IMLA

Police Webinar
2023-12-19 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York)
Managing Risk by Embedding Mental Health Co-responders in Police Departments
As communities across the country continue to examine ways to improve outcomes and reduce the costs of interactions between police officers and individuals experiencing mental illness, many have adopted a risk management approach. This presentation will examine the potential benefits of embedding mental health co-responders within police departments. The potential benefits include increasing the safety of those involved in such encounters; helping ensure that people experiencing mental illness are directed to the most appropriate resources; decreasing the number of police encounters with such individuals; reducing the costs associated with these encounters (including litigation costs); and improving the speed with which problems associated with these encounters are solved.
Speaker: Doug Hoffer

Police Alternatives Meeting
2023-12-19 14:00 - 15:00, 2024-01-16 14:00 - 15:00, 2024-02-20 14:00 - 15:00
If you care to take part in this call or working group, please email cstorer@imla.org.

Mental Health and Wellness Webinar - Free Live For IMLA Members
2023-12-21 13:00 - 14:00
Sleep, Neuroscience, and Ethics
CLE available to Kitchen Sink Subscribers and in some cases to others but fees may apply.
Sleep impairment impacts all aspects of client representation, including competence, focus, diligence, decision-making, effective client communication, and case management. Sleep deprivation predicts lawyer misconduct by increasing anxiety, interrupting working memory, and impairing effective executive thinking. This program provides the latest neuroscience behind sleep, and its impact on mental health, substance use, ethical behavior, and performance.
Speaker: Joan Bibelhausen, JD & Robin Wolpert, Esq,

Code Enforcement Working Group Call
2023-12-25 15:00, 2024-01-29 15:00, 2024-02-26 15:00
If you care to take part in this call, please email cstorer@imla.org.

Personnel Webinar
2023-12-26 13:00 - 14:00
What to Expect When They are Expecting: The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA)
This webinar will cover topics including rollout of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (“PWFA”). The PWFA was effective June 27, 2023; the EEOC’s 275 pages of Proposed Regulations were published about 5 weeks later, on August 11, 2023. The PWFA requires the EEOC to issue final regulations by December 29, 2023. Be ready for this happy event!
Speaker: Robin Cross

Counties Meeting
2024-01-03 15:00 - 16:00

Homelessness Working Group Conference Call
2024-01-04 14:00 - 15:00

Elected Attorney Meeting
2024-01-08 14:00 - 15:00, 2024-02-12 14:00 - 15:00, 2024-03-11 14:00 - 15:00

Employment Law Webinar
2024-01-09 13:00 - 14:00
Are You Ready for This Year’s Employment Law Challenges?
New employment laws and recent decisions include everything from the new Pregnancy Fairness Act, the Supreme Court’s recent expansion of the rights of religious employees to reasonable accommodation and using AI in the workplace. If ensuring compliance with those was not enough, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Department of Labor are now expected to implement a slew of worker-friendly priorities. This webinar will address the significant labor and employment law developments that are, and will be, affecting your operations and the landscape of employment law.
Speaker: Jonathan Mook & Robin Cross

Land Use Webinar
2024-01-11 13:00 - 14:00
Land Use 101
Join experienced land use and local government law practitioner David Warner in this webinar as he explores property rights, regulation of private property, planning, zoning, subdivisions and other modern legal issues in land use law. For those new to land use law, this is a primer on the up-to-date basics you need to know to spot issues and to determine the appropriate course of action. For the experienced practitioner, this presentation not only serves as a refresher course, but also includes new points of law that have developed in recent years, which impact the basics.
Speaker: David Warner

Small/Rural Communities Working Group Call
2024-01-15 14:00 - 15:00, 2024-03-18 14:00 - 15:00

Ethics & Technology Webinar
2024-01-16 13:00 - 14:00
Artificial Intelligence, Attorney Ethics, and City Policies
An introduction to what Artificial Intelligence is and how its use intersects with the ethics of the legal profession. Discussion includes ABA model rules:

1.1“Competence” (Comment 8 addresses use of technology).
1.4 “Communication.”
1.6 “Confidentiality of Information.”
3.1 “Meritorious Claims and Contentions.”
3.2 “Expediting Litigation.”
3.5 “Impartiality & Decorum of the Tribunal.”
4.1 “Truthfulness in Statements to Others.”

The topic also covers what elements to include in a city policy on the use of AI and a review of some sample city policies.
Speaker: Cathy Cunningham & Teneé Frazier

Mental Health & Wellness Webinar - Free Live For IMLA Members
2024-01-23 13:00 - 14:00
Creating A Workplace Culture of Wellness and Inclusion
CLE available to Kitchen Sink Subscribers and in some cases to others but fees may apply.
This webinar will cover strategies and insights for attorneys to create a culture of wellbeing in the workplace that is inclusive and psychologically safe for everyone. This includes acknowledging that different people have different needs and can be accomplished by encouraging collaboration, safe and transparent communication, setting clear expectations and being flexible about accommodations. The benefits are increased wellbeing, higher productivity and less stress in the workplace.
Learn more about how to facilitate this in your workplace including:

The benefits to diversity, equity and inclusion.
How to align clear expectations to eliminate uncertainty.
Using feedback to create change.
Accommodate those with seen and unseen disabilities.

Speaker: Diane O’Connell

Diversity Working Group Call
2024-01-24 15:00

Local Government Council Webinar - Free Live For IMLA Members
2024-01-25 13:00 - 14:00
Councilmembers Gone Wild! Tips on Dealing with Challenging Councilmembers
CLE available to Kitchen Sink Subscribers and in some cases to others but fees may apply.
This session will consider practical tips and strategies for the City Attorney in working with problematic City Council members.
Speaker: Patrick W. Baker & Kimberly Rehberg

Environmental Webinar
2024-01-30 13:00 - 14:30
Remedying Environmental Damage: Tools for Municipal Attorneys
Municipal attorneys are experts in recovering monies owed to the government by enforcing liens, collecting taxes, fees and fines. Environmental lawyers for municipalities are often consumed with regulatory actions, transactions related to solid waste disposal, and defense work. Often uncollected are the large claims municipalities may have for damage to municipal water systems (drinking water, wastewater, stormwater) and other municipal properties and facilities relating to environmental contamination or other adverse impacts. This webinar surveys the universe of claims municipalities can and do pursue against large corporations for environmental harms. It is aimed to stimulate thinking on how to identify and pursue accountability for harms to public resources and the public health, as well as to create new revenue streams based on harms negatively impacting the community and to hone the enforcement tools in the municipal lawyer‘s tool box.
Speaker: Kyle J. McGee, Viola Vetter, Suzanne Sangree, Jason H. Wilson & Juliana Carter

World Cup Working Group Call
2024-02-14 14:00 - 15:00, 2024-03-13 14:00 - 15:00
If you care to take part in this call, please email amorris@imla.org.

Mid-Year Seminar Early Bird Rates End
2024-02-16 00:00 - 23:30
2024 Mid-Year Seminar
Thursday, April 18 – Sunday, April 21, 2024
Washington, D.C.

Wellness Webinar - Free Live For IMLA Members
2024-03-05 13:00 - 14:00
How Not to Die & How Not to Diet: Practical Tips for Attorney Wellbeing
CLE available to Kitchen Sink Subscribers and in some cases to others but fees may apply.
Tailored for attorneys, this webinar will delve into essential topics encompassing health and lifestyle choices. Specifically designed to address the unique challenges faced by professionals with sedentary lifestyles, such as attorneys, this session sheds light on preventable and reversible health issues. Chronic disease is the number one cause of death and disability in the US. Heart disease, strokes, cancer, diabetes, dementia, and the accompanying physical impairment can prevent attorneys from competently representing clients & diligently performing services.
Speaker: Gary Laturno

Construction & Public Contracts Webinar
2024-03-07 13:00 - 14:00
Current Trends on Public Works Projects, including a focus on Lost Productivity and Total Cost Claims
Lost productivity claims are common on public works construction projects. Contractors bid fix priced contracts assuming a set level of productivity with narrow profit margins. However, projects rarely proceed according to plan, but instead, unwanted events occur that can cause out-of-sequence work, delays, accelerations, trade stacking, overtime shifts, diluted supervision, and supply problems resulting in total cost claims. This presentation discusses the owner’s best practices defending against such claims.
Speaker: Mark Guevara & Jennica Dycus

Mental Health Webinar - Free Live For IMLA Members
2024-03-14 13:00 - 14:00
Taking Care of Your Mental Health: Strategies to Sustain and Protect Legal Professionals’ Well-being
CLE available to Kitchen Sink Subscribers and in some cases to others but fees may apply.
This course overviews obstacles to lawyer wellness and examines evidence-based strategies for building or maintaining mental health while engaging in the very demanding practice of law.
Speaker: Michelle Fontenot

Police Liability Webinar
2024-03-19 13:00 - 14:00
Hot Topics in Law Enforcement Liability under Sec.1983: What Every Municipal Lawyer Should Know
Whether you are a defense lawyer or legal advisor, this webinar will help you to stay current on recent developments in police liability under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. After a brief refresher on claims and defenses, the program will turn to recent developments: consensus policies on use of force; chokeholds and neck restraints after George Floyd; de-escalation and use of force against emotionally disturbed subjects; the latest on shooting at vehicles and vehicular pursuits; best practices on the use of force during protests and demonstrations; restrictions on no-knock warrants after Breonna Taylor; and the duty to intervene to prevent the misconduct of others. The program will end with a discussion about reducing money damages in high profile cases with inflammatory facts. All this, plus links to resources you can use in your practice.
Speaker: Wayne Beyer
