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Finance Webinar

Fundamentals of Municipal Finance and Borrowing Municipal attorneys are often asked, “Can we do this?”, when “this” relates to getting, spending, and borrowing money by their municipal clients. This session will consider the essential legal issues attendant to that question. We will discuss basic constitutional issues like public purpose, corporate purpose, and lending of the public credit; the theoretical distinction between taxes and fees; the legal ramifications of that distinction; and other limitations on the ways that municipalities can get...

Preemption Webinar – Free Live For IMLA Members

Post-COVID Equitable Housing Preemption CLE available to Kitchen Sink Subscribers and in some cases to others but fees may apply. This session examines state preemption of local authority to protect tenants and expand access to affordable housing, particularly following the implementation and expiration of emergency measures passed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many state legislatures, in both “red” and “blue” states, preempt local governments from increasing housing supply, crafting inclusionary zoning, or implementing rent regulations to alleviate housing unaffordability. This dynamic...

Religion Webinar

Practical Implications of the Supreme Court’s Recent Free Exercise and Establishment Decisions This webinar will address the practical implications of recent Supreme Court decisions about the Free Exercise and Establishment Clauses. Led by a practicing First Amendment lawyer and a First Amendment specialist at UVA Law School, it will cover religious exemptions from civil rights law, prayer in public schools, school funding decisions, and ways in which rhetoric about religious freedom can affect case outcomes. Both of the speakers have...

Code Enforcement Webinar

Regulating Short-Term Rentals Where we’ve been and where we can go. This presentation will discuss lessons learned and recent trends related to regulating short-term rentals (STRs). This includes the application of the dormant commerce clause, due process, equal protection, and takings provisions of the Constitution; and the role of zoning tools, regulating platforms, and business regulations in improving compliance. Lastly, this presentation will consider what success looks like. Speaker: Patricia "Trish" Link & Ashley J. Becnel

New Lawyers Meeting

If you care to take part in this call or working group, please email cstorer@imla.org.

Local Government Legal Center Supreme Court Review Webinar – This is not an IMLA Webinar

Supreme Court Review for Local Governments: 2022-2023 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 Supreme Court’s important decisions of the term impacting local governments. The Supreme Court will rule on several monumental cases this term, including on issues related to: Whether the First Amendment allows for exceptions to anti- discrimination ordinances, The Independent State Legislature Theory,...

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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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