Conference: June 3, 2:00- 6:30 pm
What's changed since the sub-prime crisis caused economic mayhem five years ago? Views from different perspectives: consumer advocates, a public prosecutor, a banker and law professors offer their perspectives along with analysis from a keen observer and writer, Gretchen Morgenson, from the NY Times.
2 CLE credits ( including 1 Ethics credit) for lawyers.
Support financial education by attending this conference!
Panel: The Mortgage Crisis: It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over (1 CLE Credit)
Elizabeth M. Lynch, MFY Legal Services; Adam Cohen, NY State Attorney General's Office
Edward Kramer, Wolters Kluwers; Harvey Levine, Served on OCC/FRB Independent Foreclosure Review; Jessica Yang, Policy Director, NYU Furman Center
Panel: The Ethics of Sub-Prime Lending (1 CLE Ethics Credit)
Bruce Green, Louis Stein Professor, Director (Stein Center), Fordham Law School; Aditi Bagchi, Associate Professor of Law, Fordham Law School Josh Zinner, Co-Director, NEDAP David Reiss, Brooklyn Law School
Interview with 2013 Friend of the Consumer Honoree
Gretchen Morgenson, Assistant Business and Financial Editor and Columnist, NY Times
Cocktail Reception to Follow
Fordhan Law School
Platt Atrium and McNally Amphitheater
140 West 62nd Street, First Floor
New York, NY
Conference donation: $50 per person
CLE credits available for each session: (additional fee applies)
2 non-transitional & transitional (1 professional practice and 1 ethics)
$45 Fordham Law Alumni, public interest attorneys and government attorneys
$65 All other attorneys
You my pay by check at the door on by PayPal online
Fordham Law has a hardship policy for this course. To apply, please fax a written request to: Director of Public Programmingand CLE (212) 636 - 6984
Vote for your favorite 30-second video: College students created videos on how to maintain good credit in a contest sponsored by the Fed. Winner will be shown in movie theaters (how cool is that?) http://www.nyba.com/2012-financial-awareness-video-festival/
Can credit cards actually charge an extra 4%??!! Follow this link to read about new law in NJ - and 39 other states!- that allow merchants to add 4% to your credit card purchases. You may want to conider using a debit card --- or even (gasp) cash!!!
http://business.time.com/2013/01/25/a-4-surcharge-for-using-a-credit-card-legal-but-not-likely/
Check out article from Twenty Magazine: http://juliemcmahon.wordpress.com/2012/10/09/personalized-finance/
DON'T MAJOR IN DEBT!
Check out new website:National College Finance Center NCFC.ORG
Whether you are planning to go back to school or you have student loans to pay off, this site provides a lot of resources of what to do next.
Also, don't forget the KNOW BEFORE YOU ENROLL program sponsored byt the NYC Office of Financal Empowerment (nyc.gov/ofe)
VOLUNTEER
Volunteer to teach! It's fun and doesn't take up a lot of your time.
Other skills? Also, if you have a background as a writer, editor, corporate trainer, marketer, or are fluent in social media—or Spanish or Chinese—we can use your help. Contact orourke@law.fordham.edu to volunteer Need to know more about Student Loans? The Coalition partnered with the Fordham Law School Financial Aid department to presented an extensive Train the Trainer program on student financial aid for the NYC Department of Consumer Affairs Office of Financial Empowerment (OFE). The training is part of OFE's campaign, Know Before You Owe.
Called by some the next "sub-prime crisis", student debt exceeds credit card debt and continues to grow. If you would like more infomation for yourself or your organization, contact the Coalition.
DONATE
If you want to give back, but don't have time to volunteer, your donation will help support the classes the Coalition presents throughout the city.
Send a check or scroll down to the DONATE button on our home page.
The Coalition for Debtor Education, 140 West 62nd Street, New York, NY 10023
The Coalition for Debtor Education is a 501(c) (3) organization. All donations are fully tax-deductible.
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