Professor Thomas Mitchell, a 2020 recipient of the MacArthur Genius Award and principal drafter of the Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act (UPHPA), which is designed to substantially enhance the ability of disadvantaged families to maintain ownership of their property and their property-related generational wealth joins us in person to discuss heirs’ property reform efforts. Following Professor Mitchell’s presentation, we will have a briefing from our Heirs’ Property Discussion Group.

John P. Relman, widely recognized as one of the nation’s leading civil rights lawyers and Founding Partner of Relman Colfax, will also appear in person to provide a fair housing update. Relman brought some of the first redlining and mortgage discrimination cases in the nation, including the first predatory lending case to recognize the cause of action now known as reverse redlining, Hargraves v. Capital City Mortgage Co. Following the mortgage foreclosure crisis in 2008, Relman filed the first reverse redlining cases to be brought on behalf of major U.S. cities against financial institutions that targeted minority communities for predatory loans.

Other highlights include a recap from REALTOR.com. Don’t miss this informative session!