Drafting Easements in Perpetuity
Instructor: Jane Ellen Hamilton
The Advancing Conservancy Excellence (ACE) program is pleased to offer an exceptional 4-week online training taught by noted conservation attorney Jane Ellen Hamilton. This course begins February 11 and runs through March 4, 2010.
What: Online Course for Michigan Land Conservancies
Where: webinar
Registration Deadline: Monday, February 8th!
This in-depth training is a 4-week session on Drafting Easements for Perpetuity, and is specially modified for Michigan land conservancies and their land conservancy staff, volunteers and board members. Because it is interactive, it is applicable for all levels of experience and ACE participants are strongly encouraged to attend.
Beginning February 11, Jane Ellen, who wrote the book on drafting easements and is a well-regarded industry expert, will share best practices in drafting easements. Whether you want to learn more or make certain the easements you write will last, this course is for you.
Sign up today to learn:
How to draft conservation easements to ensure legal provisions will stand the test of time and to ensure language for prohibited actions and reserved rights will protect the conservation values of the property
Drafting tips to assure each easement meets the requirements of Land Trust Standards and Practices as well as the requirements of state and federal laws affecting conservation easements
How each easement explains the public benefit it confers and how it meets the “conservation purposes” test of the Internal Revenue Code
How to assure that your land trust does not accept a conservation easement that exceeds its capacity to monitor and enforce over time.
How to follow project planning decisions made during the process described in Standards and Practices 8G
Dates at a Glance:
February 11: Conservation Easement Basics/Using a Template
February 18: Drafting Specialized Conservation Easement Provisions
February 25: Drafting Conservation Easement Restrictions and Reserved Rights
March 4: Special Topics
Registration Deadline: February 8th, 2010
After registering, participants will be emailed detailed Course Guidelines including course access and contact information.
Note: Participants will need a high speed internet connection, a phone line (land line preferred to cell) and access to the Land Trust Alliance's Learning Center.
About Jane Ellen Hamilton, Instructor
Jane Ellen is an attorney and consultant for numerous land conservation organizations across the United States, negotiating conservation easements and assisting with the establishment and enhancement of conservation easement and easement stewardship programs.
She is a member of the Alliance’s Conservation Defense Advisory Council and the “Saving Land” Editorial Board, and she is a senior faculty member for the Land Trust Alliance, presenting courses on all aspects of land conservation transactions at Rally and regional conferences. She also presents conservation easement workshops for landowners and continuing education seminars on land conservation for legal, real estate and appraisal professionals around the country.
Jane Ellen authored the Standards and Practices Curriculum courses “Evaluating and Selecting Conservation Projects” and “Conservation Easement Drafting and Documentation” and is a contributor to “Acquiring Land and Conservation Easements.”
