Residential Conveyancing Section and Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee Webinar on June 22nd: “Unfulfilled Promise? Witness Closings and Other Proscribed Practices 11 Years After NREIS”

Residential Conveyancing Section and UPL Committee Webinar on June 22nd

Unfulfilled Promise? Witness Closings and Other Proscribed Practices 11 Years After NREIS

Please join REBA’s Residential Conveyancing Section and Unauthorized Practice of Law (UPL) Committee for a webinar at 12 noon on Wednesday, June 22nd. REBA UPL Committee Chair Timothy J. van der Veen of Vanderveen Law will present.

In the landmark ruling REBA v. NREIS, the SJC declared witness closings as the unauthorized practice of law. NREIS confirmed the importance and necessity of the attorney’s role in residential conveyancing and identified the practice of law elements and ethical considerations in residential transactions. Tim van der Veen will review the NREIS holding, identify problematic practices that persist today. He will also discuss how REBA members and conveyancing attorneys can help achieve the promise of NREIS by advocating enactment of REBA’s remote online notarization legislation, House Bill.4716.

This webcast program, open to all REBA members, is from 12 to 1 pm on Wednesday, June 22, 2022. There will be no in-person attendance.

To register, RSVP to Kelli Eagan at eagan@reba.net.

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