Category: YLD (Mandatory) Basic Skills Course Requirement Category: YLD (Mandatory) Basic Skills Course Requirement (show less)

Your access to this program will expire 90 days from purchase date. Upon  completion, you must report the credit in your MyFloridaBar Member Portal.

NOTICE TO ALL BAR MEMBERS WITHIN THEIR FIRST THREE (3) YEARS OF ADMISSION: Pursuant to Rule 6-12.1(b), Rules Regulating The Florida Bar, you are required to complete three (3) “Basic” level substantive CLE courses presented by the Young Lawyers Division within your initial 3-year cycle after admission to The Florida Bar. (This is in addition to your attendance at the Practicing With Professionalism Seminar). This seminar satisfies one of the course requirements. Programs are available anytime through TFB’s 24/7 On Demand Catalog. This expanded delivery method option for satisfying the BSCR only affects those attorneys who have not yet completed the BSCR. 

Basic Appellate is a full-day course intended for the newly admitted attorney. Fundamentals of the practice area are discussed, covering the following topics: 
 
Introduction to the Appellate Process
Jessica L. Scholl, Esq. Moore, Hill & Westmoreland, P.A., Pensacola
 
Basics of Appellate Jurisdiction
Joe Eagleton, Esq. Brannock Berman & Seider, Tampa 
 
Criminal Appeals
Diana Johnson, Esq. Office of the Public Defender, Jacksonville

Interlocutory Appeals
Kristen Fiore, Akerman, Tallahassee
 
Preservation of Error
Scott A. Cole, Esq. & Theresa Savona, Esq. Cole Scott Kissane, Miami & Orlando  

Oral Argument
Sarah Lahlou-Amine, Banker Lopez Gassler, P.A., Tampa  

Judicial Panel on Best Practices

1. Judge Alan Forst, 4^th DCA 
2. Judge Scott Makar, 5^th DCA 
3. Judge Carrie Ann Wozniak, 6^th DCA