Carolyn D. Kersch, Esq.
How Carolyn Helped Redefine CLE
In the Fall of 2014, Ms. Kersch taught a Family Law with Skills course as a Special Professor of Law at Hofstra University School of Law. In January of 2015, she was a lecturer for the Nassau County Bar Association’s Bridge the Gap program on “Tales from the Matrimonial Bar.” From September 2015 through December 2015, Ms. Kersch was a lecturer on a series she co-created for the Nassau County Bar Association, Nassau Academy of Law, “How to Prepare Your Divorce Case from A-Z.” In January of 2016, she taught a CLE for LawLine entitled The Practitioner’s Guide to New York’s Reformed Maintenance Statute. In May, 2016, Ms. Kersch taught two CLEs for the Nassau Academy of Law entitled After I Do: A Primer on Handling Matrimonial Cases, and Obergefell: The Supreme Court Pronounces the Right for All to Marry. In February, 2017 she taught another CLE for LawLine entitled New York Matrimonial Case Law Update. In March of 2017, Ms. Kersch was on the judging panel for the 2017 Honorable Elaine Jackson Stack Moot Court Competition. Ms. Kersch taught the following CLEs for the Nassau Academy of Law: Breaking Up is Hard to Do: An Examination of Recent Matrimonial Case Law (February 14, 2019), For Better or Worse: Ethical Pitfalls in Matrimonial Law (February 4, 2020) and She Shed-He Shed: An Introduction to Both Sides of Matrimonial Law (October, 2020).
Ms. Kersch is a member of the Matrimonial and Family Law committee of the Nassau County Bar Association.
Credentials
Published Articles
- Unified Family Courts: A Saving Grace for Victims of Domestic Violence Living in Nations with Fragmented Court Systems, 42 Fam. Ct. Rev. 304 (2004) (chosen to be featured in theFamily Court Review's "Best of" Series)
- Pro Se Divorce Litigants: Frustrating the Traditional Role of the Trial Court Judge and Court Personnel, 42 Fam. Ct. Rev. 655 (2004).
Awards
- Super Lawyer in 2022 through 2024 in the Super Lawyers Magazine
- “Rising Star” in 2014 through 2019 in the Super Lawyers Magazine
- 2017 - 10 Best Attorneys by the American Institute of Family Law Attorneys
- 2016 - 10 Best Under 40 by the American Institute of Family Law Attorneys
- 2016's Top Women in Law by Hofstra University School of Law, Center for Children, Families and the Law
- 2016 Top 10 Legal Eagles in Long Island Pulse Magazine.
