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July 23, 2019 Section News

Webinars from the State and Local Government Law Section

Adjudicating Land Use Claims

Tuesday, October 29, 2019

(Registration link forthcoming)

Effective Legal Tools for Problem and Distressed Properties

Local governments all over the United States are faced with private property that has either been abandoned or allowed to reach a slum or blighted condition. This panel will review the findings in an ABA publication on the topic, providing examples to the role of attorneys in successfully analyzing the regulatory and incentive tools available, and the criteria to use in determining which approaches will work for specific local governments.

Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Register now at https://www.americanbar.org/events-cle/mtg/web/377035878/

Land Rights in Myanmar: Past, Present and Future Challenges and Opportunities

Despite Myanmar’s recent transition out of military rule, conflict and human rights violations are ongoing in Myanmar. This program features a Clinical Instructor and Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School’s International Human Rights Clinic who will help you learn about land rights, as well as the complexities of human rights advocacy, government structures, and the rule of law, in Myanmar.

Monday, August 26, 2019

Register now at https://www.americanbar.org/events-cle/mtg/web/370238792

Food Trucks and New Legal Challenges

Tuesday, July 9, 2019

Register now at https://www.americanbar.org/events-cle/mtg/web/376740320

Low-Income Populations: Underrepresented Socially, Overrepresented as Victims of Natural Disasters: Using the Law to Solve a Serious Problem

This program examines the phenomenon of natural dis-aster risk to low- and moderate-income individuals and the institutions and businesses that serve them, and dis-cuss possible solutions.

On-Demand: https://www.americanbar.org/events-cle/ecd/ondemand/358352459

To Share or Not to Share: The Battle Over Regulating the Sharing Economy

This program explains how the use of new technologies raises difficult legal issues that defy easy solutions to the legal challenges they present. You’ll gain perspectives from sharing economy technology network companies with speaker representatives from Uber, HomeAway, and Limebike.

On-Demand: https://www.americanbar.org/events-cle/ecd/ondemand/352370975

Climate Resilience and Adaptation: Local Zoning Responses from Retreat to Infrastructure Reinvestment

This panel examines several case studies from the Chicago region and across the country, and describe how each jurisdiction has adopted policies and worked with state and federal agencies to address climate change impacts.

On-Demand: https://www.americanbar.org/events-cle/ecd/ondemand/347023415

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