• Title of Seminar: COLLEGE STUDENT MENTAL HEALTH: PSYCHOLOGICAL, INSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL ISSUES AND INTERDISCIPLINARY CONFERENCE
• Presenter: Robert J. La Reddola, Esq.
• Presentation Title: DISCLOSURE WITHOUT CONSENT: DECISION MAKING ON HEALTH OR SAFETY EMERGENCIES
• Date: Thursday, December 6, 2007 & Friday, December 7, 2007, Hofstra University Joan and Arnold Saltzman Community Services Center, in cooperation with the Division of Student Affairs, Student Counseling Services and Hofstra Cultural Center
• Sponsor: Hofstra University

The presentation covering the legal disclosure issues relevant to discussion to the facts and circumstances surrounding social worker privilege and the Virginia Tech and Columbine shootings: A case law presentation regarding New York Mental Health Law, Kendra's Law and decisions from the New York Mental Hygiene Law § 9.60; New York Psychologist privilege under § 4507 & 4508; Social Worker Privilege and Mental Hygiene Law § 33.13 in cases of serious or imminent danger.

In addition the presentation focused on the Family Education Rights and Privacy Acts, also known as FERPA.

• Title of Seminar: Public Construction Contracting and Labor Law
• Presenter: Robert J. La Reddola, Esq.
• Dates: 2004, 2005 & 2006
• Sponsor: New York County Lawyers Association Construciton Law Committee

In each of the three years Robert J. La Reddola presented an update on the analysis of cases following the Corinno Civetta Construction Corp. v. City of New York cases and interpretations of damages for delay rule. The discussion included an analysis of pay when paid clauses, pay if paid clauses, and discussions on how to avoid problems in getting your construction contractor client paid.

• Title of Seminar COUNSELING AND TREATING PEOPLE OF COLOR: AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE: DIALOGUES TO ADRESS HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES AMONG THE AGING
• Presenter: Robert J. La Reddola, Esq.
• Presentation Title: WHERE WILL I GO AND WHO WILL TAKE CARE OF ME
• Date: November 30-December 1, 2004, Fairmont Princess, Bermuda
• Sponsor: Stonybrook University

The presentation covered analysis of decision making by legally appointed guardians and the standard of due diligence required in decision making by court appointees.

The seminar presented over two days and included members of the medical community, teaching community, psychologists, social workers, as well as caregivers and health care professionals related to decision making when it was clear that the incapacitated person was no longer capable of making decisions for themselves

• Title of Seminar: PATIENT DECISION MAKING ISSUES WITH LIABILITY POTENTIAL AND CORRESPONDING ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS
• Presenter: Robert J. La Reddola, Esq.
• Presentation Title: See Above
• Date: Thursday, September 25, 2008, Good Samaritan Hospital, West Islip
• Sponsor: Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center

The seminar discussed myths about advance medical directives living wills, Medical Orders for LIfe Sustaining Treatment (MOLST) and end of life decisions