ABA Annual Meeting in Toronto

The 1998 American Bar Association Annual Meeting is scheduled for early August in Toronto, Ontario. The Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section will be headquartered at the Four Seasons Hotel from August 2-4, 1998. It is not too late to register for this event. For Annual Meeting registration information, call I.T.S., the ABA's official registrar, at (847) 940-2124.

At press time, the following RPPT CLE programs were scheduled for presentation in Toronto.

Real Property Division

• Government Assistance, Privatization and Law: Developing Affordable Housing
• Modernizing the Recording of Land Records: GPS and Digital Signatures
• Emerging Trends in the Delivery of Legal Services: Corporate Law Departments in the Year 2000
• Hot Topics in Lease Audits and Fiduciary Responsibilities
• Synthetic Leasing Roundtable Breakfast
• Commercial Leasing Roundtable Breakfast
• Affordable Housing Roundtable Breakfast
• Second Annual Group H Roundtable Breakfast
• Airport Leasing Does It All
• Protecting Against Environmental Risks in the New Millennium: Are Your Old Form Document Provisions Adequate?
• Eminent Domain and Urban Planning: Blight, Delays, Temporary Takings and Other Pesky Problems
• Health Care 2000: A Look Ahead at Transactions and Trends
• Lease Termination: Sweet Surrender or Tough Love?
• Counseling Your Clients: Pre- and Post-Foreclosure
• Real Property Hot Topics Luncheon
• Where, Oh Where Has My Tenant Gone? Assignment Clauses in Age of Chameleon Businesses
• Tenth Annual Fundamentals of Real Estate Taxation
• Ethics/Professionalism: The Duty to Police the Profession
• Into Space and Beyond: Law Firm Leasing for the Next Millennium
• Developing and Operating Multi-Purpose Sports and Entertainment Arenas and Stadiums: Hot Tips and Winning Strategies
• Commercial Real Estate: Structured Finance and Securitization (advanced course)
• Stigmas, Contamination and the Environment: Their Influence on Property Valuation for Property Tax Purposes
• Living With Business Improvement Districts
• Design, Politics and Law: Building Acceptance for Affordable Housing
• Senior Housing and Health Care: What Canada and the U.S. Can Learn from Each Other
• Construction Contracts for Lawyers Otherwise Occupied
• Energy Deregulation: Opportunities and Issues for Owners, Tenants and Property Managers
• When Entities Own Real Estate: Maximizing Tax, Bankruptcy and Operational Advantages
• International Title Insurance Transactions
• International Real Estate Securitization_Current Developments and Trends
• Burning Issues: The Role of Insurance in a Real Estate Transaction
• Legal Opinions in Real Estate Transactions Probate & Trust Division
• Tax, Securities Law and Estate Planning Issues Related to Executive Stock and Deferred Compensation
• International Estate Planning for Families with U.S. and Canadian Connections
• Counseling, Advising and Acting as Fiduciary for Mentally Challenged Clients or Beneficiaries and Their Families
• Malpractice in Settlements: Trial of the Case Within the Case
• Wealth Preservation with Dynasty Trusts for the Next Millennium
• S Corporation Issues in Administering Trusts and Estates After the 1997 Tax Act
• Probate & Trust Hot Topics Luncheon
• Estate Practice into the Next Millennium, or Servicing the Trust and Estates Needs of George and Jane Jetson
• Drafting Non-Tax Provisions Administration (basic track)
• Estate and Pension Planning for High Net Worth Individuals After Tax Reform
• Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax: The Basics and Beyond (basic track )
• Family Limited Partnerships and LLCs: Where Do We Go From Here?
• Supporting Organizations and Donor Advised Funds: The Alternative to Private Foundations
• Techniques for Resolving Beneficiary Trust Complaints Without Resorting to Litigation
• Estate Planning For Owners of Closely-Held Businesses (basic track)
• Guardianship for the 21st Century: International Issues, New Standards, Alternative Process
• Current Issues in Fiduciary Responsibility under ERISA
• Significant Current Developments, in Probate and Trust Case Law and Literature
• Navigating the Necessary Nuances to Manage Qualified Plan and IRA Benefits (basic track)
• Mobile Computing: Equipping the T & E Road Warrior for Battle

  Joint Division Programs
  

• Practice Building: Secrets of Successful Rainmakers
• Forms Across the Border: The Creation, Use and Comparison of Unincorporated Organizations in the U.S. and Canada
• How Current Is Your Real Estate Course?

  Section News Editor: Stacy Woodward, RPTE Section Committee Manager, 750 N. Lakeshore Dr., Chicago, IL 60611.