Don’t miss the rest of IMLA’s 2021 webinars! November 18th Affirmative Litigation, Affirmative Litigation – The Municipality as Plaintiff. Click here to register.<https://netforum.avectra.com/eweb/DynamicPage.aspx?Site=IMLA&WebCode=EventDetail&evt_key=89a6ca3c-25d6-4b8c-9455-2fd152796f07> This presentation is a review of various major affirmative litigation activities by local governments, including false claims, video services, e-cigarettes, PFAS, climate change, and opioids. This presentation will also discuss causes of action, defenses, and case trajectories. Speaker: Erich Eiselt, Sara Gross & Michael Bologna December 1st Animal Law, Herding Cats- Augmenting Animal Services in a Post-COVID World. Click here to register.<https://netforum.avectra.com/eweb/DynamicPage.aspx?Site=IMLA&WebCode=EventDetail&evt_key=e7c37fd7-3431-45ea-8bc8-eb0ce949f7ae> 95% of Americans now view pets as members of their family and animal services is evolving to reflect new community values and expectations, similar to the evolving role of policing. Best Friends staff with expertise in these issues will discuss empowering animal field services officers to be more responsive and efficient in the field, effective policies concerning dangerous dogs and reckless owners, community engagement of volunteers and legal frameworks to reduce the risk of liability. Speaker: Ledy VanKavage, Scott Giacoppo, Tammy Jo Hallman & Rebecca Huss December 7th Ethics, Ethics: the Local Government Attorney’s Role as a Competent Advisor. Click here to register.<https://netforum.avectra.com/eweb/DynamicPage.aspx?Site=IMLA&WebCode=EventDetail&evt_key=86fb59ce-a9c8-421b-940d-074f6ddb8d84> One of the primary functions and a day-to-day responsibility of a local government attorney is providing advice. All attorneys advise clients, but the advice a local government attorney gives the local government governing body, boards, commissions, and staff affects an entire community and in a broader sense, our society. This presentation examines the interplay of ABA Model Ethics Rules 1.1 (Attorney Competence) and 2.1 (Attorney’s Role as Advisor) and how those rules affect local government attorneys regular professional life when advising governing bodies and staff, including the need to: (1) Be straightforward; (2) present other considerations beyond strictly technical legal advice; and (3) consider the timing and process of offering advice. Speaker: Judge Rodney D. Adams Cathy Cunningham & Roger Horner December 9th Preemption, Equitable Housing Preemption. Click here to register.<https://netforum.avectra.com/eweb/DynamicPage.aspx?Site=IMLA&WebCode=EventDetail&evt_key=64475fca-d261-488c-b43b-c5ca70340d69> Free Live For IMLA Members - CLE available to Kitchen Sink Subscribers and in some cases to others but fees may apply. This session examines state preemption of local authority to protect tenants, particularly during COVID, and expand affordable housing . Many state legislatures, in both “red” and “blue” states, preempt local governments from increasing housing supply, crafting inclusionary zoning, or implementing rent regulations to alleviate housing unaffordability. This dynamic has particularly come to a head during the COVID-19 pandemic as local governments have sought to impose eviction moratoriums and extend other support to burdened renters. The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the need for local government leadership on equitable housing policies, and even where state preemption exists, local governments may still be able advance housing equity through collaboration with the federal government through the American Rescue Plan. Speaker: Nestor Davidson, Sarah Beth Gehl, Lauren A. Lowery & Ben Winig Click here<https://imla.org/webinar-schedule/> for more details on the webinar and our entire webinar calendar. If your office participates in our Kitchen Sink Subscription, you do not need to register separately. Your office will be sent log in information automatically. If you’d like to subscribe to Kitchen Sink, please click here<https://imla.org/kitchen-sink/>. Please let me know if you have any questions or I can be of any assistance! Caroline Storer Marketing Director P: (202) 466-5424 x7104 D: (202) 742-1384 [facebook icon]<https://www.facebook.com/InternationalMunicipalLawyersAssociation/>[twitter icon]<https://twitter.com/imlalegal>[linkedin icon]<https://www.linkedin.com/company/international-municipal-lawyers-association-inc./> [logo]<https://imla.org/> 51 Monroe St. Suite 404 Rockville, MD, 20850 www.imla.org<http://www.imla.org/> Plan Ahead! IMLA’s 2022 Mid-Year Seminar<https://imla.org/seminars/>, April 8-11, 2022 in Washington, D.C.! IMLA’s 2022 Annual<https://imla.org/annual-conference/> Conference, October 19-23, 2022 in Portland, OR! Check out our On-Demand webinar library<https://netforum.avectra.com/eweb/shopping/shopping.aspx?site=imla&webcode=shopping&cart=0&shopsearchCat=Merchandise&productCat=Webinar> with 100+ webinars at your fingertips.