Learn about the latest developments in Illinois Commercial Real Estate law at #CRETrends2019. What does due diligence look like in 2019 and beyond? What commercial title endorsements do you need to know about? Get current on relevant case law and understand the essentials about 1031 Exchanges and Opportunity Zones as well as the hottest trends in the practice.

IICLE’s 13th Annual Real Estate Short Course will help both residential and commercial real estate practitioners take their practice to the next level! Plenary session highlights include a case law and statutory update, insight into how the Trump administration is affecting the practice, handling privacy and cybersecurity concerns, important updates on ALTA forms and title insurance, and a fair housing simulated mediation. Whether you are a novice or experienced practitioner, the educational and networking opportunities provided by this course are not to be missed!

Explore a variety of federal, state, and local financing and policy tools that can be used to create, preserve and expand affordable housing in urban, suburban and rural communities. Originally presented as part of Land Use Law in Illinois, available in its entirety as P1902-19U.

Learn about different ways local governments can regulate religious uses, the types of claims that can be brought, and strategies for handling zoning applications under RLUIPA, RFRA and the First Amendment. Originally presented as part of Land Use Law in Illinois, available in its entirety as P1902-19U.

What should a “Phase I” Environmental Site Assessment tell you? What is a recognized environmental condition (REC)? What should you do if your Phase I identifies a REC? Originally presented as part of Commercial Real Estate Boot Camp, available in its entirety as P1807-18U.

Learn more about the differences in perspective regarding contract review, correspondence, the closing itself and post-closing matters. Originally presented as part of Residential Real Estate, available in its entirety as P1903-19U.

Get up to date about court cases decided over the past year that are particularly disruptive to transactions, the practice of law and practitioners. Originally presented as part of Residential Real Estate, available in its entirety as P1903-19U.

Deal with identification of your client and other parties to the transaction, establishing the scope and objective of the transaction, the engagement letter, and handling ethical concerns such as conflicts of interest and confidentiality. What is “due diligence” and why is it important? What does it really mean? What are the ethical implications? Originally presented as part of Commercial Real Estate Boot Camp, available in its entirety as P1807-18U.

The IICLE® Commercial Real Estate Boot Camp will provide intensive, fast-paced, basic training fundamental to everyday commercial real estate transactions practice, including basic forms. This course is designed for (i) lawyers with one to seven years of experience handling commercial real estate transactions; and (ii) lawyers at any level of experience seeking to learn the fundamentals of everyday commercial real estate transactions. In this program you will learn about (a) client intake and engagement letters; (b) drafting/reviewing a letter of intent to purchase; (c) drafting the purchase and sale agreement; (d) obtaining and reviewing a suitable ALTA survey; (e) commercial title insurance with typically required commercial endorsements; (f) three common types of escrows; (g) types of deeds typical to commercial real estate transactions; (h) required governmental notices; (i) due diligence in preparing for closing; (j) documenting party authority; (k) the basic opinion of borrowers’ counsel; and (l) common closing issues.

Title insurance issues and endorsements common in commercial transactions: what do the endorsements insure, when do you need them, and how do you get them? Originally presented as part of Commercial Real Estate Boot Camp, available in its entirety as P1807-18U.