14th Gallivan Conference

  • When: March 2, 2007, 8:30 am - 3:30 pm
  • Where: William F. Starr Hall

When We're 64: How Should Property Law Respond to Living Arrangements for the Golden Years?

This conference will focus on timely issues concerning property rights and the aging baby boom generation, including:

 

  • The tension between condominium boards and the proposed AARP Bill of Rights for condo owners;
  • The rights of tenants in assisted living facilities; and
  • Legal and social issues relating to the proliferation of age-restricted communities.

Schedule

8:30-9:00

Breakfast

9:00-9:15

Introductory Remarks

Interim Dean Kurt Strasser and Thomas F. Gallivan, Jr. Professor of Real Property Law Jeremy Paul

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9:15-10:45

The Rights of Tenants in Assisted Living Facilities

Moderator

Jeremy Paul, Thomas F. Gallivan, Jr. Professor of Real Property Law, University of Connecticut School of Law

Panelists

  • The Hon. Jonathan Harris, Connecticut State Senator (D-West Hartford)
  • Martha Everett Meng '85, Partner, Murtha Cullina LLP
  • Kate Mewhinney, Chair, Section on Aging and Law, Association of American Law Schools

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10:45-11:00

Break

11:00-12:30

Age-Restricted Communities: What Works, What Doesn't

Moderator

  • Sara C. Galvan, Gallivan Research Professor of Law, University of Connecticut School of Law

Panelists

  • Evelyn Howard, Howard & Aoociates
  • Robert H. McNulty, Founder and President, Partners for Livable Communities
  • Roger Winston, Partner, Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll LLP, and Vice-Chair of the Real Property, Probate, and Trust Law Section of the American Bar Association

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12:30-2:00

Luncheon with Keynote Speaker

Michael Goodman, Director of Economic & Public Policy Research at the University of Massachusetts Donahue Institute

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2:00-3:30

Condo Owners' Bills of Rights: Critiquing the AARP and Uniform Commissioners' Proposals

Moderator

  • William Breetz, President and CEO, Connecticut Urban Legal Initiative, Inc. at the University of Connecticut School of Law

Panelists

  • Susan F. French, Professor of Law, University of California at Los Angeles Law School
  • David A. Kahne, Principal, Law Office of David A. Kahne
  • Carl Lisman, Partner, Lisman, Webster & Leckerling, P.C.

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