CLEs Offered

• I’m Not Saying That to Any Judge! The Lasting Implications of Luzerne County
  • Course Planners: Pennsylvania Superior Court Judge Anne E. Lazarus and Eric H. Weitz
  • Moderator: Charles J. Ogletree, Jesse Climenko Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
  • Panelists: Philadelphia Common Pleas Court President Judge Pamela Pryor Dembe, Pennsylvania Superior Court Judge Anne E. Lazarus, Eric H. Weitz, Mark E. Cedrone, Shira J. Goodman and Peter J. Hoffman
• Civil Gideon: What Is It and Why Is It Needed?
  • Course Planners: Lawrence S. Felzer and Professor Louis S. Rulli
  • Moderator: Karen C. Buck
  • Panelists: Pennsylvania Superior Court Judge Anne E. Lazarus, Philadelphia Common Pleas Court President Judge Pamela Pryor Dembe, Common Pleas Court Judge Lisa M. Rau, Common Pleas Court Judge Rosalyn K. Robinson and Louis S. Rulli
• Attorney-Client Privilege in the Corporate Environment: Practical Approaches and Recent Developments
  • Course Planners: E. David Chanin and Marc J. Zucker
  • Moderator: E. David Chanin
  • Panelists: Robert R. Baron Jr., Gary A. Deutsch, Wanda E. Flowers and Thomas Molchan
• Nuts and Bolts of Municipal Court Practice for Criminal Practitioners
  • Course Planner: Municipal Court Supervising Judge Lydia Y. Kirkland
  • Panelists: Municipal Court President Judge Marsha H. Neifield, Municipal Court Supervising Judge Lydia Y. Kirkland, Municipal Court Judge Patrick F. Dugan, James A. Funt, Jodi L. Lobel and Kathleen M. Rapone
• Subrogation, Set-Asides, Etc.: What You Need to Know But Were Afraid to Ask
  • Course Planner: Workers' Compensation Judge A. Michael Snyder
  • Panelists: Workers' Compensation Judge A. Michael Snyder, Lawrence Bendesky, Joseph A. Prim Jr., Susan V. Mason and Grace A. Sweeney
• Facing Facebook, Facing Ourselves: Social Media in Child Custody Litigation
  • Course Planners: Julia Swain and Megan E. Watson
  • Panelists: Philadelphia Common Pleas Court Judge Diane R. Thompson, Master in Custody Glenn Andreola and Mark A. Momjian
• Survey Says: An Empirical Look at Diversity in the Legal Profession
  • Course Planners: Scott W. Reid and Naomi K. McLaurin
  • Panelists: Roberta D. Liebenberg, Roberta L. Jacobs-Meadway, A. Michael Pratt and Naomi K. McLaurin
• Tom Kline's Real World in the Courtroom: Real Testimony, Real Trials
  • Thomas R. Kline
• Problems with Misidentification Issues in Criminal Cases
  • Course Planner: Isla A. Fruchter
  • Panelists: Isla A. Fruchter and Jules Epstein
• Is Anything Private Anymore? Testing the Limits of the Public's and Parties' Right to Know in Civil Litigation
  • Course Planner: Vice Chancellor Kathleen D. Wilkinson
  • Panelists: Philadelphia Common Pleas Court Judge Sandra Mazer Moss, Mark N. Cohen, Amy B. Ginensky, David Picker, Rosemary Pinto, Scott W. Reid and Kathleen D. Wilkinson
• Must I, May I, Should I: A Primer on When to Appeal
  • Course Planners: Sean R. Sullivan and Kimberly Boyer-Cohen
  • Panelists: Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice J. Michael Eakin; Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court Judge Renée Cohn Jubelirer, Judge Richard B. Klein (ret.) and Robert L. Byer
• Civil Consequences of Criminal Convictions
  • Course Planner: Troy H. Wilson
  • Moderator: George H. Newman
  • Panelists: Philadelphia Common Pleas Court Judge Adam M. Beloff and Megan E. Watson
• Social Media and Litigation: Wrangling the Wild West
  • Course Planner: Gina Furia Rubel
  • Panelists: Gina Furia Rubel, Carolyn M. Chopko, Wesley R. Payne IV and Sean R. Sullivan
• Orphans Court for the Uninitiated
  • Course Planner: Alison Altman Gross
  • Panelists: Philadelphia Common Pleas Court Judge Matthew D. Carrafiello, Adam T. Gusdorff, Peter J. Johnson and Mary Kenney
• State of the Courts
  • Featuring: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Chief Justice Ronald D. Castille, Superior Court of Pennsylvania President Judge Correale F. Stevens, Commonwealth Court of PennsylvaniaPresident Judge Bonnie B. Leadbetter, Philadelphia Common Pleas Court President Judge Pamela Pryor Dembe and Philadelphia Municipal CourtPresident Judge Marsha H. Neifield

Bench-Bar Schedule

Friday, Oct. 14

• 9:30 a.m. - Registration
• 11:30 a.m. - Lunch
• 12-1:45 p.m. - Opening Plenary Session
  • I'm Not Saying That to Any Judge! The Lasting Implications of Luzerne County
• 1:45-2 p.m. - Break
• 2-3 p.m. - CLE Seminars
  • Civil Gideon: What Is it and Why Is it Needed?
  • Attorney-Client Privilege in the Corporate Environment: Practical Approaches and Recent Developments
  • Nuts and Bolts of Municipal Court Practice for Criminal Practitioners
• 3-3:15 p.m. - Break
• 3:15-4:15 p.m. - CLE Seminars
  • Subrogation, Set-Asides, Etc.: What You Need to Know But Were Afraid to Ask
  • Facing Facebook, Facing Ourselves: Social Media in Child Custody Litigation
  • Survey Says: An Empirical Look at Diversity in the Legal Profession
• 4:15-4:30 p.m. - Break
• 4:30-5:30 p.m. - CLE Seminar
  • Tom Kline's Real World in the Courtroom: Real Testimony, Real Trials
• 6 – 9 p.m. - Grand Reception

Saturday, Oct. 15

• 8-9:30 a.m. - Breakfast and Registration
• 9:30-10:30 a.m. - CLE Seminars
  • Problems with Misidentification Issues in Criminal Cases
  • Is Anything Private Anymore? Testing the Limits of the Public's and Parties' Right to Know in Civil Litigation
  • Must I, May I, Should I: A Primer on When to Appeal
• 10:30-11 a.m. - Break and Hotel Check-Out
• 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. - CLE Seminars
  • Civil Consequences of Criminal Convictions
  • Social Media and Litigation: Wrangling the Wild West
  • Orphans Court for the Uninitiated
• 12 p.m. - Lunch and Closing Plenary
  • State of the Courts

Waterfront Premium Rooms are Automatic
for Harrah's Guests at Bench-Bar!

As you take in the commanding view of the water from the massive bay window in your premium guest room, your every sense will tell you that you have, decidedly, "arrived." You'll appreciate your room's grand appointments such as tiled entry foyer, 42" flat screen LCD TV, classic cushioned bench situated at the end of your king bed and seating area complete with table and chairs. But the perks don't end there.

• At approximately 500 square feet, Harrah's premium room redefines "spacious" and comes in solidly as the Resort's largest guest room (excluding suites)
• Exquisite decor boasting dark wood furniture reflected in the exotic crown-molding and set off with a contemporary color palette of red, teal and tan with walls adorned in modern artwork
• A bathroom that could easily grace the pages of a decorator publication, highlighted with a granite and tile spa shower complete with seating, a massive granite vanity and separate lavatory area

Luke Palladino

In 2004 he was named "the best unknown Italian chef in America" by a prominent food and wine newsletter. Just a few years later, he has become a culinary legend. Taste the excitement as celebrated chef Luke Palladino brings his creative, flavorful cuisine to Harrah's Resort for an incredible new namesake restaurant. Luke Palladino features the regional Italian, Jersey-farm flavored cooking he has always strived to honor. An enriching dining experience awaits all who try Luke Palladino at Harrah's Resort.

Tequila Lounge

After launching wildly successful Mexican restaurants in New York, Las Vegas and Florida, Dos Caminos opened in Atlantic City at Harrah's Resort. Asada tacos, Mexico City-style quesadillas, fresh guacamole and killer margaritas are just a taste of what's waiting for you at Dos Caminos, the standard bearer of stateside Mexican food and fiestas for almost a decade. When it's time to play, let loose or party, you can't top its lively energy. Get "guaced" at Dos Caminos.

McCormick & Schmick's Seafood Restaurant

The nation's premier family of seafood restaurants has come to Harrah's Resort Atlantic City. Often called "affordable upscale" or "upscale casual," McCormick & Schmick's Seafood Restaurant is uniquely designed to create an inviting, original and relaxed dining atmosphere. The menu, printed twice daily, features a "Fresh List" of more than 30 seafood varieties from Alaska Halibut to New Zealand Grouper. With more than 80 preparations available, including world-class steaks, every guest is sure to find something to love.

Bill's Bar & Burger

Burger junkies will find the burger of their dreams at Bill's Bar and Burger at Harrah's Resort. Bill's elevates America's burger love affair to an obsession. Practice makes perfect...and burgers are no exception! Before the first Bill's opened, they conducted more than one hundred tastings of twenty recipes with countless meat blends. The critics have called it "the best thing to happen to freshly ground beef since the Kraft single." Sink your teeth to an all-American original today.