IMLA Mid-Year Seminar

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2024 Mid-Year Seminar

Thursday, April 18 – Sunday, April 21, 2024
Washington, D.C.

Please note the new date pattern.

Call for Proposals

This call encourages professionals working on issues important to local government lawyers to submit proposals to present at IMLA’s largest CLE Event. Take this opportunity to share your successes and strategies with local government attorneys from all across the United States and Canada.

Registration Form

Download and fill out the form to get registered.

Please e-mail forms to Trina Shropshire-Paschal.

Register Online

Omni Shoreham Hotel – Washington, D.C.

(202) 234-0700

IMLA has secured a block of sleeping rooms and a special room rate at the Omni Shoreham Hotel, a first class facility, in Washington, D.C.

In order to secure this block of specially priced sleeping rooms and to keep meeting costs to a minimum, IMLA has entered into a total meeting package and contract with the Omni Shoreham Hotel. If you choose to make your sleeping room reservations outside the IMLA group block, such as through an Internet reservation system or with a discount coupon, we need to advise you that IMLA can suffer significant financial penalties. IMLA can be held financially responsible for the attrition or difference between what was promised in the group block and what was actually utilized.

To allow IMLA to continue to provide a reasonable conference registration fee, we need your help in limiting our financial exposure. Please take advantage of the special room rate and block of sleeping rooms we have negotiated and make your reservation.

If you have any questions, please contact us.

Amicus Awards Ceremony / Scholarship Announcement

Amicus Awards Ceremony / Scholarship Announcement

Help us celebrate the pro bono authors that help make IMLA’s Amicus Program such a success and announce the winners of the inaugural Charles Thompson Jr. Local Government Law Scholarships.

Welcome Reception

Welcome Reception

Kick off the 2024 Mid Year Seminar with the Welcome Reception taking place at the Omni Shoreham. Enjoy light hors d’oeuvres, drinks and networking! A badge is required for entry and the dress is business casual. We hope to see you there!

**Badge is required for entry! Guest tickets are available for purchase**

State/Province Breakfast

State/Provincial Breakfast

Advance registration is required. The State/Provincial Breakfast with give attendees an opportunity to sit down with fellow attendees from their area.

WONK Breakfast

WONK Breakfast

Advance registration is required. For the WONK breakfast you will sign up for a table based on subject matter and sit down with the subject matter expert to enjoy a meal and discuss areas of interest.

Bike Tour Through DC

Bike Tour Through DC

See here a route that takes us through the city starting at the Omni and onto the National Mall. (approx. 3 miles) We’ll pass through:

  • George Washington University
  • GW Hospital
  • White House
  • National Mall (Lincoln Memorial side)
  • Depending on how the group is, we can venture further into the Mall area, or we can route back

This route back is along the Potomac River and through Rock Creek Park. (approx. 3 miles) We’ll view:

  • Georgetown Waterfront
  • Kennedy Center, and can even stop to view their new park, The Reach, if we have time.
  • Rock Creek Park

Smithsonian Zoo Trip

Smithsonian Zoo Trip

Interested in Sponsoring?

IMLA has a wide variety of sponsorship opportunities as well as customizable options. If you are interested, please contact Caroline Storer.  At IMLA’s Mid-Year Seminar, we generally get anywhere from 300-400 attendees.

Gold Sponsors

Silver Sponsors

Bronze Sponsors

The Value of Attending a Mid-Year Seminar

(from Mid-Year Seminar attendees)

  • Great seminar. I love being able to see how attorneys in my field handle legal issues all over America.

  • This is a terrific conference with high quality sessions directly applicable to my practice.

  • A good mix of content applicable to private and public attorneys representing municipalities.

  • There was something relevant to my particularized practice for every time slot. Excellent programming.

  • Every speaker was well-versed in their topics and presented them well.

  • We continue to attend these IMLA programs because of the effort put into them and the high quality of the speakers and provided written materials

  • This was a high-quality event (as it has been each time I've attended). It's very informative and relevant to my practice, and the structure and scheduling is well-suited to interacting with peers in other jurisdictions.

  • I know it is impossible to make every presentation relevant to everyone. Consequently, I appreciate the two tracks available and I appreciate the court updates and ethics presentations which were more generally applicable to all.