CHAIR:

EVENTS/NEWS:

DOCUMENTS:

Lila Shapiro-Cyr
300 E. Lombard St., 18th Floor
Baltimore, MD 21202
(410) 528-5624
Email: shapirocyr@ballardspahr.com

Section Dues: $15 per year

Commercial Real Estate Attorneys' Discussion Group Memo & Dues Renewal

Congratulations to the Distinguished
Practitioner Award Recipient
Roger D. Winston,
Esquire, Ballard Spahr LLP

Section Documents:

• Section By-Laws

	Video Replay From the 2011 MSBA Annual Meeting Understanding Maryland's New Power of Attorney Act *Create a Free Gore Borthers account to view videos
	Video Replay From the 2010 MSBA Annual Meeting "Bargaining With the Devil", Featuring Professor Robert Mnookin Hot topics in Real Property and Environmental Law *Create a Free Gore Borthers account to view videos

2010/2011 ANNUAL REPORT:

This Section organized and formed a committee to update Alex Gordon’s foreclosure treatise. It has also been very active in following signifi cant proposed legislation and educating legislatures on the impact of their proposals. The Section will, for the second consecutive year, co-sponsor a panel discussion with the Environmental Law Section at the MSBA Annual Meeting.

REAL ESTATE MENTOR PROGRAM:

The Maryland State Bar Association Real Property Section is again soliciting real estate attorneys to act as mentors to students at the University of Maryland and the University of Baltimore law schools. This is the third year of the Mentor Program and it has proven to be a success with the law students. The students at these schools have organized a real estate club and the students are interested in cultivating mentor relationships with attorneys in the real estate field. The expectation is that each mentor/mentee relationship is individual. The mentor should be willing to meet the student, and be intermittently available for telephone calls or e-mails with questions. It has been made clear to the students that these are not job opportunities and there are no expectations that this relationship will result in a job or contacts for a job. If you have acted as a mentor in the past and your mentee has graduated, please consider acting as a mentor again. This is a unique opportunity to influence the legal community of the future.

Mentor Information Sheet | Student Information Sheet

PURPOSES:

The purposes of this Section are to bring together for furtherance of their mutual interest members of the Maryland State Bar Association concerned with the law relating to taxes; to stimulate interest of members of the Maryland State Bar and inform them in the law concerning Maryland and Federal taxation; to study proposed improvements and reforms in such laws through legislation and otherwise; and generally to promote the interests and welfare of the public and members of the Bar in the areas of taxation.