well as general business counseling. As a member of the Employment and Health Care groups, Grace frequently counsels employers on all aspects of the employment relationship, as well as on Affordable Care Act and employee benefit compliance. This is Grace's 

Jeffrey P. Ouellet, Esquire
Appel, Yost & Zee LLP

Jeffrey P. Ouellet serves as the firm’s managing partner. He initially joined the firm in 2015 after practicing for 18 years in Lancaster, Harrisburg and Philadelphia. He is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Virginia Tech where he received his B.A., summa cum laude, in 1994. He received his J.D. from the Washington & Lee School of Law in 1997, where he was named by the faculty as a Burks Scholar and he was a published member of the Law Review. Jeff served as a President of the Lancaster Bar Association in 2015, and he still serves as the Treasurer for the charitable arm of the LBA, the Lancaster Law Foundation. He also serves as the Chair of the LBA’s Judiciary Committee which is tasked with evaluating candidates for the local bench. Jeff was honored with the 2012 LBA President’s Award for his contributions to the LBA, the 2022 LBA Service Award for his work to update the process through which judicial candidates are vetted and endorsed, and the 2024 LBA Achievement Award for his commitment to the mission of the LBA. Jeff is an active member of the Lancaster Chamber of Commerce where he serves on the Advocacy Committee, and he is a past Chamber Board member. Jeff was the recipient of the Lancaster Chamber’s Small Business Person of the Year in 2022. In 2023, Jeff was named to the Central Penn Business Journal’s Annual Power List for Law. Mark James and Jeff have written about estate planning at length and they have co-authored two books:  Wills, Trusts and Your Estate Plan and Estate Planning Success for Women. Jeff practices principally in the areas of estate planning and administration, business law, commercial litigation, employment law and Marcellus shale legal issues.

LOCATION:

Lancaster Bar Association

28 East Orange Street

Lancaster, PA 17602

QUESTIONS?

Email Lexi Driendl (cle@lancasterbar.org), Continuing Legal Education & Marketing Coordinator