Schedule-at-A-Glance

Schedule-at-A-Glance

Day

Start

End

Function

Wed, Jan 15

Noon

1:00 PM

Registration for Optional Half-Day Program & MCLE Sign-in​

1:00 PM

5:00 PM

Optional Half-Day Program

1:00 PM

2:30 PM

Managing Partner Track Part I: Internal Challenges of a Community Association Law Practice 

2:30 PM

2:45 PM

Refreshment Break

2:45 PM

5:00 PM

Managing Partner Track Part II: Internal Challenges of a Community Association Law Practice

4:00 PM

6:00 PM

Early Law Seminar Registration

Thur, Jan 16

11:00 AM

5:45 PM

Registration & MCLE Sign-in

10:30 AM

11:30 AM

First-time attendees and young lawyers: Join the College of Community Association Lawyers (CCAL) for an exclusive meet and greet, Coffee Connection. RSVP to Phoebe Neseth at pneseth@caionline.org or 703-970-9256

Noon

5:45 PM

Bookstore

11:30 AM

12:30 PM

Welcome and CCAL & CIRMS Inductions with Lunch

12:30 PM

1:30 PM

General Session | Wayne Hyatt Lecture Series with Charles "Chuck" Marohn
Sponsored by Burg Simpson Eldredge Hersh Jardine, P.C.​​

1:30 PM

1:45 PM

​Refreshment Break

1:45 PM

2:45 PM

Concurrent Sessions:
  • Crowded House: Enforcement of Occupancy Restrictions in a World Focused on Higher-Density Housing
  • How Legal Is It Anyway? Tips for Dealing with Recreational and Medicinal Marijuana Use in Community Associations
  • ​Call to Order: What You Need to Know about Meeting Procedure and Robert's Rules
  • ​CIRMS Masters Program: Fidelity Insurance Losses: Adjusting and Prosecuting Claims to Ensure Efficient and Maximum Recovery

2:45 PM

3:00 PM

Refreshment Break

3:00 PM

4:00 PM

Concurrent Sessions:
  • Associates Track: Part I | L:100 – Essentials of Community Association Law
  • ​Extra—ordinary Amendments: From Daily Operations through Termination
  • Recent Tax Law Changes Affecting Community Associations
  • CIRMS Masters Program: Vendor/Contractor Qualification Packets (VQPs): Creating an Alignment Between Contractor's Insurance & the Insurance Actually Provided by the Contractor's Insurance Agent

4:00 PM

4:15 PM

​Refreshment Break

4:15 PM

5:45 PM

General Session | Case Law Update Part I

5:45 PM 

7:00 PM

Law Seminar Reception hosted by CCAL
Sponsored by Berman & Wright Architecture, Engineering & Planning LLC

Fri, Jan 17

7:00 AM

4:00 PM

Registration, MCLE Sign-in, Bookstore

7:00 AM

8:00 AM

Breakfast

8:00 AM

9:00 AM

General Session | Panel of Pundits

9:00 AM

9:15 AM

Refreshment Break

9:15 AM

10:30 AM

Concurrent Sessions
  • Ethics: Substance Abuse and Behavioral Concerns: A Profession at Risk
  • Associates Track: Part II | L:100 – Essentials of Community Association Law
  • Tech Talk: Practical Technology for the Practicing Lawyer
  • CIRMS Masters Program: HO-6: Principles and Practices of Divvying Up Deductibles and Funding Loss Assessments

10:30 AM

10:45 AM

Refreshment Break

10:45 AM

12:00 PM

Concurrent Sessions
  • Associates Track: Part III | L:100 – Essentials of Community Association Law
  • ​Practicing in Your Personality: How to Thrive as a Community Association Lawyer
  • Vexatious Litigants – How to Handle the Frivolous Filer
  • CIRMS Masters Program: Risk Management & Insurance Case Law: Learning at the Expense of Others

12:00 PM

1:00 PM

Don Buck Award Recognition & Served Lunch

1:00 PM

2:30 PM

General Session | Case Law Update Part II

2:30 PM

2:45 PM

Refreshment Break

2:45 PM

4:15 PM

Concurrent Sessions
  • Hot Topics: Emerging Community Association Law Issues
  • Ethics: To Sue or Not to Sue: Board Members in Defamation Actions 
  • Love Me Tender: A Plea for Acceptance of Community Association Insurance Claims (CIRMS Master Program CROSSOVER Session)

Sat, Jan 18

8:00 AM

11:45 AM

Registration, MCLE Sign-in, Bookstore

8:00 AM

9:00 AM

Breakfast 

8:00 AM

8:45 AM

CCAL Business Meeting

9:00 AM

10:15 AM

Concurrent Sessions
  • Can an Association Effectively Regulate and Deter Incivility?
  • Developer Transition and Identifying Defects: Perspectives from Community Association and Construction Defect Counsel
  • ​HOA Election Trends: Does Increasing Government Regulation Protect or Harm?

10:15 AM

10:30 AM

Refreshment Break

10:30 AM

11:45 AM

Concurrent Sessions
  • Legal and Insurance Strategies for Mitigating Risks Associated with Assessment Collection and Covenant/Rule Enforcement
  • ​Navigating the Collection Timeline in View of the FDCPA, Bankruptcy Code, and State Law Requirements