2024 PLAN Housing Law Group Training

Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network, Inc. is hosting the 2024 PLAN Housing Law Group Training on April 1-2, 2024. The training will be held at the Hilton Harrisburg, One North 2nd Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101.

Program Agenda

April 1:  Landlord-Tenant Skills Training

11:00-12:30 MDJ Practice  - Matt Rich and Others

  • MDJ Rules
  • Notice deficiencies (including CARES Act & VAWA)
  • Writ of Cert vs. Appeal
  • Supersedeas Issues
12:30-1:15 - Lunch

1:15-2:45 - Common Pleas Practice - Matt Rich and Others

  • Rules of Civil Procedure
  • Rules of Evidence

3:00-4:30 - Practice Skills

  • Trial Advocacy Skills - Holly Beck
  • Best Practices in Advising Pro Se Litigants - Cyndi Gilkey

April 2:  Selected Substantive Issues Training

7:30-8:30 - Breakfast
8:30-9:30 - Mold/Infestation - Dan Vitek
9:45-10:45 Illegal Lockouts - Cyndi Gilkey
11:00-12:00 - Utility Issues (USTRA/DSLPA and other tenant protections) - Lauren Berman
12:00-12:30 - Lunch
12:30-1:30 - Fair Housing/Reasonable Accommodation - Jaime Cameron and Keirstyn Marcucci
 

Lunch will be provided on April 1 and a continental breakfast and lunch will be provided on April 2. Dinner the night of April 1 is on your own. 

Overnight Accommodations

There will be a limited number of overnight rooms available on the nights of March 31 and April 1 for people who are traveling from across the state.  If you need an overnight room they are available at the special rate of $179 plus tax and $15.00 for parking.  

Attendees are responsible for making their own reservations and can do so at: 

PLEASE NOTE: Attendees are responsible for remitting payment of their bill upon check out of the hotel. Rooms are limited so please register as soon as possible.

Registration Fee

  • PLAN Network Staff and Board: Free
  • Staff from Non-Profit Organizations or Government Attorneys: $150.00
  • All Other General Registration: $295.00

For Non-PLAN Network Registrants: Registration fee checks must be mailed to PLAN at: 

PLAN 
Attention: Kelly Bock Yeckley
118 Locust Street
Harrisburg, PA  17101 

or remitted at the registration desk the morning of April 1. Payment must be received before admittance to the training.

CLE Credit

This program has been approved by the Pennsylvania Continuing Legal Education Board for 8.5 hours of substantive law, practice and procedure CLE credit.

 

Event Details

Monday, April 1, 2024 to Tuesday, April 2, 2024
Apr 1: 11:00 AM-4:30 PM and Apr 2: 8:30 AM-1:30 PM (Eastern)

Hilton Harrisburg
One North Second Street
Harrisburg, PA 17101
Directions

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