Code Enforcement Webinar
2023-08-17 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York)
Creating More Livable Communities with Form-Based Codes
Understanding form-based codes is important for lawyers involved in land development as they offer a tool for achieving urban planning goals and creating more livable communities. This presentation will discuss the use of form-based codes in regulating land development to achieve a specific urban form. The webinar will also discuss how these codes prioritize physical form over land use, promoting predictable built results and a high-quality public realm through municipal regulations using examples of form-based code such as Miami 21 to illustrate the effectiveness of form-based codes along with other topics to be discussed.
Speaker: Chad Friedman

Employment Law Webinar - Free Live For IMLA Members
2023-08-22 13:00 - 14:00
Proper Classification of Workers – Avoiding Potential Pitfalls in a Tight Labor Market
CLE available to Kitchen Sink Subscribers and in some cases to others but fees may apply.
With the ongoing labor shortage, businesses may be tempted to explore alternative worker arrangements, such as engaging independent contractors. This session will cover the complex landscape of worker classification rules at the state, federal, and local levels. Gain valuable insights from recent litigation, specifically examining how these rules are affected during changes in administration.
Speaker: Trina Chernos

Signs and Free Speech Webinar
2023-08-24 13:00 - 14:00
Regulating Signs & Billboards after Austin v. Reagan
In 2022, Austin v. Reagan reaffirmed the ability of your community to regulate on-premises and off-premises signs (billboards), and to regulate commercial speech differently from non-commercial speech. While Austin moderates some of its impact, the 2015 Reed v. Town of Gilbert content neutrality framework remains largely in place. It constrains how communities deal with temporary signs, and continues to require a high degree of rigor in drafting.
This webinar includes a panel of experts who will describe the latest developments and how Austin and subsequent cases affect best practices for city sign regulations. Communities interested in ensuring that they have constitutionally-compliant sign ordinances will want to attend.
Speaker: Susan L. Trevarthen, Mark White & David Hickey

Annual Conference Regular Rates End
2023-08-25 00:00 - 23:30
IMLA’s 88th Annual Conference
September 27- October 1, 2023
La Quinta, California

Construction Webinar
2023-08-29 13:00 - 14:00
Alternative Project Delivery in Public Construction: Dissecting the Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR) Contract and Best Practices
This program will introduce municipal counsel to key differences in procurement, contract drafting, contract and claims administration and liability for Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR) delivery. CMAR contracts are emerging on the municipal construction landscape as valuable tools in the public owner’s toolbelt. As public owners turn to these project delivery models, municipal officials will turn to municipal counsel for answers. Learn both the subtle and gaping differences in the procurement and contract models, since this is not your grandparent’s low bid procurement. Program participants will learn effective two-step procurements for CMAR, best-value procurement and how to protect your municipality with tried and tested revisions to standard form industry contracts. The program wraps up with our signature “Traps for the Unwary.
Speaker: Steven “Tip” Torres

Environment Webinar - Free Live For IMLA Members
2023-09-05 13:00 - 14:00
Municipalities and the Environment: New challenges and opportunities
CLE available to Kitchen Sink Subscribers and in some cases to others but fees may apply.
Join experienced environmental law practitioner Rich Glaze in this webinar as he explores new challenges and opportunities for municipalities in environmental regulation, including compliance under the Biden administration, EPA Brownfield Grants, and current legal issues surrounding PFAS and emerging contaminants in areas such as airports, wastewater treatment, and drinking water. Rich’s extensive experience in defending companies, municipalities, and individuals in environmental law matters makes this webinar a valuable resource for attorneys that practice municipal law.
Speaker: Rich Glaze

Counties Meeting
2023-09-06 15:00 - 16:00, 2023-11-01 15:00 - 16:00
If you care to take part in this call or working group, please email cstorer@imla.org.

Homelessness Working Group Conference Call
2023-09-07 14:00 - 15:00, 2023-10-05 14:00 - 15:00, 2023-11-02 14:00 - 15:00
If you care to take part in this call, please email cstorer@imla.org.

Elected Attorney Meeting
2023-09-11 14:00 - 15:00, 2023-10-09 14:00 - 15:00, 2023-11-13 14:00 - 15:00

Small/Rural Communities Working Group Call
2023-09-18 14:00 - 15:00, 2023-11-20 14:00 - 15:00

PFAS Settlement Discussion
2023-10-10 15:00 - 16:00
If you care to take part in this call or working group, please email amorris@imla.org.
This call is intended to provide a forum for discussion about the proposed 3M and Dupont settlements.
Attached as well is the link www.pfaswatersettlement.com previously provided by our colleague Sara Gross at the City of Baltimore, which includes an extensive Q&A about the settlement processes/timing/required filings, and links to many of the significant documents in the litigation, from complaints to the settlement agreements.
On the call will be Stephanie Biehl, a partner at Sher Edling, a member of the PFAS Plaintiffs Executive Committee. She will not be providing advice but should be helpful in assisting us to better understand the settlement agreements and the various options facing local governments.

DEI Book Club Meeting
2023-10-11 15:00 - 16:00
If you care to take part in this call or working group, please email dshahnami@imla.org.
Join us September 13th from 3-4 pm ET to discuss From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime: The Making of Mass Incarceration in America from Elizabeth Hinton. This hour will discuss the content of the book with those who read it and a general discussion on the topic that may include people who did not read it.
Amazon Synopsis: In the United States today, one in every thirty-one adults is under some form of penal control, including one in eleven African American men. How did the “land of the free” become the home of the world’s largest prison system? Challenging the belief that America’s prison problem originated with the Reagan administration’s War on Drugs, Elizabeth Hinton traces the rise of mass incarceration to an ironic source: the social welfare programs of Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society at the height of the civil rights era.
Johnson’s War on Poverty policies sought to foster equality and economic opportunity. But these initiatives were also rooted in widely shared assumptions about African Americans’ role in urban disorder, which prompted Johnson to call for a simultaneous War on Crime. The 1965 Law Enforcement Assistance Act empowered the national government to take a direct role in militarizing local police. Federal anticrime funding soon incentivized social service providers to ally with police departments, courts, and prisons. Under Richard Nixon and his successors, welfare programs fell by the wayside while investment in policing and punishment expanded. Anticipating future crime, policymakers urged states to build new prisons and introduced law enforcement measures into urban schools and public housing, turning neighborhoods into targets of police surveillance.
By the 1980s, crime control and incarceration dominated national responses to poverty and inequality. The initiatives of that decade were less a sharp departure than the full realization of the punitive transformation of urban policy implemented by Republicans and Democrats alike since the 1960s.

Police Alternatives Working Group Call
2023-10-17 14:00 - 15:00

Code Enforcement Working Group Call
2023-10-30 15:00, 2023-11-27 15:00

Local Government Legal Center Supreme Court Review Webinar
2023-10-31 13:00 - 14:00
Supreme Court Preview for Local Governments: 2023-2024 Term
This is NOT an IMLA webinar and CLE will not be offered by IMLA. Hosted by the Local Government Legal Center (LGLC), join legal experts in a discussion of the new Supreme Court term and what decisions local governments should watch. The Supreme Court will rule on several major cases this term, including on issues related to:

A possible new standard for employment liability under Title VII;
Whether a public official’s social media account can constitute state action for the purposes of the First Amendment;
Whether the Supreme Court should overrule Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council, which relates to deference that courts should provide administrative agencies; and
Whether firearm regulations prohibiting individuals subject to domestic violence restraining orders violate the Second Amendment

The LGLC is a coalition of national local government organizations formed in 2023 by the National Association of Counties (NACo), National League of Cities (NLC), International Municipal Lawyers Association (IMLA) and Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) to provide education to local governments regarding the Supreme Court and its impact on local governments and local officials and to advocate for local government positions at the Supreme Court in appropriate cases. Learn more.
Speaker: Michelle Kallen & Robert Loeb
Moderator: Erich Eiselt, IMLA’s Deputy General Counsel

Land Use Webinar
2023-11-02 13:00 - 14:00
Drafting Short-Term Rental Regulations
Regulating short-term rentals has become a significant issue for municipalities throughout the United States. In Texas, traditional ordinances governing land use and zoning do not always provide adequate regulations to preserve the character of residential neighborhoods amid an influx of short-term rental uses. When trying to regulate these uses, the priorities of local governments and residents have clashed with certain rights and interests of property owners and rental occupants. In the absence of definitive legislative or judicial guidance, drafting short-term rental regulations becomes a balancing act. This presentation will discuss approaches to drafting short-term rental regulations that balance those competing concerns and solve problems instead of creating further issues.
Speaker: Rachel Raggio

New Lawyers Group Meeting
2023-11-06 14:00 - 15:00
If you care to take part in this call or working group, please email dshahnami@imla.org.

Technology Webinar
2023-11-07 13:00 - 14:00
Artificial Intelligence with Real Consequences: A Government Lawyer’s Survival Guide of Navigating the Brave New World
Artificial intelligence (AI) is a powerful tool that has the potential to revolutionize the way in which governments work. AI-powered tools are already being used to review documents, conduct legal research, and write descriptions for webinars. However, the adoption of AI also comes with many risks, such as misinformation, bias, and discrimination. This webinar will explore the legal, ethical, and practical risks of AI adoption in government and will also discuss the possible solutions to these risks.
Speaker: Andrew B. Dunkiel

Climate Change Webinar
2023-11-14 13:00 - 14:00
The Climate Change Litigation and Municipalities as Plaintiffs
Municipalities are often defendants in court, but increasingly they have become plaintiffs, suing a variety of industries and seeking remedies for city-wide injuries that also further public-policy goals. The climate-change litigation provides a prism for understanding how state law can provide some of the tools for this type of litigation and the types of roadblocks defendants throw up to reliance on state law through removal to federal court and the use of federal-officer removal to mount appeals that can delay proceeding to the merits. With cases now pending before the U.S. Supreme Court, the litigation has the potential to establish a clearer path for municipalities as plaintiffs.
Speaker: Robert Peck

Protests and First Amendment Webinar - Free Live For IMLA Members
2023-11-16 13:00 - 14:00
Protest and Demonstration Permits
CLE available to Kitchen Sink Subscribers and in some cases to others but fees may apply.
A presentation discussing key considerations for governmental entities creating regulations that require permits for public protests and demonstrations. The webinar will cover the First Amendment standards for prior restraints – including strict scrutiny, intermediate scrutiny, limiting the discretion of government officials, justifications supporting the regulation, narrowly tailoring the permit requirements, content neutrality, and permit conditions.
Speaker: Ian Williams

Police Alternatives Meeting
2023-11-21 14:00 - 15:00

DEI Webinar
2023-11-28 13:00 - 14:00
Governing with Diversity, Equity and Inclusion as Fundamental Principles
Addressing community issues such as lack of access to affordable housing and infrastructure, economic and health disparities, sustainability, and systemic racism requires sound legal advice. Best practices include creating an environment where creative solutions to social issues are valued and respected and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are fundamental principles. This discussion will include DEI policies and state preemptions surrounding these policies, including structural racism initiatives; anti-LGBTQ+ legislation; environmental, social and governance limitations; and the resulting protests surrounding these issues.
Speaker: Jeannine S. Williams
