Sanctuary Jurisdiction Conference Call
2021-03-11 13:00 - 14:00, 2021-03-25 13:00 - 14:00, 2021-04-08 13:00 - 14:00, 2021-04-22 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York)
If you care to take part in this call, please email cstorer@imla.org.

Homelessness Working Group Conference Call
2021-12-01 15:00 - 16:00, 2021-12-02 15:00 - 16:00, 2022-01-06 15:00 - 16:00, 2022-02-03 15:00 - 16:00, 2022-03-03 15:00 - 16:00, 2022-05-05 15:00 - 16:00

Diversity/Equity/Inclusion Book Club Meeting
2021-12-08 15:00 - 16:00
If you care to take part in this call, please email cstorer@imla.org.

The book is: Standing Bear is a Person

Code Enforcement Conference Call
2022-01-05 13:00 - 14:00, 2022-02-04 13:00 - 14:00

Young Lawyers Conference Call
2022-01-10 13:00 - 14:00

COVID-19 Conference Call
2022-01-11 15:00 - 16:00

Diversity/Equity/Inclusion Conference Call
2022-01-26 14:00 - 15:00

Climate Change Conference Call
2022-01-26 15:00 - 16:00

Cannabis Call
2022-02-02 15:00 - 16:00

Affirmative Litigation Call
2022-02-09 13:00 - 14:00, 2022-05-10 15:00 - 16:00

Civility Discussion
2022-02-09 15:00 - 16:00
If you care to take part in this call, please email cstorer@imla.org.

By way of background, there is a feeling, if not a reality, that civility, public discourse, and interactions we all have with one another are becoming more negative by the day. This, we find, is true in local government as well. NLC released a report in 2021 highlighting the existence of the issue on a national scale (https://www.nlc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/On-the-Frontlines-of-Todays-Cities-1.pdf).
Engagement with the people is essential to our form of government. This is especially true when it comes to local governments. The discussion between a local entity and the public is not like Twitter, an uncivil individual can’t just be removed from the platform. Local governments are tasked with finding ways to operate that maximize public engagement and free speech while maintaining order and civility in public meetings, amongst local officials, between local officials and the public, and on social media.
Join Robert Palmer, the General Counsel and Director of Government Affairs for the Iowa League of Cities to discuss the role of the local government attorney in assisting the government in promoting civility, including a discussion of legal considerations in doing so. This is not a formal presentation, but rather, the aim is to foster discussion on zoom between members interested in this issue.

Climate Change Call
2022-02-23 15:00 - 16:00

Diversity/Equity/Inclusion Intersectionality Call
2022-03-02 15:00 - 16:00

Code Enforcement Call
2022-03-07 13:00 - 14:00

Young Lawyers Call
2022-03-07 13:00 - 14:00

Civility Discussion
2022-03-15 15:00 - 16:00

Small / Rural Communities Call
2022-03-21 14:00 - 15:00

DEI Book Club
2022-03-23 13:00 - 14:00
If you care to take part in this call, please email cstorer@imla.org.
We will be discussing the book, The Groundbreaking: An American City and Its Search for Justice, by Scott Ellsworth.

County Working Group Call
2022-05-04 15:00 - 16:00

Young Lawyers Meeting
2022-05-09 13:00 - 14:00
If you care to take part in this call, please email cstorer@imla.org.
Because of the success of that past meeting, we have invited Patrick Baker (Charlotte NC City Attorney and past president of IMLA) to share his wisdom with our group. Afterward, we will have a Q&A penal with Beth Anne Childs (town attorney/prosecutor for several entities and IMLA Board Member), Jeff Dana (Providence RI City Solicitor and IMLA Board Member), Chris Balch (Brookhaven GA City Attorney and IMLA Board Member), and – of course – Patrick Baker.
