Oregon MCLE - Real Estate Courses
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Overturning Zoning Board Decisions: Challenges Facing Community Groups
This CLE course will focus on three recent court decisions. All three concerned applications by developers seeking to remove height restrictions. In each case, community groups filed legal actions demanding that the height restrictions remain in place. The program will review the urban planning concepts at play in each case, as well as the difficulties involved in challenging city government decisions. In all three cases, the trial court ruled in favor of the community, and the appella... More Info
$1002General Credits -
Formation and Termination of Easements
Fundamental to the ownership of many parcels of land is the easement—the right to use—or control the use of—another piece of land. The presence or absence of an easement may have an enormous effect on the value of the land, whether positive or negative, and whether the easement benefits or burdens the land in question. This CLE course will examine the ways in which an easement may be created or terminated, and the factors that should be considered in creating or assessing an easement... More Info
$1002General Credits -
The Attorney’s Guide to Strategic Trust Planning
This CLE program provides a practical overview of trust fundamentals for attorneys advising clients on estate planning, asset management, and incapacity planning. The course examines how trusts function as legal tools to control asset disposition, address lifetime and post-death planning objectives, and reduce the potential for conflict among beneficiaries. Participants will review the key distinctions between revocable and irrevocable trusts, including differences in control, flexibili... More Info
$501General Credit -
Cannabis, Banking & Real Estate: Key Legal Updates
This CLE program offers a comprehensive overview of the evolving cannabis landscape in the United States. Attendees will learn about recent developments in cannabis legalization, the current status of cannabis banking, and key regulatory issues surrounding the manufacture and distribution of cannabis-based pharmaceuticals. The course also explores the growing practice area of cannabis law and its implications for attorneys, as well as title insurance and underwriting considerations in... More Info
$751.5General Credits -
Survey Maps for Attorneys: Essential Insights on Parcels and Land Matters
Survey maps are a critical tool in any legal matter involving land, yet many attorneys lack the training to fully interpret them. This CLE program demystifies surveys by breaking down maps into understandable components and showing how those pieces fit together in practice. Participants will learn how to connect the survey map to the legal description found in deeds, title commitments, and related documents. The course will also cover techniques for analyzing surveys, spotting discrepa... More Info
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Zoning Relief in Practice: How to Obtain a Variance
This CLE course will detail the typical application process and required findings to obtain a zoning variance. Variances are designed to alleviate a zoning hardship that prevents the property from being developed with a viable use. Zoning regulations are often enacted decades after many of the impacted tax lots were first created, in some cases over 100 years ago. Although the zoning regulations attempt to reflect the character of the existing lots and buildings, often there are m... More Info
$1002General Credits -
Modern Public Construction Contract Procurement Trends
Public entities often face unique limitations in their ability to award construction contracts. This CLE course explores the history and use of various project delivery methods — including emergency contracting, time-and-materials, design-bid-build, design-build, and progressive design-build — and examines the advantages and disadvantages of each from both the owner’s and contractor’s perspective. The session will also address statutory procurement requirements that can restric... More Info
$501General Credit -
Land Use and Zoning Implications of Data Centers: A Legal Perspective
The increasing reliance on digital services has made data centers a fundamental part of modern infrastructure, supporting industries that depend on cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and data storage. As their presence grows, so do the legal challenges surrounding their development. Navigating zoning laws, land use regulations, and compliance requirements is essential for ensuring these facilities operate within the legal framework. This CLE course provides an in-depth analysis... More Info
$501.25General Credits -
Meeting the Challenges of Co-Ownership Agreements
Parties sharing in ownership and use of vacation homes, boats, aircraft, vintage vehicles and other assets without a primary profit-making intent may be exposing themselves to a variety of risks, liabilities and disputes implicating the need for an Agreement. The advent of short-term rentals for real estate accentuate those exposures. The issues to be covered can be complex and vary somewhat with the kind of asset involved, as well as with the nature of the relationship between the par... More Info
$501General Credit -
1031 Exchanges: Ethical Considerations
1031 Exchanges can often be complex. This comprehensive CLE course will explain the best practices and wide variety of ethical considerations involved in 1031 Exchanges. The course will include: Qualifying Property Scope of Representation Conflicts of Interest Identification Qualified Intermediaries And more… More Info
$501Ethics Credit