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!

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.

Learn about land use law, zoning, affordable housing, wind farms and solar panel arrays, religious freedom issues involving land use, and more!

This course about Land Use Law in Illinois will cover both the basics, such as the nuts and bolts of zoning and the fundamentals of land use litigation, AND more sophisticated topics, such as the planner/developer perspective on land use; ethics; fair housing; ordinance-crafting; and regulation of the public way.

IICLE’s all-new full-day “Taking Title to Real Estate: Basic and Complex Issues” program will allow you to dig deeper into issues confronting real estate and title attorneys on a daily basis. Increase your understanding about the myriad ways in which title to real estate can be held. Gain insight into more sophisticated issues, such as testamentary holding documents, conveyancing, titleholding for business entities, advising multiple buyers, and special rules for trustees and personal representatives. Significant time will be devoted to how to avoid ethical pitfalls that can face attorneys practicing in this area.