8:30 – 9:00 a.m.
CHECK-IN & CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

9:00 – 9:05 a.m.
Welcome & Introduction
– Lyndsey M. Olson, course chair

9:05 – 9:50 a.m.
Do Good Fences Make Good Neighbors?
Addressing Boundary Issues 

• Boundary by practical location
• Adverse possession

– Alyssa M. Troje & Mark W. Vyvyan

9:50 – 10:35 a.m.
Get Off My Lawn!
Easements and Shared Driveways

• Easements by necessity, easements by use, and written easements
• Easements in gross, easements appurtenant, and prescriptive easements
• Maintaining easements
• When and how to terminate easements
• Obstructing use of easements and remedies for obstructions
• Mergers, terminations, abandonment and foreclosure
• Erroneous descriptions

– Dena M. Sonbol

10:35 – 10:45 a.m.
BREAK

10:45 – 11:30 a.m.
Can They Even Do That in This Neighborhood?
Zoning 101

• Home businesses
• Duplexes
• Special buildings (living spaces above garages, carriage houses, other structures)

– Patrick B. Steinhoff

11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
I Know My Riparian Rights!
Water Law for Property Owners

• Shoreline use
• Using and enjoying water
• Docks and watercraft

– Kurt W. Porter & Mark A. Severson

LIVE IN-PERSON
Wednesday, August 12, 2026
Minnesota CLE Conference Center
600 Nicollet Mall, Suite 370
Seventh Street & Nicollet Mall, Third Floor City Center
Minneapolis, Minnesota

ONLINE REPLAYS
Tuesday, August 25, 2026
Wednesday, September 9, 2026
Attend online
A moderator will be available to answer questions by email.

$155 MSBA members / $155 paralegals / $175 standard rate

Other discounts that may apply:

• Season Pass Discount
• New Lawyer Discount

Scholarships available!
Need-based scholarships are available for in-person and online seminars. For further information or to obtain a scholarship application, contact us at 800-759-8840 or customerservice@minncle.org.

Minnesota CLE is applying to the Minnesota State Board of CLE for 3.0 standard CLE credits. The maximum number of total credits attendees may claim for this program is 3.0 credits.

Minnesota CLE also has applied to the Minnesota State Bar Association for 3.0 basic real estate specialist credits.