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Section 1983 Webinar

October 16 - Section 1983Defense Strategies for Litigating Section 1983 Municipal Liability Claims Considering the wide scope of a Section 1983 municipal liability claim (“Monell Claims”) counsel can quickly find themselves overwhelmed in their efforts to defend these cases. This training session will cover strategies and nuts and bolts tips for dealing with a Monell case in an efficient and winning manner. Areas of discussion will include motions practice, bifurcation, discovery and trial strategy. Some topics may be added or removed...

Section 1983 Webinar

October 17 - Section 1983Navigating Discovery in Section 1983 Police Misconduct Cases This presentation will focus on the following issues that arise in discovery in the context of alleged police misconduct: 1) the difference between discovery directed towards the officers themselves and discovery directed towards the municipality (and how to deal with those differences); 2) how to prepare an officer for a deposition (shifting their mindset from criminal to civil); and 3) how to conduct discovery with an eye towards summary...

Preemption Webinar

October 23 - PreemptionConfederate Statues and State Preemption Statutes *FREE LIVE FOR IMLA MEMBERS!  CLE available to Kitchen Sink Subscribers and in some cases to others but fees may apply. This webinar will discuss the rise of the use of state “statue statutes” to prevent local governments form removing Confederate statuary, with implications for municipal attorneys across the country. The debate over Confederate iconography has been hugely divisive and in some cases has led to violence, as in Charlottesville in August...

Telecommunications Webinar

October 24 - TelecommunicationsManaging Small Cells in Your Right of Way Description forthcoming. Speakers: Al Catalano & Wes Wright   Click here to register.

Law Enforcement Webinar

October 29 - Law EnforcementPolice Interactions with the Mentally Ill This presentation will focus on the emerging trend of plaintiffs pleading Monell claims based on the theory that a police department fails to train officers how to adequately respond to mentally ill individuals in a variety of settings. Courts appear to be breaking with prior patterns and finding such allegations sufficient to state a claim for municipal liability at the pleading stage. This presenter will discuss these trends and how to...

Municipal Finanace Webinar

November 5 - Municipal FinanceComplying with the New Disclosure Mandates of SEC Rule 15c2-12 *90 Minutes* The goal of this webinar is to educate attendees on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s new disclosure mandates under Rule 15c2-12. This webinar will cover what the new disclosure mandates are, what they require, and how they will impact local issuers. Speakers will also discuss how local issuers can implement compliance with the new mandates, policies and procedures that may help, the role of...

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Webinars

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Seminars
2025 IMLA Mid-Year Seminar
Washington, D.C.: April 25 – April 28, 2025
Omni Shoreham Hotel

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2026 IMLA Mid-Year Seminar
Washington, D.C.: April 10 – April 13, 2026
Omni Shoreham Hotel

Conferences
2025 IMLA 90th Annual Conference
New Orleans, Louisiana: Friday, October 17 – Tuesday, October 21, 2025
Hilton New Orleans Riverside

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2026 IMLA 91st Annual Conference
Salt Lake City, Utah: Wednesday, September 23 – Sunday, September 27, 2026
Hyatt Regency Salt Lake City

2027 IMLA 92nd Annual Conference
Denver, Colorado: Thursday, October 14 – Monday, October 18, 2027
Hyatt Regency Denver at Colorado Convention Center

Other Events
IMLA in Italy
Lake Como, Italy
October 16-20, 2024

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