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Overview
Develop Tactics for Interpreting Surveys, Drafting Agreements, and More
A fence two feet over the line, conflicting surveys, a "shared" path that neighbors no longer feel like sharing. In property law, the smallest strip of land often causes the biggest headaches - and your clients will expect you to know how to handle them. In this indispensable guide, our seasoned practitioners share useful techniques for handling issues in boundary and easement law with confidence. Build your knowledge - register today!
- Uncover tips for resolving defective deeds, gaps, and other issues.
- Explore the nuts and bolts of partition actions.
- Examine best practices for resolving easement disputes.
- Determine what title insurance will and will not cover when it comes to boundary issues.
- Discover best practices for asserting a claim for a prescriptive easement.
Abbreviated Agenda
- Reviewing Legal Descriptions and Tackling Encroachments
- The Fundamentals of Partition Actions
- Real-World Techniques for Resolving Easement Disputes
- Adverse Possession and Prescriptive Easements
- Title Insurance and Boundary Protection
- Quiet Title Actions: What You Need to Know
- Ethical Essentials of Boundary and Easement Law
Credit Details
Credits Available
| Credit | Status | Total | Until |
|---|---|---|---|
| California MCLE Paralegal |
|
6 Total | 05-15-2028 |
| Alaska CLE |
|
6 Total | 05-15-2028 |
| Alabama CLE |
|
6 Total | 12-31-2026 |
| Arkansas CLE |
|
6 Total | 06-30-2026 |
| Arizona CLE |
|
6 Total | 05-15-2028 |
| California CLE |
|
6 Total | 05-15-2028 |
| Colorado CLE |
|
7 Total | 12-31-2028 |
| Connecticut CLE |
|
6 Total | 05-15-2028 |
| Delaware CLE |
|
6 Total | 05-15-2028 |
| Florida CLE |
|
7 Total | 11-30-2027 |
| Georgia CLE |
|
6 Total | 12-31-2027 |
| Hawaii CLE |
|
6 Total | 05-15-2028 |
| Iowa CLE |
|
6 Total | 05-15-2027 |
| Illinois CLE |
|
6 Total | 05-13-2028 |
| Indiana CLE |
|
6 Total | 05-15-2027 |
| Kansas CLE |
|
7 Total | 05-14-2027 |
| Kentucky CLE |
|
6 Total | 06-30-2026 |
| Maine CLE |
|
6 Total | 05-13-2028 |
| Minnesota CLE |
|
6 Total | 05-15-2028 |
| Missouri CLE |
|
6 Total | 05-15-2028 |
| Northern Mariana Islands CLE |
|
6 Total | 05-15-2028 |
| Mississippi CLE |
|
6 Total | 07-31-2026 |
| Montana CLE |
|
6 Total | 05-15-2029 |
| North Carolina CLE |
|
6 Total | 02-28-2027 |
| North Dakota CLE |
|
6 Total | 05-15-2029 |
| Nebraska CLE |
|
6 Total | 05-15-2028 |
| New Hampshire CLE |
|
6 Total | 05-15-2029 |
| New Jersey CLE |
|
7.2 Total | 02-03-2027 |
| New Mexico CLE |
|
6 Total | 05-15-2028 |
| Nevada CLE |
|
6 Total | 05-15-2029 |
| New York CLE |
|
7 Total | 05-15-2029 |
| Ohio CLE |
|
6 Total | 12-31-2026 |
| Oklahoma CLE |
|
7 Total | 05-15-2028 |
| Oregon CLE |
|
6 Total | 05-15-2029 |
| Pennsylvania CLE |
|
6 Total | 05-15-2028 |
| Rhode Island CLE |
|
6 Total | 06-30-2026 |
| South Carolina CLE |
|
6 Total | 12-31-2026 |
| Tennessee CLE |
|
6 Total | 05-14-2028 |
| Texas CLE |
|
6 Total | 04-30-2027 |
| Utah CLE |
|
6 Total | 12-31-2026 |
| Virginia CLE |
|
6 Total | 10-31-2026 |
| Vermont CLE |
|
6 Total | 05-15-2028 |
| Washington CLE |
|
6 Total | 05-14-2031 |
| Wisconsin CLE |
|
7 Total | 12-31-2027 |
| West Virginia CLE |
|
7.2 Total | 05-15-2028 |
| Wyoming CLE |
|
6 Total | |
| Delaware Certified Paralegal Program |
|
6 Total | 05-15-2027 |
| Florida Registered Paralegal |
|
6 Total | 11-30-2027 |
| Indiana Paralegal CLE |
|
6 Total | 05-15-2027 |
| Montana CLE Credit for Paralegals |
|
6 Total | 05-15-2028 |
| North Carolina Continuing Paralegal Education |
|
6 Total | 02-28-2027 |
| New Mexico Paralegal Division, State Bar of |
|
6 Total | 05-15-2028 |
| Ohio Certified Paralegals |
|
6 Total | 05-15-2027 |
| NFPA |
|
0 Total | 05-15-2027 |
| Texas State Bar of Paralegal Division |
|
6 Total | 05-15-2028 |
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Paralegal
Agenda
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Reviewing Legal Descriptions and Tackling Encroachments
- Understanding Legal Descriptions
- Different Types of Land Surveys
- The Role of Markers, Plats, and Monuments in Boundary Determination
- Interpreting and Comparing Land Surveys and Descriptions
- Resolving Defective Deeds, Gaps, Overlaps, and Other Issues
- Drafting Boundary Line Agreements
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The Fundamentals of Partition Actions
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Real-World Techniques for Resolving Easement Disputes
- Determining the True Location and Size of an Easement
- Locating Unrecorded, Prescriptive, and Implied Easements
- Misuse, Interference, and Overburdening of Easements
- Collaborating With Surveyors on Easement Mapping and Documentation
- Creating Easements; Agreement Drafting Essentials
- Enforcing, Modifying, and Terminating Easements
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Adverse Possession and Prescriptive Easements
- Defining Trespass and Its Role in Adverse Possession and Easements
- Asserting a Claim for Prescriptive Easements or Adverse Possession
- Practical Strategies for Defending Against a Claim
- Recent Case Law and Court Decisions
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Title Insurance and Boundary Protection
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Quiet Title Actions: What You Need to Know
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Ethical Essentials of Boundary and Easement Law
- Tips for Spotting and Resolving Conflicts of Interest
- Dual Representation
- Disclosure of Defects
- Safeguarding Attorney-Client Privilege and Confidentiality
- Attorney-Client Communication: Legal Best Practices
- Client Misrepresentation About Boundaries
Who Should Attend
This program is designed for attorneys. Land surveyors, engineers, architects, developers, planners, local government officials, real estate and title insurance professionals, and paralegals may also benefit.
Speakers
Speaker bio
Brian Fischer
is with THD Design Group, and has more than 30 years of experience in the survey field performing a variety of survey types for residential, municipal, commercial, industrial and government agency clients. He has experience in survey instrumentation and computer aided drafting (CAD) programs, as well as office and survey programs such as Trimble Office, Carlson and Civil 3D. Mr. Fischer's management experience includes overseeing drafting and field crews, as well as a branch office for an oil and gas services firm in southeast Texas. He holds professional land surveyors licenses in Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Mississippi, Kansas, Florida, Alabama, Kentucky, and Texas.
Speaker bio
Carmen R. Rowe
is the owner of Gryphon Law Group PS, with offices in Seattle and Lacey. She has been practicing since 1998. Ms. Rowe has focused her practice on real property issues for the last 20+ years. Her primary interest is in law relating to boundary lines (easements, adverse possession/mutual recognition and acquiescence, etc.) and community association law. Ms. Rowe also has extensive experience with other property issues such as timber, water, and purchase and sale agreements. She focuses on practical resolutions while bringing strong litigation and appellate history with several published appellate decisions on key property issues. Ms. Rowe grew up in Tacoma, Washington, graduating college from Pacific Lutheran University with honors, and then lived in Norway for three years and attended the University of Oslo. She earned her J.D. degree from Columbia Law School, where she graduated with a Certificate in International Law and studied and spoke with the Center for Environmental Research and Conservation (CERC). Ms. Rowe started work in Manhattan, and then returned to the Pacific Northwest. After starting with prestigious large firms in Seattle and Tacoma, Ms. Rowe started Gryphon Law Group in 2015 as part of focusing her practice on the specific areas of law that she enjoys and providing the flexibility and deep personal service of a smaller firm with a largely virtual-based practice. She regularly speaks and is currently working on two personal publishing projects. Ms. Rowe had a working farm for 25 years, and currently enjoys with her family a small orchard with her dogs, ducks and chickens.
Speaker bio
Hon. James O. Spence
is a master-in-equity for South Carolina Judicial Branch for Lexington County. He was appointed to this position in 2006. Judge Spence earned his B.A. degree from Presbyterian College and his J.D. degree from the University of South Carolina School of Law. He is admitted to practice before the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, U.S. District Court: District of South Carolina, and U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of South Carolina. Judge Spence is also admitted before South Carolina Supreme Court, South Carolina Court of Appeals, South Carolina Circuit courts, South Carolina Masters-in-Equity, South Carolina Family courts, South Carolina Magistrate courts, South Carolina Municipal courts, and South Carolina Probate courts.
Speaker bio
Bridget D'Angelo
is an attorney at Carmody Torrance Sandak & Hennessey LLP. Her practice focuses primarily in the areas of business and commercial real estate transactions; representing developers, institutions, corporations, families and individuals in development projects and real estate transactions. Ms. D'Angelo also represents owners, sponsors and lenders of affordable housing developments. She earned her B.A. degree from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and her J.D. degree from The University of Chicago Law School, where she served as the managing editor of the Chicago Journal of International Law. Ms. D'Angelo is a member of the George W. Crawford Black Bar Association, Real Estate Finance Association of Connecticut, Commercial Real Estate Women-The Real Estate Exchange, Connecticut Bar Association and the New Haven County Bar Association. She is a board member of ConnCORP, Chrysalis Center Inc., and Chrysalis Center Real Estate Corporation; and treasurer of the Commercial Finance Section of the Connecticut Bar Association. Ms. D'Angelo is admitted to practice in Connecticut and Massachusetts.
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