Knowledge is Prevention
Topics Include:
- The New Public Records Law: Technical Requirements and Practical Implications
- Land Use and Zoning Law Updates
- Tax Title Foreclosure Basics
- Basic Zoning Code Administration and Enforcement
- What Municipalities and Public Entities Should Know About CORI Reform in Massachusetts
- Public and Private Ways: Navigating Your way through the Law on Highways and Byways
- Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Town Meeting but Were Afraid to Ask
- Massachusetts Gaming Law
- Community Preservation Act
- Writing Sound Decisions for Planning Boards, Zoning Boards of Appeal, and Conservation Commissions
- Drafting Reasonable Wetlands By-laws and Regulations to Withstand Successful Challenge
- Open Meeting Law
- Pre-existing Nonconforming Residences
- Street Layout Process
- Comprehensive Permits
- Discrimination/Harassment Avoidance Training
- How to Conduct a Flawless Public Hearing
- Disciplining Public Employees with Due Process
- Conflict of Interest
- Show Cause and Disciplinary Hearings
- Land Use Law and Procedures
- Procurement and Contracting
- Betterment Assessments
- Private and Public Ways – Municipal Duties and Liabilities
- How to Conduct a Liquor License Hearing
- Municipal Tort Claims and Street Defects
- Effective Enforcement for Zoning, Planning, Health Boards, and Conservation Commissions
- Cable TV – License Negotiations in the Age of Competition
- Acquisition and Disposition of Land, Leases, Easements, and Restrictions
- Avoiding Unfair Labor Practice Charges
- First Amendment Audit Protocol
- Marijuana Reform, Host Community Agreements, and Community Agreements
- Marijuana Delivery and Social Consumption