Section News

City of Brotherly Love Attracts Record Attendance at 21st Annual Symposia
The RPTE 21st Annual Spring Symposia on May 6-7 had 500 attendees! Philadelphia served as the backdrop, as attendees came to reacquaint with old friends and colleagues, meet new ones and take advantage of two days of cutting edge real property and trust and estate CLE.
View photos from the event and access CLE program materials here.

A big thank you to all of our Symposia sponsors, which helped make the event a great success. Our Gold and Silver sponsors are:

Gold: Coventry
Silver: Bessemer Trust, Fiduciary Trust International, HFBE, HSBC Private Bank, Wilmington Trust and WSFS Trust and Wealth Management.

For a complete listing of Symposia sponsors with contact information click here.

To view a message from RPTE chair, Roger Winston, with more information on the Spring Symposia and benefits the Section offers its members, click here.

Skills Training for Estate Planners – 5 Day Intensive CLE Program
If you're new to trust and estate law, join us in New York City for the Skills Training for Estate Planners CLE program on July 12-16. This intensive 5-day program covers estate planning fundamentals and substantive skills development, hands-on tax preparation to learn tax law, and ethics training for practical settings. View more details and a complete schedule of events here. Space is limited for this program, so sign up soon—registration deadline is June 25!

Real Property CLE at the 2010 ABA Annual Meeting
The 2010 ABA Annual Meeting will be held in San Francisco on August 5-10.  Join RPTE on August 6-8 for opportunities to network with Section members and earn CLE credits by attending your choice of real property programs.  For more information and ABA Annual Meeting registration details, click here .  View a complete listing of all real property CLE programs here .  Be sure to enjoy all the sites, world-class restaurants and trendy shops in beautiful San Francisco!

Technology and Law Practice Management

Should Lawyers Be Anti-Social Networking?
Suggestions on Sites to Use (or Perhaps Snub)
Jason E. Havens
Jason Havens, a technology savvy RPTE member, shares his perspective on the most beneficial social networking sites for lawyers.

CLE Spotlight

Real Property CLE
Challenges in Obtaining Secondary Market Condominium Pre-Approval in a Volatile Regulatory Environment
Webcast/Teleconference
Date: June 16, 2010
Time: 12:00 P.M. - 1:30 P.M. Central

Trust and Estate CLE
ALI-ABA: Estate Planning for the Family Business Owner
Live Course - Gleacher Center, Chicago, IL
Date: July 7-9, 2010
Time: See daily schedule

Group & Committee News

Non-Tax Issues Affecting the Planning
and Administration of Estates
and Trusts Committee

The Non-Tax Issues Affecting the Planning and Administration of Estates and Trusts Committee is seeking a conference call speaker to discuss the steps that should be taken when drafting and executing estate planning documents. Other volunteer opportunities are also available. For more information, click here.

REAL PROPERTY
Land Use and Environmental Group
The Land Use and Environmental Group has been busy hosting teleconferences and planning and presenting CLE programs on timely environmental issues. For the upcoming ABA Annual Meeting, the Land Use and Zoning Committee and the Environmental Committee will both be presenting programs. Read more about the Group's activities here.

Legal Education and Uniform Laws Group
The Legal Education and Uniform Laws Group has been working to enhance real property education in law schools and improve the Section's awareness and expertise regarding uniform laws. Click here to learn more about the Group's upcoming plans.

TRUST & ESTATE
Business Planning Group
The Business Planning Group met with the IRS to request improvements relating to field examiner procedures for implementing IRC Section 6695A. The Group has also continued its popular teleconferences. Recent calls featured discussions on the use of beneficiary defective grantor trusts and recent family limited partnership cases from the valuation perspective. Click here to learn more.

Young Lawyers Network

Young Lawyers Institute
The Young Lawyers Institute: Practice Essentials at the Spring Symposia in Philadelphia featured two full days of continuing legal education programming. The programs were well attended and networking opportunities were available during session lunches and at the joint reception held after the event. Read more here.

RPTE Fellows Program
Become a RPTE Fellow for the class of 2010-2012! The Fellows program provides young lawyers with the opportunity to become involved in the substantive work of the Section, and to develop into future RPTE leaders. Learn more about the Fellows program here. The application deadline is June 25!

Law Students

RPTE Law Student Writing Contest
The June 18 deadline is fast approaching for the RPTE Law Student Writing Contest! Submit your entries for a chance to win cash, a trip to the RPTE Leadership Meeting, and opportunities to be published in Section publications. Click here for more information.

Join a Committee Today!

RPTE members can join a group or committee (or several) online here. For questions regarding membership, contact the Section at (312)988-5651 or email Bunny Lee at Bunny.Lee@americanbar.org.