LAW 640LEC - Real Estate Litigation

Upon leaving law school, many of you will be starting a job handling business litigation matters. A significant part of business litigation involves real property held by businesses and individuals who, through some way or another, are involved in litigation. This course will focus on themes that were introduced during your first year real property course that you never thought would be litigated in the real world. You would be amazed at the scenarios regarding disputes over driveways, priority interests to property, forgeries in real estate transactions, and how the different types of easements impact property ownership. You will delve into the pitfalls of foreclosures, consider the importance of purchasing title insurance, learn about tax certiorari proceedings, and evaluate the ever changing roles of condominiums and homeowners associations. You will gain an insight into the curative process for mortgages and deeds, consider the ever changing landscape of evictions, evaluate the role of the notice of pendency/lis pendens, and then close with a potpourri of miscellaneous real estate litigation matters

Credits: 3