Legal Best Practices for Architects

This workshop will feature presentations by architects who are also attorneys along with hands-on participation by you and other attendees. Join us to discover how to avoid problems and missteps when selecting clients, evaluating projects, writing proposals, assessing professional/business risks in contracts, managing project services, and responding to professional liability claims.

Learning Objectives

  1. Learn how to improve practices around client and project selection.
  2. Discover how to prepare better proposals that don't over-promise or create potential legal problems.
  3. Find out how to review and analyze client-proposed draft contracts to identify uninsurable provisions and onerous business terms and conditions.
  4. Explore what constitutes a professional liability "claim" and what steps to take in response to improve the chances of a successful outcome.