SECTION NEWS:

(from May/June 1996 Issue of Probate & Property Magazine)

1996 Spring CLE and Committee Meeting

The Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section will host its Seventh Annual Spring CLE and Committee Meeting in San Diego on May 16-18, 1996, at the San Diego Hyatt Regency. The meeting will feature more than 40 information-packed CLE programs and will offer attendees the opportunity to participate in over 60 committee meetings. CLE program offerings include:

Joint Programs:

• Estate Planning for Family Limited Partnerships and LLCs
• Basic Drafting of Partnerships, LPs, LLPs, LLLPs, LLCs for Estate Planning and Real Estate Practitioners
• Advanced Drafting of Partnerships, Lps, LLPs, LLLPs, LLCs for Estate Planning and Real Estate Practitioners
• Promote Yourself: Effective Marketing Tools for Lawyers

Real Property Programs:

• The Second Annual World's Best Mortgage Financing Program
• The Best Laid Plans - Confronting the Pitfalls in the Common Interest Community Project
• How the Restatement of Mortgages Will Affect Your Practice
• Development of Shopping Centers in Distressed Communities
• Issues in Documenting and Closing the Nontraditional Real Estate Loan
• Real Estate in Mexico
• Bankruptcy: The Ultimate Shield Against Property Taxes
• Reducing Property Taxes on Environmentally Contaminated Property
• Negotiating Letters of Intent to Lease
• Intolerable Conditions: Rights, Responsibilities and Remedies Respecting Untenantable Commercial Leased Premises
• Subleases: A New Approach and Form
• Subordination, Non-Disturbance and Attornment Agreements, Forms and Tribulations
• Dueling CAM Charge Clauses
• The Case of the Liening Landlord, or How to Solve Landlord Security Problems
• The Store Went Dark
• Is Technology Making the Real Estate Practitioner an Endangered Species?
• Access Rights for Environmental Remediation and Testing
• Financing Healthcare and Assisted Living Facilities

Probate and Trust Programs:

• Drafting Wills and Trusts (Basic Track)
• Counseling the Fiduciaries
• Recent Tax Rulings, Regulations and Legislation
• The Impact of the Prudent Investor
• Rule on Drafting and Administration of Wills and Trusts
• Estate Tax Exclusion for Business Interest
• The Ins and Outs of Split Dollar Life Insurance
• Protection from Creditors' Attacks in the Nineties
• Drafting Irrevocable Life Insurance Trusts
• Planning for Problems that Cross State Lines
• Planning for the Contested Estate (Ethics)

The spring meeting also includes Hot Tips lunches, interactive committee meetings and social events for networking with other lawyers. Section members who cannot attend the Spring meeting can buy written materials, audiocassettes and diskettes from the programs. The Real Property programs and the Probate and Trust programs each comprise over 30 hours of tapes. For registration or information on these materials, contact Michelle Turner at (312) 988-5263.

1996 Midyear Meeting

At the 1996 ABA Midyear Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland, the ABA House of Delegates accredited an Estate Planning Law specialist program of the National Association of Estate Planners and Council of Marietta, Georgia. This is an estate planning law specialist certification program for lawyers who can demonstrate substantial involvement, experience and expertise in this area of law and practice.

1996 Annual Meeting

The 1996 ABA Annual Meeting will be held in Orlando, Florida, August 1-7, 1996. The Walt Disney World Dolphin Hotel is the ABA headquarters. The Section headquarters will be just across from the Dolphin at the Walt Disney World Swan Hotel, August 1-6. Continuing legal education sessions and committee meetings will be held August 4-6. The deadline for advance registration is July 10. For registration/housing information, call International Travel Service at (847) 940-2124.