Seminar To Offer Tips On FilingBankruptcy Cases Electronically

The New York County Lawyers' Association (NYCLA) will present a CLE seminar titled Bankruptcy Court Electronic Case Filing System.

The program will take place on Wednesday, August 15 from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the NYCLA Home of Law, 14 Vesey Street, New York City.

The judiciary-developed and Internet-based Electronic Case Filing System (ECFS) enables attorneys and litigants to electronically submit pleadings and corresponding docket entries to the court via the Internet, thereby eliminating paper handling and processing time. It also permits any interested party to instantaneously access the entire official case docket and documents on select civil and bankruptcy cases within certain jurisdictions. This newly updated training class is designed to enable attorney to use ECFS effectively and includes instruction in all of the system's online, document-scanning and other software requirements.

The speaker is Kevin J. Woodhouse, special projects manager, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York.

For information on program fees and available CLE credits, see the Bulletin Board on The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel website at www.metrocorpcounsel.com.

For reservations, call (212) 267-6646 or visit www.nycla.org.