Consumer rights lawyer Jim Berchtold will make a special presentation for the continuing legal education of Nevada lawyers in a program produced by the CCBA’s CLE Committee on Thursday, December 16, 2021.
Jim Berchtold is the Directing Attorney for the Consumer Rights Project at Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada where he manages a team of over fifty attorneys, paralegals, and staff that provides economically vulnerable Nevadans a broad array of legal services (ranging from hotline assistance to attorney representation) via the multiple programs under the Consumer Rights Project umbrella.
Berchtold will present “Landlord-Tenant Law in Nevada and the COVID-19 Impact” to highlight relevant information for Nevada lawyers. Topics to be discussed are:
- COVID-19’s impact on eviction law and procedure
- The crisis and response
- Rental assistance programs
- Eviction diversion efforts
- Mediation
- Assembly Bills 486 and 141
- Overview of current eviction procedures
- Other common landlord-tenant disputes
- Security deposits
- Rent increases
- Fees and charges
This CLE program will be held online via Zoom, from 12:00 to 1:15 p.m., Thursday, December 16, 2021. The presentation will offer 1.0 CLE credit to CCBA members only. Pricing of the event is included with the 2021 CCBA membership. This event is for CCBA members only. CCBA membership will be verified upon RSVP. During the event, attendance will be taken and only those members in attendance will have their attendance reported to the NV CLE Board.
To RSVP, complete the web form below
About this article: This article was originally published in the “Pro Bono” issue of Communiqué, the official publication of the Clark County Bar Association, (December 2021). See https://clarkcountybar.org/about/member-benefits/communique-2021/communique-december-2021/.
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